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First light for big telescope

A telescope featuring the largest single-piece mirror opened for business late last month atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea.

References:

1999. Subaru sees "First-Light"! National Astonomical Observatory of Japan Press Release. Available at http://www.naoj.org/outreach/press_releases/990128/.

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 9, February 27, 1999, p. 139. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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