Sentence examples for mirror segments from inspiring English sources

Each of the Keck telescopes comprises 36 contiguous adjustable mirror segments, all under computer control.

The second and third mirror segments for the telescope are currently being polished at the mirror lab.

The mirror segments will be held in place and supported by a backplane (below) built by ­Alliant Techsystems.

Each of the seven mirror segments is to be 8.4 meters in diameter, which is the biggest size his furnace can handle.

The mirror segments, mounted in a single bounce stack, are coated with depth-graded W/Si multilayers optimized for broadband performance up to 69.5 keV (WK-edge).

The main contribution of this work is the proof-of-concept demonstration of distributed control of the TMT's 492 mirror segments.

The thinner mirror segment has reduced optical quality due to print-through effects, but offers greater ease in post-processing mirror curvature caused by residual stress gradients.

The other six mirrors are mounted surrounding the center mirror segment.

The limitation of the size of a single mirror segment is related to the technology available to manufacture and transport such a mirror.

"On that table is a mirror segment," explains Allison Barto, JWST Program Manager at Ball, as we peer through a window into one of the super-clean clean rooms.

Each mirror segment is mounted into its own "cell," a complex active support system that keeps the mirror in the proper position relative to the other segments at all times.