When finished, the 4.2-meter mirror will be the largest telescope mirror ever pointed at the Sun. Polished into a highly complex, asymmetric shape, it will be the centerpiece of the Advanced ...

The University of Arizona's College of Optical Sciences has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, or AURA, to polish the 4.2-meter ...

A parabolic mirror is a reflector in the shape of a circular paraboloid. Typically made of a highly reflective material such as aluminum, a standard parabolic mirror will center on the vertex of the ...

When light from a distant object lands on a paraboloid mirror, it reflects and focuses on a particular point. It's called, you'll be startled to know, the focus of the paraboloid. Photo: Hemant Mishra ...