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...joint project of the University of Arizona and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the extraordinary telescope, unlike other reflectors, does not use a single primary eye on the sky. Instead, it has six main mirrors, ,JS each with a diameter of 1.8 meters (72 in.). Arrayed in a circle and directing their light on a common focus to produce a single image, they gather as much light as a traditional 4.5-meter (176-in.) instrument. Thus, the so-called Multiple-Mirror Telescope is exceeded only by Palomar's 5-meter (200-in.) mirror and the new Soviet 6-meter...
...Arizona and Smithsonian astronomers joined forces on just such a telescope. Its locale: the summit of Arizona's 2,600-meter (8,500-ft.) Mount Hopkins...
...field undergoing explosive growth, U.S. astronomers were already waiting a year or more for a few precious days' viewing time on one of the nation's handful of major telescopes. MMT's builders had another incentive: the Air Force had available a number of lightweight 1.8-meter blank mirrors, presumably discards from its spy-satellite program...
Diver Jamie Greecen: "One of these meets I'd just like to bag the pike position and do a ten-meter can-opener...
McCurdy summed up the fall afternoon's action quite aptly. The men's cross country team ran a solid race over Franklin Park's 10,000-meter course, outclassing a strong UMass squad 24-31, but succumbing to the awesome Friars...