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Uploaded by on Apr 28, 2009

This 3 meter telescope uses a spinning pool of mercury to make a perfect mirror. It was used by the US Air Force to look for space junk. The spindle is a motorized 10R Blockhead air bearing spindle, manufactured by Professional Instruments Company in Hopkins Minnesota. See more at www.airbearings.com and http://www.astro.ubc.ca/lmt/lzt/

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  • Incredible. The live view on this telescope is wonderful.  where do they get all the mercury from?

  • @jamieball

    I think it is all donated by people who want to get rid of Mercury they don't need anymore.

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  • lots of tumbling satallites and pieces of debris out their!

  • Very interesting, thanks for posting this! Does anyone know what field of view they're getting on this? It seems that, in order to be able to see the tumbling objects so well on the monitor, they must be using quite a bit of magnification?

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