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IMAGE: The rotating furnace used to make light-weight, advanced telescope mirrors is located underneath of the stands of University of Arizona s football stadium. In this image, the oven s 33-foot diameter lid. view more
Credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope - GMTO Corporation
At 3 p.m. on March 5, a gigantic furnace will slowly start spinning underneath the stands of Arizona Stadium at the University of Arizona. Fire-engine red, massive in size and resembling a sci-fi version of a Dutch oven, the furnace is the only one of its kind, and its sole purpose is to produce the world s biggest and most advanced telescope mirrors.