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		gcanyon on Sept 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2.7-meters Telescope mirror shot 7 times (1970) The telescope is still in use today, and Wikipedia says that the damage effectively reduced the telescope from a 107 inch mirror to a 106 inch mirror. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_J._Smith_Telescope

alt227 on Sept 9, 2024 [–]

The article itself says:

"The damage is limited to small craters about 3 to 5cm in radius, which reduce the light collecting efficiency by about 1 percent"

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