# Astronomy geeks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-geeks/727649>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 12, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-geeks/727649 "2015-08-12T13:19:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-geeks/727649/1 "2015-08-12T13:19:53Z")

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I invite you to watch the video about the Giant Magellan Telescope with Professor McClintock at Harvard and the cFA  
Video presentation is about an hour.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WmBgd-vUpYI/maxresdefault.jpg "Astronomy in the Year 2020") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmBgd-vUpYI)

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-geeks/727649/2 "2015-08-12T14:36:41Z")

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I toured the Stewart Mirror Lab in Tucson last year. This is the facility that made the mirrors for this telescope, and also the [Large Synoptic Survey Telescope](http://www.lsst.org/lsst) (I have photos of the LSST mirror in production). I highly recommend this free tour to anyone interested in telescopes.

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-geeks/727649/3 "2015-08-12T14:43:34Z")

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That dude sounds likes he should be a sheriff in some western.

Dr. Telesco? Now that’s the guy that should be talking about telescopes.

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**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-geeks/727649/4 "2015-08-12T17:58:16Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> I toured the Stewart Mirror Lab in Tucson last year. This is the facility that made the mirrors for this telescope, and also the [Large Synoptic Survey Telescope](http://www.lsst.org/lsst) (I have photos of the LSST mirror in production). I highly recommend this free tour to anyone interested in telescopes.

Awesome!  
The stars out there are fascinating. Thanks for the tip.  
I used to live in Tucson and still have family there, I need to make a “vacation” to check it out.  
ETA: retirement is fun, especially when one can drag grand-kids around and watch their jaws drop finding out the wonders of our universe.