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DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness

Workers strip and wash the Advanced Electro-Optical System’s primary mirror at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site, Maui, Hawaii, in preparation for a recoat. AMOS is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the AEOS telescope supports the U.S. Space Force with the nation’s space domain mission to operate freely in space. (Courtesy photo / Boeing)

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EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

APERTURE

5

SHUTTERSPEED

1/60

ISO

1250

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DOD's largest telescope receives mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness

Workers strip and wash the Advanced Electro-Optical System’s primary mirror at the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing site, Maui, Hawaii, in preparation for a recoat. AMOS is part of the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the AEOS telescope supports the U.S. Space Force with the nation’s space domain mission to operate freely in space. (Courtesy photo / Boeing)

PHOTO BY: Courtesy photo / Boeing
VIRIN: 210615-F-F3963-1080.JPG
FULL SIZE: 2.79 MB
Additional Details

CAMERA

Canon EOS REBEL T5i

LENS

EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

APERTURE

5

SHUTTERSPEED

1/60

ISO

1250

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

Read More

This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.

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