As mentioned previously, the early large telescopes such as the Hale Telescope used chunky pieces of glass for their mirrors —so thick that they couldn't be easily deformed by the howling wind ...

not long after shipping the finished spectrograph As US astronomers cheer the completion of the state-of-the-art project to rejuvenate the iconic Hale Telescope, one key collaborator is locked out ...

As US astronomers cheer the completion of the state-of-the-art project to rejuvenate the iconic Hale Telescope ... reflecting mirrors and other optical components in eastern China.