August 6, 2025
Corning Incorporated is in the “Coolest Thing Made In New York” contest. That contest is put on by the state’s business council. Corning Inc submitted their Convex Mirror, which is made in their Canton New York Plant, for the award. The convex mirror is 11 feet wide and 1500 pounds and is being used at an observatory in Chile. It’s called the Rubin Observatory. Corning Advanced Optics built Rubin’s secondary mirror, they say Secondary mirrors catch light from the primary mirrors inside telescopes, refocus this light, and then send it toward sensors. and it will snap these photos of the southern hemisphere sky for 10 years,. Corning Inc says that any time an object in the sky moves, flashes, or pulses, the Rubin Obsevatory will promptly catch this phenomenon and then push out an alert notification across the globe. The mirror in this telescope is said to be the biggest mirror of it’s kind in the world.
To vote, go to https://madeinny.org/2025-coolest-thing-made-ny
