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Back to Telescope ConstructionAugust 2002
| August 15 |
Photos by Jerry Garcia & John Hill |
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| Sunset view of the LBT enclosure. | Azimuth Ring assembled on the Telescope Pier as seen from Level 9. |
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| A lower angle view of the Azimuth Ring on the Pier (before grouting). | |
| August 14 |
Photos by Jim Slagle, Ned Franz, & Dan Pappalardo |
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| Unloading boxes of telescope parts in the MGIO base camp in Safford. | These boxes have just arrived by truck from Houston. |
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| This box contains one of the three sections of the Azimuth Frame. | First boxes of aluminizing equipment arrive in Columbus. |
| August 13 |
Photos by John Hill |
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At the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab in Tucson. |
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| August 7 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| The "Happy Rover" arrives in Houston. | Unloading an Azimuth Frame section in Houston. |
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| "Big Dave" has a very big truck. | Lifting one of the C-Rings from the deck of the ship. |
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| Taking out the mid-deck cargo. | A rainstorm slows the work. |
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| More boxes of telescope parts in the lower deck. | |
| August 6 |
Photos by John Hill and Ned Franz |
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| Three sectors of the Azimuth Ring installed on the telescope pier. | View looking down on the pier from Level 7. |
| August 1 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| Lifting an Azimuth Ring sector up through the hatch to the observing level. | Plenty of room in the 4x10 meter hatch. |
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| Arriving on Level 5. | Positioning the ring sector on the pier. |
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| Enthusiastic telescope assembly crew. | |
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