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Back to Telescope ConstructionFebruary 2004
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Photos by John Hill |
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| Vacuum Lifting Fixture resting on top of the Mirror Cell. | Telescope Electrical Distribution Panels on the side of the C-Ring. Installed by Gilbert Electric. |
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| LBT Enclosure after a winter storm. | Tom Herbst inspects the rails for mounting his interferometer to the elevation structure. |
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Photos by Enzo Anaclerio, Luciano Miglietta, & Jeff Rill |
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| The Prime Focus Spiders preparing for shipment from Italy to the United States. | |
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| Final Testing of the EPDM seal for the large M1 vacuum seal. | The INS fiber crew finished terminating 80 fibers in the Main Control Room on Mt. Graham. |
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Photos by AIP |
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| The so called "Crab" which supports the on-axis part of the AGW unit. | The "Crab" in more detail. |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| The Elevation Electronics Rooms are the white structures ("Tree houses"). | The 8.4m Primary Mirror (in white box) will be integrated with the Mirror Cell (left) and reattached to the Telescope Structure. |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| The crane (yellow) prepares to lift the Mirror Cell off of the Telescope Structure. | The Mirror Cell detached from the Telescope. |
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| Lowering through the hatch into the Auxiliary Building. | The Mirror Cell lowered next to the 8.4m Primary Mirror in its box. |
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