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Back to Telescope ConstructionMarch 2004
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Photos by John Hill & Ray Bertram |
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| The covered 8.4m Primary Mirror. | A view from below of the Mirror Cell. |
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| Hardpoint loadcells | |
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| Mt. Graham from the Southwest, with LBT visible. | |
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Photos by John Hill & Ronald Vandervort |
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| Aerial views of the LBT Enclosure | |
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Photos by John Hill & ADS International |
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| The adaptive secondary reference body. | The second 8.4m Mirror in the Mirror Lab. |
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| The electronics rack for the adaptive secondary. | |
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| Tertiary mirror units. | |
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Photos by John Hill |
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"Of course most of us will now go for a glass
of good wine (could somebody please buy the best ice tea available for
John, I will pay for it next time I visit Tucson) Congratulations to
everybody!" -Piero Salinari, on
hearing of the primary mirror installation. |
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| The Mirror Cell with the 8.4m Mirror installed lifts off. | The Cell and Mirror prepare to be integrated with the telescope structure. |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| Post Creek on Mt. Graham. | The 8.4m Primary Mirror is inside the Mirror Cell (with protective cover on) |
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| The Mirror enters the hatch from the Auxiliary Building to the Rotating Enclosure. | The Mirror and Cell enter the Rotating Enclosure, where the Telescope structure is housed. |
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| The Mirror and Cell are lifted by crane to be attached to the Telescope Structure. | Integrating the Cell with 8.4m Primary Mirror on the left side of theTelescope. |
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| At last, the 8.4m Primary Mirror in its cell attached to the telescope! | |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| Bill and Melanie are beveling the 672 holes in the adaptive secondary reference body. | Guido inspects the nearly complete reference body. This piece of glass ceramic provides the shape stability for the thin adaptive secondary shell. |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| The 8.4m Mirror lifted off its transport box. | The Mirror settles into its permanent housing, the Mirror Cell. |
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| The Vacuum Lifting Fixture which is responsible for lifting and moving the Mirror. | |
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| Preparing to lift the 8.4m mirror. The blue peelable coating protects the polished mirror surface. | The honeycomb Mirror held in place by the crane and vacuum lifting fixture. Suction works! |
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| Integrating the Mirror into the Mirror Cell. | |
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Photos by Alex Lovell-Troy |
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| The Telescope Structure. | Mt. Graham and the Enclosure covered in snow. |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| Telescope Electrical Distribution Panels on the side of the C-Ring. Installed by Gilbert Electric. | The Mirror Cell (left), Mirror Box (white), and first 8.4m primary mirror (blue) at Mt. Graham. |
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| Vacuum Lifting Fixture resting on top of the Mirror Cell. | |
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Photos by John Hill & Ray Bertram |
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| The second primary Mirror and Mirror Cell at the Mirror Lab. | Stressed lap in preparation to polish the second primary mirror. |
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| Guider cameras going to Potsdam. | |
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- © 2005 Large Binocular Telescope Corporation
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