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Back to Telescope ConstructionMay 2002
May 29 May 28 May 24 May 20-21 May 16-17 May 13-14 May 8-10
| May 29 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| Two trucks carrying the last 4 Azimuth Ring sectors come up the LBT access road. Both the road and the forest are very dry and dusty. | The trucks are unloaded with the overhead bridge crane. Each box is lifted with a pair of wire rope slings, and placed on the floor. |
| May 28 |
Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| Installing cabinets in the LBT kitchen. | Finishing the windows in the control room. |
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| The telescope visitor gallery on Level 6. | |
| May 24 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| View of Firenze from the roof of Arcetri Observatory. | Simone Esposito pointing out the Pyramid sensor on the AO test bench. |
| May 20-21 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| J. Hill, K. Strassmeier and P. Salinari discuss implementation of the PEPSI instrument on the front porch of Villa Vigoni. | The Large Binocular Telescope Corporation Board at work in the Villa Vigoni conference room. |
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| The Villa Vigoni in Menaggio, Italy. | This meal is up to the standards of the LBT director! |
| May 16-17 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| LBT AGW (Acquisition, Guiding and Wavefront) review meeting in Potsdam. | Dome of the new library at AIP. |
| May 13-14 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| Luciano Miglietta is going to need more help to move this box which contains a section of the Azimuth Frame. | Piero Salinari and a freshly painted primary mirror cell. |
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| Packing one of the C-Rings in a very large box. | |
| May 8-10 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| Polishing the first 8.4m primary mirror at the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab. | LBT Science Advisory Committee meeting in Bertinoro, Italy. |
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| "Bruno's castle" where the SAC meeting was held -- University Residential Centre of Bertinoro | |
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