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Back to Telescope ConstructionMay 2004
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| Potential design for LBT Headquarters. | "Slagle Street" in Potsdam |
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| J. Hill and J. Slagle burning jet lag before the LBT Board meeting in Potsdam, Germany. | |
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Photos by John Waack |
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| The MCS (Mount Control System) Team, after successfully moving the telescope under MCS control, a day ahead of schedule. | |
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| LBC lens assembly in the instrument preparation room. | Ashby, Powell, Holmberg, Little, and Bingham installing MCS electronics. |
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| Two swing arm spiders on the elevation structure. | |
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| MCS interface electronics on the Azimuth Frame. |
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Photos by Jacopo Farinato |
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| LBC lens assembly on the alignment fixture in the semi-clean room at the telescope. | |
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Photos by Jacopo Farinato |
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| John Hill working on the laser alignment of the Gregorian bearing. | Jacopo Farinato and John Hill admiring the large lens of LBC. They are very happy that it has arrived on Mount Graham intact. |
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Photos by Ray Bertram |
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| The black cylinder with blue stripes is the blue-optimized lens assembly for the Large Binocular Camera (LBC) prime focus camera. | |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| Checking alignment of the Prime Focus swing arm. | Ventilation plumbing for the primary mirror cell. |
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Photos by ADS International |
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| Wedge interface plates for the prime focus camera before leaving Italy. | |
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| The Adaptive Secondary Cold Plates in fabrication. | |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| J. Kraus installing network cables in the control room. |
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| Aluminum tape coating on the windbracing to reduce emissivity. | Telescope Electrical Distribution Panels on the side of the C-Ring. |
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| The Telescope with installed Spider Arms. | Working on the enclosure PLC panel. |
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Photos by Jacopo Farinato |
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| The LBC (Large Binocular Camera) leaving Firenze, Italy for Arizona. | |
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| The Blue Channel of LBC in its shipping box. | The shipping box (with LBC Blue Channel enclosed) being moved for transportation to Mt. Graham. |
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Photos by ADS International |
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| LBT672 Adaptive Secondary electronics crates | |
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- © 2005 Large Binocular Telescope Corporation
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