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Back to Telescope ConstructionSeptember 2003
| September 19 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| The Mirror Transport Box, unloaded at the LBT site. | The now-empty transport frame. |
| September 18 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| The Mirror Transport Box on the MGIO Access Road. | The Mirror Transport Box with the LBT Enclosure in sight. |
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| Entering the Enclosure. | The LBT Enclosure at sunset. |
| September 17 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| A Precision Heavy Haul worker by the Goldhofer wheels. | The Mirror Transport Box continues its journey up the Mountain. |
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Photos by John Hill and Jim Slagle |
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| The Mirror Transport Box, leaving the basecamp for the LBT Enclosure on Mt. Graham. |
The LBT (right) with the Heinrich Hertz Submillimeter Telescope in view (left). |
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| Navigating around the tight turn at Wet Canyon. |
The Mirror Transport Box traveling on the paved roads up Mt. Graham. |
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| Cleaning up after the Mirror Box fire. | The Mirror Box with the Dummy Mirror, ready for transport to the LBT enclosure. |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| The inside of the Mirror Box, after the fire. | Lifting the Mirror Transport Box. |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| One of 36 vacuum pads stuck to the mirror surface. | Making the final adjustments of the pad connections to the lifting frame. |
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| Lifting the 8.4m primary mirror off of the polishing cell. | The loadspreaders are glued onto the back side of the honeycomb primary mirror. |
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| Bringing in the SX (left) Primary Mirror Cell of the telescope. | Lowering the primary mirror into the telescope cell. |
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| OK! The cell is the correct diameter. | |
| September 5 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| The 8.4m primary mirror on the polishing cell is positioned under the vacuum lifting fixture. | Dave and Jim center the lifting fixture as it gets close to the mirror. |
 Vacuum pads stuck onto the primary mirror surface. The blue color comes from a plastic coating which protects the polished surface. |
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| September 3 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| Moving the LBT2 primary mirror with the aircart at the Mirror Lab. |
Lifting the SX Primary Mirror Cell out of the Integration Lab. |
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| Moving the LBT1 8.4m Primary Mirror on the Polishing Cell with the aircart. | Moving the LBT2 Primary Mirror in the Handling Ring. |
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Lining up the vacuum lifting fixture over the polished surface of the LBT1 primary mirror. |
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Photos by Ray Bertram |
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| Moving LBT2 facedown on the glued lifting fixture with the aircart. | LBT1 faceup (near) and LBT2 facedown (far). |
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| Moving LBT2 facedown on the glued lifting fixture with the aircart. | LBT2 parked under the Large Polishing Machine. |
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| Lifting the SX Primary Mirror Cell outside from the Integration Lab. | Moving the LBT1 Primary Mirror on the Polishing Cell with the aircart. |
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| LBT1 on the Polishing Cell in the Integration Lab. | LBT1 8.4m mirror on the Polishing Cell moves back into the Polishing Lab. |
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| Bringing the SX Mirror Cell back inside the Integration Lab. | Moving the Handling Ring into position to lift LBT2 on the glued lifting fixture. |
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| SX Cell moves into the Polishing Lab on its airpads with the LOTIS 6.5m mirror to the right on the LOG. | Preparing the vacuum lifting fixture in the Integration Lab. |
| September 2 |
Photos by John Hill |
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| Telescope structure on the mountain in the horizon-pointing position. | Moving toward the zenith with the help of the overhead crane. |
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| Telescope in the zenith-pointing position. | |
| September 2 |
Photos by Ray Bertram |
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| Moving the Handling Ring to horizontal in the Casting Lab with LBT1 on the Polishing Cell in the background. | SX Primary Mirror Cell in the Integration Lab. |
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| Washing the surface of the LBT1 8.4m primary mirror. | Coating the polished surface of LBT1 with peelable plastic coating. |
 The blue plastic coating protects the polished surface against dirt and scratches. |
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- © 2005 Large Binocular Telescope Corporation
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