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Back to Telescope ConstructionSeptember 2004
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Photos by John Hill |
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| Dummy Mirror Cell handling in the Enclosure. | |
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| Aluminizing Bell Jar (left) and Dummy Mirror Cell (Right) in upright positions. | |
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Photos by Ray Bertram |
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| Looking at the very first engineering star images through LBT on 23 September 2004. Observers are John Hill, Andrea DiPaola, Fernando Pedichini and Jen Marshall. | |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| The upright Aluminizing Bell Jar. | The Large Binocular Telescope, with Enclosure open. |
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| The telescope rotating in elevation. | Horizon pointing telescope. |
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| The Enclosure doors moving toward the open position. | Sunset on Mt. Graham. |
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| The Enclosure and Telescope seen from the VATT. | The Enclosure rotates in azimuth. |
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| The Aluminizing Bell Jar next to the Dummy Primary Mirror Cell (which forms the base of the Bell Jar). | Preparing to lift the Bell Jar with the crane. |
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| The Bell Jar in upright position. | |
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Photos by Luciano Miglietta, John Hill, & John Little |
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| Construction of the Mirror Cover underway at Columbo. | The Aluminizing Bell Jar arrives at MGIO. |
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| Entering the Enclosure. | The Bell Jar inside the LBT Utility Building. |
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| Lowering the Bell Jar with the crane. | The Bell Jar with covering removed. |
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Photos by Steve Miller & John Hill |
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| Precision Heavy Haul transports the Aluminizing Bell Jar up the mountain. | |
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Photos by Steve Miller & John Hill |
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| The second 8.4m primary mirror for LBT (foreground) and the LOTIS 6.5m mirror (background) being polished in the Steward Observatory Mirror Lab. | Transporting the dummy mirror cell up Mt. Graham. |
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| A view from the top of the LBT Enclosure. | Entering the Enclosure. |
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| Lifting the Mirror Cell off the transport frame. | |
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Photos by John Hill |
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| The Goldhofer hydraulic wheels in action. | Transporting the dummy mirror cell to the LBT Enclosure on Emerald Peak. |
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Photos by Jim Slagle |
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| The dummy mirror cell leaving the Base Camp. | Transporting the mirror cell up Mt. Graham. |
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Photos by Pat Osmer & John Hill |
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| The LBC cryostat. | Carriage for the Bell Jar. |
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| PHH assembles the Goldhofer frame at the LBT Base Camp. | Testing on the Hydrostatic Bearing System. |
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Photos by Enzo Anaclerio & Roberto Speziali |
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| Mirror Cover prototyping activities at Carpenteria Colombo. | |
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| Working on the LBC detector cryostat. | The LBC cryostat attached to the LBC lens assembly on the telescope. |
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- © 2005 Large Binocular Telescope Corporation
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