APF Telescope 2.4-m Mirror Aluminization Movies

Time-lapse movies of the APF 2.4-m Telescope mirror re-aluminization are being composed from a few cameras that have been positioned inside the dome to document the procedure.

Links to new movies will be added as they are created.

2016 September 21: Preparing the Dome and Telescope for Mirror Removal

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2016 September 22: Preparing the Dome and Telescope for Mirror Removal

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2016 September 23: Removing the Mirror from the Telescope

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2016 September 26: Removing the Mirror from the Dome, Moving it to the Shane Dome, and Stripping off the Coating

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2016 September 27: Put Glass in the Aluminizing Chamber and Aluminize

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2016 September 28: Opening the Aluminizing Chamber, Evaluating the New Aluminum Coating, Preparing for Installing the Mirror

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2016 September 29: Installing the Mirror in the Telescope

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2016 September 30: Reassemble the Dome, Install the Tertiary Mirror

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Time-lapse movies assembled by Elinor Gates, UCO/Lick Observatory.

Special thanks to Kostas Chloros and Donnie Redel for setting up cameras inside the APF Dome.

Aluminizing Crew:
Kostas Chloros
Dave Cowley
Brian Dupraw
Brad Holden
David Marques
Adam Nichols
Drew Philips
Christopher Ratliff
Donnie Redel
Dale Sandford
Alex Tripsas
Jim Ward
Steve Vogt

Elinor Gates

Last modified: Sat Oct 1 19:06:26 PDT 2016