Telescopes arrived at SPM

# Telescopes

schedule 2017-07-04
Matthew Lehner

The telescopes arrived a little past 9am local time. All three containers were safely offloaded, and nothing appears to be damaged.

We began to unload some items in the afternoon. The primary mirrors for telescopes #1 and #3 are now stored at the 2m building near the coating chamber. Tomorrow we will unload the remaining mirrors and start moving the smaller boxed items closer to the telescope enclosures. There are also several parts that will be installed with the domes (azimuthal encoder and home switch, a hoist that hangs from the shutter frame, etc.).

Photos below.


First truck arriving at observatory.


First truck arriving at observatory.


Second and third trucks arriving at observatory.


All three trucks in temporary staging area.


Preparing to unload container with telescope #3.


Unloading container for telescope #3.


Inside container for telescope #3.


Preparing to unload container for telescope #2.


Unloading telescope #2 container.


Truck got stuck, needed some help to get out.


Truck makes it out from under container.


Back to parking container for telescope #2.


Inside container for telescope #2.


Preparing to unload container for telescope #1.


Unloading container for telescope #1.


Inside telescope #1 container.


All three containers successfully unloaded.