We got the secondary mirror and focus housing installed on the telescope at Site #1 this morning. We then worked on the primary installation at Site #2 in the afternoon. We are ready to glue on the radial support blocks first thing in the morning
Here are photos of the secondary mirror and focus housing installation. (Some of the photos are form yesterday, before we gave up for the day.)
Secondary mirror rigged up and ready for lifting out of the crate.
Focus housing ready for secondary mirror installation.
Bolting the secondary onto the focus housing.
Secondary light shield installed around the mirror.
Focus housing rigged up and ready for lifting.
Lifting focus housing up to the truss ring.
Bolting focus housing onto truss ring.
Focus housing and secondary mirror successfully installed.
View of optical tube assembly, pointing up.
View of secondary mirror from the floor.