Mees Spar and Building

These images show the details for some parts of the Mees spar, instruments, and building.

K-Line Telescope

The K-Line bench is 52" long.

K-Line telescope interior, showing layout of components. Total bench length 52".

K-Line telescope interior, rear half closeup.

K-Line telescope interior, front half closeup.

POI

POI interior, rear half closeup.

POI interior, front half closeup.

Dual Coronagraph

Coronagraph interior, filters and occulting stage.

Spar

The spar is 29" across, 134" long (0.75m, 3.4m).

The RA axis is 8" diameter.

Spar south face, RA axis, pedestal top from front of spar.	Spar southeast face, umbilicals, RA axis	Spar southwest face, IVM instrument box
Spar southwest face, K-line and IVM.	Spar southeast face, POI, Dual Coronagraph.	Spar northeast face, Dual coronagraph, Stokes, Coude feed.

Mount

The pedestal is 36" east-west, 38" north-south. The bearing at the north end of the polar axis is 9' above the floor. The pedestal sits on a U frame anchored in the pier cantilever. The pier is centered in the dome, 36" square, with a 36" cantilever to the north.

It is 8' from north end RA bearing to the wall, measured along the coude feed tube. It is 4' from the pedestal to the wall, again along the tube.

Pedestal east, electronics rack

Pedestal foot

Pedestal north, coude feed tube and beam

Coude feed tube and beam over stairs

Building

Control room west wall

Computer room main racks

Other pages with related images are:
Dome Seeing Upgrade
MCCD Upgrade

Last modified: Wed Oct 20 12:55:49 HST 1999