<\/a>Extra storage <\/div>
We used a shipping container as overflow storage, to replace the west highbay<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Anne finishes assembling the FTS <\/div>
Installing the delicate wire grid<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>The Fourier transform spectrometer <\/div>
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<\/a>FTS again <\/div>
With the tip-tilt mirror installed in the back<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Awesome box. With buttons, banana plugs, and an LCD screen <\/div>
For aiming the mirror<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>FTS installed <\/div>
It mounts to the center port, and can rotate to over top any of the telescopes<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Motorized valve box <\/div>
Now fully assembled<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Hand waving test <\/div>
The classic way of saying "Hi" to bolometers, and seeing if they say anything back<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Sasha's game <\/div>
Whacking moles in a grid of detector data<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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