<\/a>Various bits of SuperBIT <\/div>
The major pieces are spread around the highbay<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>The optics box is open for upgrades <\/div>
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<\/a>John ponders what he wants to do <\/div>
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<\/a>Javier surevys his domain <\/div>
The various computers on top of the telescope<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Motor controllers and cables <\/div>
All attached to BIT's outer frame<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>The fake star\/collimator telescope <\/div>
Stashed in a corner until needed again<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Michael and Bryce become more attached to BIT <\/div>
By attaching new components to the inner frame<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Bolt fishing <\/div>
Trying to retrieve a loose screw<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>John strengthens the inner frame to telescope connection <\/div>
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<\/a>Bryce carefully cuts corners and drills out steel support brackets <\/div>
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<\/a>Installed bracket, holding the optics box more rigidly to the telescope <\/div>
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<\/a>Finished changes <\/div>
Four new supports, and the black fine guidance controller box moved above<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>New gyroscope attached to top left of inner frame <\/div>
Another will be on the top face of the fame<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Angle bracket graveyard <\/div>
The carnage Bryce leaves in his wake<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>The optics box is: OPEN <\/div>
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<\/a>Telescope installed in the middle and outer boats\/frames <\/div>
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On my return to BIT-land (after needing to spend a few days in Princeton) I find everything disassembled in preparation for upgrades: mainly to the rigidity of the mounting of the inner frame, the telescope inside the inner frame, and the optics box on the backside of the telescope. Plus installing some electronics like the new heater control box, fine guidance controller, and shiny new gyroscopes. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6561"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6562,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6561\/revisions\/6562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}