The LBT Project
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The LBT Project |
 The rotating structure that... |
 ...hold the two mirrors |
 Lab & audience overview (5MB) |
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 8 Micromm oil layer |
 (same, at a different lens aperture :) |
 The two disks have to be perfectly parallel! |
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 The 800 tons structure! |
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 emergency pressure accumulators... |
 ...in case of a sudden... |
 ...energy blackout |
 detail |
 An angle: zoom in and... |
 ...zoom out! |
 zoom in again and... |
 ...zoom out once more! |
 P.Boccacci |
 ...size proportions... |
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 Details that make a lab alive |
 Documentations and... |
 ...construction logs |
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 A dummy structure to hold the mirror during..."cleaning sessions" |
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Sliding elevator, rotated by 90deg (3.6MB) |
 Lateral Pad Support |
 1590 and 990 Kg! |
 Ansaldo-Camozzi |
 Watching how the... |
 ...800 tons structure... |
...rotates (2.6MB) |
 Che grillo! (Compared to my shoe) |
 And this is an el.plug (Again compared to my foot) |
 The alluminator from the front... |
 ...and from the side |
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Stepping backwards (Movie is rotated by 90 deg! 1.9MB) |
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The structures that temporarily... (2.8MB) |
...replace the two 90cm secondary mirrors (2.9MB) |