Telescope Mount

1 /  Steel surrogate mirror being lowered onto primary mirror support system prototype at the University of Arizona Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. Image credit: University of Arizona 2 /  Device Control Software Engineer Tomas Krasuski adjusting a triple actuator inside the primary mirror support system prototype at the University of Arizona Tech Park. Image credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation 3 /  Primary mirror support system prototype at the University of Arizona Tech Park. Senior Control Systems Engineer Trupti Ranka is shown (right) running testing on the prototype. Image credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation 4 /  Senior Control Systems Engineer Trupti Ranka adjusting an actuator in the primary mirror support system prototype at the University of Arizona Tech Park. Image credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation 5 /  Electronic Bench Technician Austin Everman checking wires inside server cabinet at the University of Arizona Tech Park. Image credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation 6 /  Cable wires inside server cabinet at the University of Arizona Tech Park. Image credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation 7 /  Construction of the Ingersoll Machine Tools assembly hall for factory integration and acceptance testing of the Giant Magellan Telescope mount. Image credit: Ingersoll Machine Tools 8 /  Senior Control Systems Engineer Trupti Ranka moving an air handler unit – fourteen air handler units utilizing CO2 based refrigeration are mounted to the interior of each mirror support system to circulate the air. Image credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation 9 /  Single actuator – one of 170 pneumatic actuators that lift and shape the primary mirror through applied force. Image credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation 10 /  Interior of steel weldment used for the mirror support structure prototype at CAID Industries in Arizona. Image credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation 11 /  Triple actuator – one of 170 pneumatic actuators that lift and shape the primary mirror through applied force. Image credit: Damien Jemison, Giant Magellan Telescope – GMTO Corporation 12 /  Faux pier where the Giant Magellan Telescope rotating azimuth-axis and optical support structure will be assembled and tested. Image credit: Ingersoll Machine Tools 13 /  Faux pier inside the Giant Magellan Telescope factory integration and assembly hall at Ingersoll Machine Tools. Image credit: Ingersoll Machine Tools 14 /  Testing of the opening and closing mechanisms on the first of seven mirror covers for the telescope. Image credit: OHB Italia SpA 15 /  First of seven mirror covers for the telescope. In just over two minutes, the covers will deploy and retract in unison to protect the mirrors when they’re not in use. Image credit: OHB Italia SpA