Pictures of the intallation of the APT in Sutherland
Last update : 3 December 1999
The dome (open)
The bare tube
The empty mirror-cell ..
... and with the mirror installed
Mirror-cell, side view, without photometer
Side view of the Photometer
Another view of the Photometer
Cold Box, fitting snugly between the mirror-cell weights
Merlin electronic control box
The designer, Digby Ellis, adding some final touches
Full view of the telescope tube
The RA drive chain
Looking up to the secondary mirror
Secondary, top view
Reflections .... try working out this view for yourself
Computer setup, showing a captured Globular Cluster image