Fan Mountain Observatory FOBOS Pictures
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	Focal plane module construction 1	Focal plane module construction 2	Focal plane module in the lab	Focal plane module assembly in the lab	Focal plane module testing in the lab

	Mirror carriage housing interior	Mirror carriage positional switches	Mirror carriage motor	Focal plane ferrule array from above	Focal plane ferrule adjustment 1

	Focal plane ferrule adjustment 2	Calibration system	Calibration system optics	Calibration lamp housing interior	Opal glass frame and calibration lamp housing

	Calibration lamp mount	Eyepiece system fold mirror	Calibration and guide systems, partial	Guide system STV and lens cell mount	Fibers inside focal plane module

	Focal plane module wiring at FMO	Focal plane module - first time on telescope	Focal plane module on telescope	Focal plane module - NE view	Focal plane module - NW view

	Focal plane module NE mounting bolt	Focal plane module SE mounting bolt	Focal plane module on telescope - NE view	Focal plane module on telescope - NW view	Focal plane module lift system

	Lift table	Mounting the focal plane module	Focal plane module parked on floor	Science fiber insertion into teflon tubing 1	Science fiber insertion into teflon tubing 2

	Fiber train hex bundling setup	Fiber train hex bundling jig	Bundling focal plane ferrule fibers	Epoxying the focal plane ferrule fibers	Epoxied focal plane ferrule fiber bundles

	Guide fiber ferrules - newly epoxied	Focal plane ferrules newly assembled	Fiber train newly assembled	Focal plane ferrule polishing setup 1	Focal plane ferrule polishing setup 2

	Science fiber polishing setup 1	Science fiber polishing setup 2	Science fiber polishing	Science fiber inspection setup 1	Science fiber inspection setup 2

	Focal plane ferrule array from overhead	Focal plane ferrule - good	Focal plane ferrule - bad 1	Focal plane ferrule - bad 2	Fiber train attached to telescope fork

	Magnified science fiber - back-lit	Magnified science fiber	Science fiber array 1	Science fiber array 2	Science fiber array with slit 1

	Science fiber array with slit 2	Spectrograph room under construction	Spectrograph room, empty	Moving optical table to FMO	Lifting optical table to second floor 1

	Lifting optical table to second floor 2	Spectrograph room, wall removed	Spectrograph room, exterior 1	Spectrograph room environment control	Science fiber mount newly finished 1

	Science fiber mount newly finished 2	Science fiber mount, overhead view	Science fiber mount interior from above	Science fiber array mount interior	Shutter and interior of science fiber mount

	Science fiber alignment mount side/back	Science fiber alignment mount front	Collimator mount 1	Collimator mount 2	Grating mount, disassembled 1

	Grating mount, disassembled 2	Grating mount, partly assembled	Grating mount 1	Grating mount 2	Grating and dewar mount front

	Grating rotation index	Machining bench spectrograph components	Dewar mount under construction	Dewar mount positioning indexes	Dewar mount front, SLR rotation index

	Dewar Z rotation micrometer	SLR lens adjustments	CCD dewar - lN2 filling 1	CCD dewar - lN2 filling 2	Bench spectrograph 1

	Bench spectrograph 2	Bench spectrograph 3	Bench spectrograph 4	Bench spectrograph 5	Celestron telescope setup

	Electronics control box construction	Electronics control box interior	Electronics control box - exterior	FOBOS hand paddle	Telescope and FOBOS control center

	FOBOS computer control	Telescope control electronics rack	Air compressor	Newly installed weather station

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