The APC power strip.
The Best UPS located downstairs.
A view of the camera on the telescope. The filter wheel access port is visible on the top. Behind it is the guide stage and the guider. The Low Dewar with the chip is the gold anodized cylinder. The Leach controller is the silver box to the right of the Dewar.
The compressor for the mirror airbags
Here is the pneumatic control upstairs on the base of the telescope.
The main telescope control electronics mounted on the wall of the control room. The Turbo PMAC is just visible in the upper left corner. The power supplies on the right side. The Axis video controller is visble as the rectangular black box below right of the box.
The crane on the top of the dome slit.
The control room. The Manual override panel (MOP) is visible on the right. The two computers (rct and oculus) are visible in the rack. The network switch is mounted below.
The Cryotiger compressor that provides the cooling for the CCD chip. It is located below the table in the control room.
The declination limits and Heidenhain encoder. Remember +LIM is south.
One of the two three phase motors that drive the dome azimuth.
The dome encoder. The home switch can just be seen on the top.
A picture of the telescope taking a dome flat. The illuminators for the Great White Spot are on.
Sunset picture of outside of dome slit. The dome is open.
One of the two emergency stop buttons. This one is in the dome area to the west of the telescope.
The top telescope ring. The four pairs of dome illuminators can bee seen.
The hour angle drive. The Heidenhain interpolation electronics are in the grey box.
The emergency hand paddle. This can be jumpered in the dome area to manually control the various dome functions. Not to be confused with the MOP.
The "hockey pucks" used to measure the various temperature sensors mounted on the telescope.
The Mirror cover actuators can be seen below.
The Manual override panel or MOP. This is on the table inside the control room.
The button to stop the system from going into "safemode" when the downstairs door is opened. This switch is just to the right of this door. The plastic cover protects the button.
The telescope secondary.
The slip rings that deliver power and control to the dome slit opener.
The control panel for the slit opener. It rides on the dome and is accessible from the cat walk.
The slit opener motor. It is mounted way up at the top of the dome.
The telescope. The old finder is mounted in this picture.
The weather mast outside on the administration building. The anemometer and weathervane ar at the top along with a lightning rod. The arm going outward to the left contains the rain sensor at the far end, the humidity sensor in the middle and an unused GPS antenna. Another GPS antenna for a different project is to the right. The Vaisala MAWS weather controller is in the box near the antenna.
The cloud sensor on the north west side of the dome.
The north (south facing) web camera.
