The filter wheel on the telescope with the dewar and motors
all attached
Here's everything put together and in place! Click the arrows to
see it from other angles, and click the dewar itself to see how it's
mounted.
 
- This is the dewar, which holds the CCD and the liquid
nitrogen coolant. Please keep in mind that the picture you see
when you click it shows the isolation ring when it's not screwed
on. The isolation ring will soon be out of date, however, as ACE
is currently making us a new one.
- The shutter motor. You actually can't see it in this
picture, as it's hidden behind those two plugs.
- These two guys are the digital indicators used to measure
the tilt of the filter wheel. The guy on the left under the wires
is for the focus.
- The filter wheel motor.
- The CCD power supply.
- The L-shaped bar that attaches the filter wheel to the
stage.
- The frame for the mounts.This thing needn't ever come off.
- The focus stage. The bottom half slides in and out by way
of a motor-controlled screw.
- The CDD controller. All the CCD circuitry resides in this
box.
 
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