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thomas.shaffer@LIGO.ORG - posted 16:55, Tuesday 30 October 2018 - last comment - 09:41, Wednesday 31 October 2018(44931)
Attempt at HWSX Baffle Pictures

T.Vo and I tried two techniques to try and get an image of the HWS baffle that maybe clipping our SLED beam. No good images came from either method and we are freshly geared up for another try when the opportunity arises.

First we took a CCD camera and tried two different positions (see attached) within the path, but we needed more zoom than the two lenses we had could give us.

Next we tried a DSLR with more lens choices, but still could not produce any reasonable images. This worked better than the previous attempt, but still not good enough.

Cheryl and Fil then set us up with a CCTV Rainbow Zoom lens and we now have much higher hopes that we can get a better image next try.

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thomas.shaffer@LIGO.ORG - 09:41, Wednesday 31 October 2018 (44943)

A few of the not-so-good photos can be found here: G1802122