(Corey, Keita)

Telescope Assembly

Now that we had a new set of machined Side Clamps (machined by Tyler and Class-A-ed over the weekend), we installed these parts on the Telescope Assy, and then installed the Primary Mirror.

Telescope Rough Alignment

With all Mirrors installed on the Telescope (the F1 [6"] Mirror is an IAS Alignment Mirror we are "iffy" on, we're waiting for some recently-ordered 6" Mirrors to see if they have a better coating), we started rough alignment of the Telescope.  This was done with autocollimators at the input and output of the Telescope and per Keita's alignment document (T1100603).  Next we were going to move to a more fine alignment with the IR Laser, but we discovered the 8" Alignment Mirror we were going to use had a frosted back surface, and this would not be useable for shooting the Autocollimator through it.  So, this is where we stopped for the afternoon.  Today (Wed), Keita found a gold-coated mirror to use for this alignment and will proceed from here.

SUS Cables Run

I grabbed two cables which run from the "roof feedthru" to the Test Stand at EY, and installed them at EX.