PARTS

Last update:  June 10, 2013


MAESTRO on the telescope.
Maestro cabinet in the common building of the MMT.

Black CCD electronics box, hanging on the telescope.

Inside of the black box.  This picture was taken before the guide camera cooler was removed from the box and hung from a separate rack.

Blue transport box for the CCD dewar.

Cart used to handle science dewar.

Box where cables are stored, except CCD cables, which are fragile.

Hemispheric spacers, which must be put between the spectrograph and the rotator.

Entrance port to access old slit changing mechanism.  No longer used.

Grey electronics box, containing Galil, pullizi, and related electronics to control the spectrograph.  The black hose coming out of the grey box is evacuating hot air.
The other side of the grey electronics box.

White counterweights.  This balances the spectrograph when it is on the rotator.

Counterweight.

f/5 secondary, with Thorium-Argon and quartz lamps mounted in the hub.

Grating (right) with grating cover, and prism, on the left.

Grating cover storage box.  Stored in the MAESTRO cabinet in the common building.

Telescope baffle being installed on the rotator.

Derotator baffle, showing chimney baffle.

H-channel lengths that connect two halves of derotator baffle.

Blue spectrograph cart.

Hatch to access dewar for LN2 fill.

Storage box for Thorium Argon power supply and cables.  Stored in MAESTRO cabinet.

Thorium-argon power supply, hooked up in the control room.

Inside of the calibration lamp box.

Blue ammo box and hardware for mounting the spectrograph on the telescope.

Guider camera cooler and rack, mounted on the telescope.

Gold science CCD dewar and controller box.

Grounding wire, for use while cabling dewar.

Blue spaceframe, upon which the components are mounted.  This photo was taken during construction. 

Rear of guide camera, cabled up.

Rear of guide camera, with cables removed.

Close up of grating cell.  Grating is held with break-aways for protection.

Spectrograph on the blue cart, being loaded onto the MMTO air-ride truck, at the Steward loading dock.

MAESTRO being wheeled into the telescope chamber from the scissor lift truck.