The first steps...or building phases


The first steps was to gather all the part to create this system, including tube, drives, mount, optics .... This page aims to describe all the parts that have been used to achieve this system. Use also "save link as" to retrieve the full size images, because some images are large to fit into the screen.

-The CCD CAMERA

-The optical design

-The optical tube

- The mount and the drives

-The software to control the telescope

- The final assembly

The contributors of this building phases are :


- Eddy Pomarolli (ESO,Germany)
- Boris Gaillard (ESO,Germany)
- Andras Dan (Gemini inc.,Hungaria)
- Laurent Bernasconi (MCMT,France)
- Christophe Dupuy (ESO,Germany)
- Serge Deconhiout (VALMECA,France)
- Remi PetitDemange (Optique Unterlinden,France)
- Roberto Castillo (ESO,Chile)

I would like to thank them all.

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By Cyril CAVADORE, 15th May 2000