evolve to improve may take many steps
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Hawaii, Mauna Kea 8 of 10 telescope / housings were developed and built in British Columbia, Canada |
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Herschel Observatory on Canary Islands |
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| novel construction methods of KECK I and KECK II | |
bottom ring girder, double slot arch girder and orange peel cladding structural analysis done at the Civil Eng. Dept. of UBC with modified software (origin Hooley & Taylor) on VAX computer |
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special self-erecting crane for telescope assembly |
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crane being lowered and dismantled |
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orange peels being assembled on second KECK housing |
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KECK twins |
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| novel design for rapid flushing | |
| Gemini observatory housing |
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vertically opening vents |
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and closing, of course |
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KECK II telescope structure: aluminium and steel composite structure |
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pancaking Starfire daylight telescope housing |
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Starfire Optical Range at Kirkland Air Force Base (Albuquerque): daylight telescope and Laser gun |
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Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) early concept study |
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Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) later concept study |
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Atacama Cosmology Telescope aluminium mirror |
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| CALOTTE system | |
CALOTTE principle |
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computer fluid dynamics study |
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| mechanical system: bottom rotates about vertical axis, top rotates about inclined axis |
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all images courtesy D.J. Halliday |
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sponsor: |
BRITTAIN STEEL, COAST STEEL, AMEC, EMPIRE, etc. |
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David Lo |
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Lillian Siu |
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Michael Gedig |
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