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May 01, 2015
NGC6384
Let us introduce miss NGC6384!
March 18, 2016
NGC 4449, J, H, Ks Color composit ARGOS & LUCI
0.2‘‘ Resolution in Ks
March 18, 2016
SDSS J1038 + 4849 ‚The Cat‚ main arcs at z=0.97, 2.19 J-band image
March 18, 2016
SDSS J134332.85+415503.4
Main arc at z=2.09
J,H,Ks, 30 min each band
0.2‘‘ resolution in Ks
March 18, 2016
NGC 3786, JHK ARGOS GLAO Taken in high seeing conditions (~1.5‘‘ DIMM) Resulting in 0.4..0.5‘‘ Ks..J with ARGOS
October 24, 2015
WFS SX comissioning
October 24, 2015
October 24, 2015
October 24, 2015
WFS SX comissioning
September 27, 2015
Look at this!
September 27, 2015
Both LGSW and both Lucis in the clean room
September 27, 2015
July 28, 2015
THE POCKELS CELL DRIVER
July 28, 2015
THE POCKELS CELL DRIVER
July 28, 2015
THE POCKELS CELL, open in test setup
December 01, 2014
September 02, 2014
testing dielectric strength in various gases
testing dielectric strength in various gases
December 01, 2014
Left: SMT, Background: LBT
November 04, 2013
First full power test.
November 04, 2013
First full power test.
August 22, 2013
Laser test bench in clean room.
August 21, 2013
The THING! What is it?
Snow in August?
August 08, 2013
Dichroic drive test at Tomelleri
December 01, 2014
August 08, 2013
Dichroic drive test at Tomelleri
May 18, 2014
June 18, 2013
Michael is reconfiguring the pneumatic houses on the dust shutter controller.
May 17, 2014
recreation at nearby riggs lake
June 18, 2013
Hans and Julian are working on the C-Ring Rack cabeling.
May 16, 2014
Laser operation at full moon
June 18, 2013
The large mirror, illuminated by the alignment laser.
May 16, 2014
June 15, 2013
Walfried and Matthias are installing new beam expanders in front of the laser heads.
Working in the highest situated submarine.
May 16, 2014
May 16, 2014
March 22, 2014
more on-sky tests
May 11, 2010
PNCCD New vs. Old
On left side the new developed peltier cooled PNCCD camera, on right side the old cryogenic cooled version.
July 09, 2009
Motor casting
We tested several linear pushing actuators to find one which was small and accurate enough to meet our requirements.
July 31, 2008
Russian argon laser
This is not a space weapon, it's just a russian argon laser. It had to be removed from the lab and destroyed under watch of the customs.
July 31, 2009
Do not drink
Cleaning accessories of the russian argon laser.
January 21, 2008
On top of the LBT
Next to the LBT are the Submillimeter Telescope (SMT) and the VATT (Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope).
October 04, 2007
Pockels Cell
A big aperture pockels cell at our neighbor institute MPQ. Our first prototype had a similar design, but no water cooling.
March 22, 2014
Excited watching of the detector images
March 22, 2014
more on-sky tests
Flight of the laser box II.
March 21, 2014
On sky test after moonrise
March 13, 2014
LBT impressions. A rotating buidling.
March 13, 2014
LBT, seen by a fish eye
March 13, 2014
preparing for the night
December 01, 2014
March 13, 2014
preparing for the night
November 09, 2013
On sky test
March 12, 2013
MoCon con Mocca
Our standard motor controller, the MoCon from MPIA. And coffee is also standard, especially when working on the mocon.
November 09, 2013
On sky test
November 09, 2013
LM1 SX
November 08, 2013
On sky test
March 07, 2013
Make in individual
An Argos sticker gives everything an individual touch.
November 07, 2013
On sky test
December 01, 2014
November 07, 2013
On sky test
November 07, 2013
On sky test
February 15, 2013
Hacking the BCU
Gilles and Lorenzo are working on the configuration of the BCU to acquire data from the PNCCD.
November 06, 2013
On sky test
February 14, 2013
Florence
The city of Florence, seen from the Solar Tower at INAF/Acetri.
November 06, 2013
On sky test
November 06, 2013
On sky test
November 04, 2013
First full power test.
GLAO look open
April 23, 2012
Weekly meetings
On-site meeting at the telescope simulator.
GLAO loop closed
Laser beams and constellation pattern
December 01, 2014
Left to right: VATT, SMT, LBT
April 17, 2013
Laser system installation team
The team after the successfull installation of the laser system.
December 01, 2014
April 22, 2013
Alignment
A target on the large lense was used to align the laser box.
April 21, 2013
System powered
Systems were switched on and tested. The pricure shows the laser supply racks between the wind braces.
Installation of the SX laser box
Installation of the SX laser box. The telescope was tilted by 62°
Installation of the DX laser box.
Installation of the DX laser box. The telescope is tilted by 62°.
Flight of the laser box
The laser boxes was lifted from the high bay into the telescope chamber.
March 12, 2013
WFS under construction
Lots of components were preliminary installed to the wave front sensor in the last few weeks.
March 07, 2013
Team on box
From left to right: Julian, Walfried, Matthias, Gilles, Sebastian, Hans and Christina.
March 07, 2013
17 boxes of Argos
The Argos laser system is packed in 17 boxes, 4.2t in total.
March 07, 2013
Last box arrives
Matthias delivers the last box to the storehouse.
January 15, 2013
Laser box installation
The SX laser box is reinstalled to the telescope simulator.
October 01, 2012
Acceptance test
Inspection of the laserboxes during the acceptance test in Europe.
August 03, 2012
Tilted laser
To test the laser under realistic conditions, we used the telescope simulator to tilt it.
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May 10, 2012
Argos at Galileo's
Our regulary consortium meeting took place at Galileo Galilei's house near Florence.
March 05, 2012
Laser box setup
The first laser box steel frame is equipped with its insides.
November 15, 2011
Laserbox test setup
To test the instrument software with real hardware, we set up one optical laser beam path of the laser box.