Vulcan Camera-III Details


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Mount and camera as seen by webcam
Approximate webcam view
Mount and camera view
Mount and camera from
the right
view from behind, camera, flat lamp, dome slit
Rear-view, camera, flat
lamp, and dome slit
back of camera
Back of camera
focus mechanism (left-side)
Focus micrometer (left)
lens section of camera
Lens portion of camera
dec-axis seen from the back
DEC-axis seen from the
back-right
RA-axis from the left
RA-axis from the left
RA-axis from the right
RA-axis seen from the right
Mount pier with controls.
The pier, skywalker,
thermocouple & thermometer
top of Skywalker telescope controller
Top of skywalker controller
bottom of skywalker telescope controller
Bottom of skywalker
mount controller
Flat lamp and camera from the left
Flat lamp from left
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Flat lamp and camera from the right
Flat lamp from the right
Dome rotation motor and drive system
Dome rotation motor and
drive system
Dome drive gearbox, drive-wheel and domeworks measuring wheel
Dome drive gearbox and
wheel
Dome drive gearbox and wheels from the right
Dome drive system, right
Dome drive motor
Dome drive motor
Digital Dome Works control electronics
Digital Dome Works
control and power supply
Dome Works measurement wheel and sensor
Dome Works wheel and
north sensor
Dome Works uninterruptable power supply
Dome Works UPS
Dome shutter drive system: motor, controls, lower shutter hand crank
Dome shutter drive system
Dome shutter motor, battery, and pulley
Shutter motor, battery
and pulley
Shutter control box (On/Off, Hand/Auto, Open/Close)
Shutter control box
Shutter pulleys, left-front
Shutter pulleys, left-front
Shutter pulleys, right-front
Shutter pulleys, right-front
Rain shield with shutter open, front
Rain shield with shutter
open, front
Shutter cable attachement, left-front
Shutter cable attachment,
left-front
Shutter cable attachement, right-front
Shutter cable attachment,
right-front
Rain shield with shutter closed, back
Rain shield with shutter
closed, back
Camera and autoguider control electronics, front
Camera and autoguider
control, front
Camera and autoguider control electronics, back
Camera & autoguider
control, back
Computer-switchable power box
Computer-controlled
power switch
CCD window heater and thermocouple power and airpump, front
CCD window heater and
thermocouple power,
and air pump, front
CCD window heater and thermocouple power and airpump, rear
Heater & thermocouple
power and airpump, rear
Circuit breaker, under the dome floor
Circuit breaker, under
dome floor
Dome and weather station control box, closed
Dome and weather station
control box, closed
Dome and weather station control, redbox on right
Dome and weather station
control electronics
Control room, from left to right: greenbox, camerabox, bluebox
Control room, greenbox,
camerabox, bluebox (l-r)
All photographs by Dave Scimeca.

Last Modified: 21 February 2002
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