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In the Dome – A Tour of the Subaru Telescope
Earlier this month, I had the chance to observe from the summit of Mauna Kea at the Subaru Telescope using Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC), the same camera we use in the new HSC survey search. I and my fellow observers got a great tour of the telescoped dome and also around the summit of Mauna Kea from our telescope operator Josh (thanks Josh!). Here’s the photos I took during the tour:
View of sub-mm vallery
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
the Kecks and IRTF
Gemini North
View of Subaru, the Kecks, and IRTF
View of Subaru, the Kecks, and IRTF
Gemini North, UH-88inch
hard hats in the hallway betwen the controll room and the Subaru telescope dome (plus some astronomers)
hard hats in the hallway betwen the controll room and the Subaru telescope dome (plus some astronomers!)
controll room building for Subaru
cover of area that opens for mirror to be brought down for recoating
encoder – barcode reader that tracks where the Subaru telescope has rotated to
Gemini North
Keck telscopes
Gemini North
rollers that the Subaru telescope dome moves with
Rollers the dome moves on at the base of the dome
rollers that the Subaru telescope dome moves with
More in the lower levels with the dome rollers
Part of the telescope and the dome side vents at Subaru
Side vents on the Subaru dome
Primary mirror and baffle
Subaru telescope
prime focus ring of the Subaru telescope above the primary mirror – is holding Hyper Suprime-Cam
Primary mirror and baffle
part of the crane mechanism that lifts out the 8.2-m mirror for recoating at the Subaru dome
Subaru telescope prime focus ring
Subaru telescope prime focus ring and shot of Hyper Suprime-Cam
Dome side vents
Subaru telescope
Inside the Subaru Control room – speakers that relay sounds from computer and HSC so you can hear the shutter opening and closing
Base of the telescope
Lower instrument bay on subaru telescope
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