August 27th

Meghan, Chan, and I got together on the last day of work on Viper for the summer and took apart the box which held the main mirror. This important piece of the telescope will be moved by Facilities nearby the telescope frame and we will rent a crane to place it inside the frame so we can hopefully have a working instrument by winter.  The trusses which are blue in the photos were also sent to a body shop to be sandblasted and repainted Siena green and gold.