TEXES Observing Run at NASA's IRTF
November 2000
Pictures courtesy David Temple


 
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NASA's Infrared Telescope
Facility (IRTF)
 


Another view of the IRTF
 


The business end of
the IRTF
 


Matt & Zhu near the
telescope
 


A 3 meter mirror
cover
 


An infrared optimized
secondary mirror
 


Checking for vacuum leaks
 


Preparing to cool down
 


How cold is cold enough?
(filling with liquid nitrogen)
 

TEXES and servant



Lots of cables
(the control room)

 


The support structure of
the 10m Keck 1 telescope



 


Cones and clouds