Preparation for the spin cast of the 4m international liquid mirror telescope at AMOS
21-25 September 2009; Participants : Paul Hickson (UBC), Jean Surdej, Joël Poels, Arnaud Magette, François Finet, Brajesh Kumar, Denis Defrère, Olivier Absil, Charles Hanot (ULg), Vamvatira-Nakou Chloi, Tatyana Sadibekova, Olga Melnyk, Andrii Elyiv, Stephan Denis (AMOS)
Just before mixing the hardener (blue buckets) with the polyurhetane (white buckets) |
The white angels pour the hardener (blue buckets) into the polyurhetane (white buckets) |
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Mixing the hardener with the polyurhetane |
Climbing up the ladder |
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Mounting the buckets |
Preparing for pouring the resine |
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The resine has been spread over the spinning surface of the mirror |
Leaving the mirror platform after the spin casting |
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External view of the spinning mirror being inspected by the white angels |
The resine adopts a parabolic shape while spinning with the mirror |