Solid model of UKIRT in dome
UKIRT IN ITS BUILDING
A solid model of UKIRT in the observatory building (with
the dome removed) showing:
- Top-end ring (purple)
- Top-end vanes (dark grey)
- Hub and secondary mirror assembly (light blue)
- Upper trusses, centre-section East and West DEC beams,
north and south tie beams, lower trusses, primary mirror and cell (bright
blue).
- Yoke and north and south supporting columns (red-brown).
- Not shown: S. Col working platform (supporting dome-air circulation
fans)
Apertures (dark) in the concrete dome floor (white) lead extracted air to
the coude room below (now used for storage and as a plenum for the air),
thence to the plant room and out of the exit tunnel. The control room (R)
and the instrument preparation room (L) flank the removable vestibule
which normally controls dust entry to the dome theough the front access
roller-door (right foreground). The telescope is shown with the future
wide-field imager "WFCAM" in place on the primary mirror's central plug.
All other instruments are located at broken Cassegrain foci (not shown).
(Back to " Mounting, sky
access & pointing" or to "structure
and optics" in ``Description".)
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