The week of June 15

Not much to report this week as we prepare for the lift of the corrector. Since the corrector is going to have all of its covers on and it may be years until we actually have this view of it again I thought I would post this picture showing the 4 elements (M2 can not be seen as it is under M5. Note the reflections of the straight support members are severely bent showing the curvature of the mirrors.

An image of the Wide Field Corrector with its covers off in the temporary clean tent in the HET loading bay.  The Wide Field Corrector will live on the tracker and takes the beam of the HET, corrects for spherical aberration and brings it to focus.

An image of the Wide Field Corrector with its covers off in the temporary clean tent in the HET loading bay. The Wide Field Corrector will live on the tracker and takes the beam of the HET, corrects for spherical aberration and brings it to focus.

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