Our main mirror needed a cleaning before installation. This is what one does with water. For this purpose we lined the transport box, dissolved dishwashing detergent without additives and filled the pool with water...
Currently, we are concentrating our work on our large telescope. After the electromechanical control of the mirror doors has been realized, the mounting of the main mirror on an air bag as well as its sensor system has...
At the moment, we are concentrating our work entirely on completing our main instrument. Currently, this includes the cooling unit of the main mirror, the electric mirror doors and especially the telescope control...
Completely surprisingly we have lost a friend. As an astrophysicist, Uwe dedicated his interest to the stars, as a high school teacher to the next generation and as a longtime member of STScI to the development of the...