8K camera at the 2.4m

Updated 03/05/08 (Barr/MDM)

8K camera mouned on the 2.4m telescope (view from the north).

Vacuum convection readout at operation pressure.

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Master ccd electronics controller

Slave ccd electronics controller.

LN2 fill port cover. Also used to provide N2 gas for purging

the detector window.

Purge fixture, used to get Nitrogin gas to the ccd window

to eliminate fogging.

Master power supply. To be turned on before slave power supply.

South camera adjustment rod. An identical camera is mounted on the north.

8K camera controller.

8K manual filter wheel controller box.

Back side of master ccd electronics controller

showing manual filter wheel controller box.

8K computer (vesuvius) in the right middle computer

rack in the computer room.

The physical layout of the 8K shutter on the south side of the instrument.

The clamp (red knob) that holds the dark slide open when observing.