Subsystems
1.1 Telescope Assembly
1.1.1 Telescope Structure, Drives, and Brakes
1.1.2 Encoders
1.1.3 Hydrostatic Bearings
1.1.4 Secondary Vanes
1.1.5 Azimuth Track
1.1.8 Alt. Cable Wrap
1.1.9 Az. Cable Wrap
1.1.10 Primary Mirror Covers
1.1.11 Telescope Control
1.1.12 Mount Control
1.1.13 Interlock System
1.2 M1 Assembly
1.2.1 M1 Cell Structure
1.2.2 M1 Support System
1.2.3 M1 Mirror
1.2.4 Radiation Plate System
1.2.5 Surface Heating
1.2.7 M1 Baffle Assembly
1.2.10 M1 Control
1.3 Prime Focus WFS
1.4 M2 Assembly
1.4.1 Baffles & Positioning System
1.4.2 Tip/Tilt, Baffles & Positioning System
1.4.3 M2 Mirror
1.4.4 M2 Control System
1.4.5 M2 Handling Fixture
1.5 CR/ISS
1.5.1 Cassegrain Rotator
1.5.3 Instrument Support Structure
1.5.4 Cassegrain Rotator Control System
1.6 A&G System
1.6.1 A&G Opto-Mechanical Subsystem
1.6.2 WFS Subsystem
1.6.3 A&G Control System
1.7 Calibration Unit
1.8 Adaptive Optics
1.8.1 AO Components
1.8.2 AO Wavefront Sensor
1.8.3 AO WFS Controller
1.8.4 AO Components Controller
1.8.5 AO Sequencer
1.9 Science Instruments
1.9.1 Instrument Components
1.9.2 Detector
1.9.3 Detector Controller
1.9.4 Instrument Components Controller
1.9.5 Instrument Sequencer
1.9.6 Instrument Handling
1.10 On-Instrument WFS
1.10.1 OIWFS Feed Optics System
1.10.2 OIWFS Camera/Controller
1.11 Telescope Miscellaneous
1.12 Polarimetry Unit
1.13 Laser Guide Star System
1.13.1 Laser System
1.13.2 Laser Room
1.13.3 Beam Transfer Optics
1.13.4 Laser Launch Telescope
1.13.5 LGS Control System
1.13.6 Sodium External Monitor
1.13.7 SALSA
1.13.8 ALTAIR Modifications
1.14 Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO)
1.14.1 MCAO Control System
2.1 Enclosure Carousel System
2.1.1 Enclosure Carousel
2.1.2 Platform Lift
2.1.3 Enclosure Control
2.2 Enclosure Base
2.3 Coating Chamber
2.4 Cleaning Facilities and Cart
2.5 Mirror Lifting Fixture
2.6 In-Situ Mirror Cleaning
2.7 Facility Handling Equipment
2.8 Top End Cart
2.9 M1 Mirror Cell Cart
3.1 Observatory Control (Control Room)
3.2 Data Handling (Control Room)
3.3 Plant Equipment
3.4 Plant Room Controller
3.5 Instrument Labs
3.6 System Services
3.7 Thermal Enclosures
3.10 Thermal Air Flow
3.12 Beam Feed to Pier Lab
3.13 Laser Delivery System
3.14 SF Communications
3.15 Site Electrical Power
3.17 Support Facility Foundations
3.18 Helium Compressors
3.19 Helium Chiller
3.20 Optics Chiller
3.21 Environmental Monitoring System
4.1 SL Building
4.2 SL Communications
5.1 Data Packet
5.2 Science Archive
5.3 Observing Database
5.4 Observing Logs
Virginia Smith /
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Created 10-04-2002
Gemini 8m Telescopes Project