Large Optics Lab Kyle Wetmore

TAO Tokyo Atacama Observatory Southern Hemisphere

• South Galactic Pole • Galactic Center • Large & Small Magellanic Clouds

Near & Mid Infrared

INFRARED ASTRONOMY

Infrared Spectroscopy

Infrared telescope

M2 1 m Large Optics

M1 6.5m Mirror Lab

Grinding Optics

Glass Flexes • Hydraulic Supports • Computer Monitoring

PICTURES OF HOW WE BUILT THE TABLE

• Hydraulic manifold

• Piston assemblies

• Engineers blue prints

PICTURE OF HYDRAULIC TABLE WE ARE BUILDING

Many Thanks

• The National Science Foundation

• All of the REU staff

• Don Harp & Mary Kay Gilliland