| 01 March |
Demolition of the old pier started today.
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| 02 March |
Demolition of the old pier makes a big mess. |
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| 06 March |
Demolition of the old pier finished today.
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| 15 March |
Holes drilled into building to attach new pier. |
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| 20 March |
Steel for new pier being put into place. |
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| 23 March |
Lifting form for new pier into place. |
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| 26 March |
Form for new pier in place and being reenforced.
Also setting up to test new solar guider. |
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| 28 March |
The concrete was poured for the new pier today.
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| 05 April |
The new observing floor under construction.
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| 10 April |
More testing of the solar guider.
Some pictures showing the mostly completed new
observing floor. |
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| 13 April |
Started testing new H-alpha telescope today.
Found that the lens we planned to use was not the
lens we wanted, but we found another lens that will
work better. |
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| 11 July |
The dome awaits the NST. |
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