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Apr 11, 2019 stevewatc Hardware, Tech, Technology

Fibre Positioner production begins

Following on from a lifetime test and 'design freeze' review in January, the Production Readiness Review milestone for the MOONS Fibre Positioning Units was successfully passed at MPS's factory in Biel/Bienne in March.  This is a major project success and means that manufacture of the instrument FPUs can now begin! MPS hope to deliver the … Continue reading Fibre Positioner production begins

May 31, 2018Jun 4, 2018 vltmoons Hardware

Collimator mirror structure

Some of largest parts of MOONS so far have just arrived in Edinburgh from Italy! Thanks Arcetri! In the box lie the support structures for the collimator mirrors, one for each of the spectrographs. Each support structure alone weighs 70kg, and another 70kg for the mirrors themselves. We don't yet have the mirrors, although one … Continue reading Collimator mirror structure

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