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 | This is a view over towards Mt. Fowlkes, where the Hobby-Eberly is, as well as the ROTSE enclosure. The ROTSE enclosure is just over the peak, on the right side. You can't see it. |
 | Doc, the ROTSE mascot, hard at work. |
 | Eli, hard at work. |
 | The front of the telescope, with the fixed secondary assembly. |
 | Here's me, adjusting the focus bolt to get the secondary in the right place. |
 | The fully-fixed secondary assembly. |
 | Craig Wheeler and Eli Rykoff. |
 | A group picture |
 | A group picture with the vista in the background. |
 | A group picture using the delayed shutter on the camera. |
 | Here's an image of the telescope from below. Clicking on the picture will give you a high-resolution version of the same image, but it's about 11 Mb. |
 | The results of the pepper stomping (see movies, below). |
 | Carl Akerlof pouring some sparkling wine to toast the success of ROTSE-IIIb. |
 | Members of the ROTSE-IIIb team. |
We also have two Quicktime movies of our dedication "ceremony". In the words of Craig Wheeler, "why waste a bottle of champagne by smashing it on the side of the ship? Let's, in fine West Texas tradition, stomp on a Jalepeno pepper!"