Welcome to the DCT guided photo tour. Building the DCT is Lowell Observatory's most exciting adventure ever, and we hope this comes through in the many pictures our staff and supporters have taken as the project has developed. Use the links in the sidebar at right to choose a stop on the tour, and enjoy the narrative and the pictures!

THE SITE

Images from the DCT Site

THE MOUNT

Mount Trial Assembly, Winter 2010

Mirror Supports Assembly, Winter 2010

Mount Components Arrive, Winter 2009

Mount Trial Assembly, Fall 2009

Mount Fabrication, Fall 2009

Mount Fabrication, Summer 2009

Mount Fabrication, Spring 2009

Mount Renderings

THE DOME

Final Touches, Summer/Fall 2009

More Progress, Summer 2009

Panels and Doors, Spring/Summer 2009

Installing Dome Shutter, Spring 2009

Installing Bridge Crane, Spring 2009

Secondary Steel Goes In, Spring 2009

Dome Arch Girders, Spring 2009

Dome Steel Erection, Spring 2009

Dome Mechanisms, Winter 2009

Dome Construction Prep Work, 2008

THE FACILITY

Final Touches, Summer 2007

Completing the Interior, Spring 2007

Putting up Walls, Summer 2006

Working on the Interior, Fall 2006

Finishing Phase 1, Spring 2006

Buildings Take Shape, Winter 2006

Laying the Foundations, Fall 2005

Excavation, Fall 2005

Groundbreaking, July 2005

Site Prep Work, Spring 2005

THE PRIMARY MIRROR (M1)

Primary Mirror Figuring

Univ of Ariz Optical Facility

From Pittsburgh to Tucson

Making the Mirror Blank

THE SECONDARY MIRROR (M2)

M2 Lightweighting - Round 2

Lightweighting the M2 Blank

OPTICAL COATING SYSTEM (OCS)

OCS Delivery & Installation

OCS Fabrication

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