DEIMOS Optics Images

Dave inspects DEIMOS camera element #5

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DEIMOS camera element #5 The DEIMOS camera element #5, made of Calcium Flouride, is the largest of its kind in the World!
DEIMOS camera elements 1,2, and 9 Here are the camera elements #1, #2, and #9 after fabrication and testing while they await mounting into their cells.
Cell #1 that holds elements #1 and #2 This is cell #1 which will hold elements #1 & #2.
Cell #1 that holds elements #1 and #2
Cell #1 that holds elements #1 and #2 Located in this recessed portion of the cell will be an expansion bladder that will expand/contract as the atmospheric pressure changes. Without this release of pressure the elements would move about as the outside pressure changes.
Test of cell potting procedure The procedure to pot elements into the cells is tested on a piece of metal before it is done on the real optical element.
Test of cell potting procedure
Test of cell potting procedure

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