Preparing for restart at SOAR

SOAR telescope mechanic Eduardo Aguirre monitors the vacuum and liquid nitrogen fill of the Spartan infrared camera at one of the telescope’s Nasmyth platforms. 

Credit:

CTIO/NOIRLab/SOAR/Carlos Corco/NSF/AURA

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Id:noirlab2026c
Type:Photographic
Release date:Oct. 12, 2020, 8 a.m.
Related releases:noirlab2026
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