Often you just need to take note of the small scenes that make up daily life. Over the years I have made an effort to photograph these scenes, there is so much richness in our everyday existence that too many do not notice…
A distribution video amplifier built around a THS7324
A bank of relays form the safety interlock system for the telescope.
Bins full of stainless steel machine screws in the supply room
Spools of wire await use in the electronics shop
A Keck primary mirror segment jacked up out of the array
An electrician’s tool bag, complete with lockout tag
A sample of the control wiring and circuitry in the Servo Amplifier Assembly
A scatter of tools at CSO
The control panel for the telescope hydraulic bearing system pumps
A pile of power drills await use on a shelf in the supply room
Fuses, relays, and contactors in the Keck 2 telescope control system
A tangle of cables for the Keck 2 optical bench subsystem
The transformers for the Keck 2 telescope servo drives
Analog ammeters indicate the motor current
A dense bit of temporary wiring in the Keck 2 SAA cabinet
A tiny portion of the extensive cabling that connects the various elements of the Keck Interferometer
The usual mess littering a workbench in the Keck summit electronics lab in the midst of a project
An assortment of cable pass through the Keck 2 telescope elevation cable wrap
Looking at the back of a segment with the radial support removed
A row of circuit breakers in the Keck 2 computer room
I/O cards and field wiring in the Keck 2 local controls PLC
A collection of keys
Electronics test leads and patch cables hanging from the rack in the Keck summit electronics lab
A handheld radio used at Keck for daily communication.
Tools and drawing lay on the table in the welding shop
A set of tools ready for use on the Keck 1 nasmyth deck
Bins of bolts in the Keck supply room
The new telescope control system servers take up much of a rack
The Nasmyth Deck tool set in the Keck 2 dome
A pile of 3/8″ air hose in the supply room
Multiple cables enter the Keck 2 Adaptive Optics bench.
Part of the Keck 2 logic board, this PCB assembly controls the various control and safety logic for the Keck 2 telescope.
Patching in an experimental control system to move the Keck 1 telescope, one step closer to a major upgrade.
The facility cooling lines that supply cold water to the K2AO electronics vault.
A section of the whiffle tree that supports each Keck primary segment
Hard hats ready for use just outside the Keck 1 dome
Racks of wire available for use in the Keck summit electronics lab
The many cables needed to operate the Keck 2 telescope thread through the azimuth wrap.
