McMath-Pierce Solar FTS tank

McMath-Pierce Solar FTS tank

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The enclosure for the Solar Fourier Transform Spectrometer, commonly called the FTS Tank, at the McMath-Pierce Solar Facility on Kitt Peak. The tank is here shown open, with some of the equipment racks required to operate the FTS visible in the background. Photograph by Tom Eglin, 1977, enhanced by Mark Hanna.

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