SOAR dome construction

[SOAR] SOAR dome construction

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Installation of one of the 153 fiberglass composite panels that comprise the skin of the SOAR (SOuthern Astrophysical Research) telescope dome, a sphere 20 meters in diameter. For further details, see the June 2002 NOAO Newsletter (no.70), CTIO section (currently only available in PDF format).

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