![[Telescope pieces]](outside1.gif) |
May 1996, the telescope pieces are brought inside the dome.
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Lifting of one arm of the fork. Assembling operations proceeded quickly because
after testing in Milan the telescope had been disassembled in few large
pieces.
| ![[Arm of the fork]](5.gif) |
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The top ring goes up | ![[Top
ring]](INSIDE44.GIF) |
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June 1996. TNG staff members gather in front of the telescope the day before
inauguration.
The lateral wall on the right is still missing.
| ![[Group photo]](inaug_gruppo.gif) |
![[Telescope inside dome]](BORTOLET.GIF) |
The telescope structure is visible from the bridge through the sliding
doors. The primary mirror cell is in front of the telescope prior to
the positioning of M1.
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