Telescope

	Telescope Structure
	Encoders
	Active Optics Control
	Telescope Assembling

The National Telescope Galileo was fully mounted in the Ansaldo workshop in Milano by the end of 1993. Mechanical and alignment tests have been performed subsequently, as well as fitting and cabling of the motors and interfacing of the control system. The blue crates house the control electronics.

With an official ceremony held in December 1994, the completed TNG structure was consigned to the Project Office to perform its own tests before final acceptance. It was then disassembled and shipped to the site in La Palma where it was finally mounted in early June 1996.

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