~ The Astrographe Council ~ (Dr. Fabien Kéfélian, Dr. Eleonora Polini, and myself) has accepted delviery of a Menlo ORC-Cylindric, coated for C-band; finesse >300k at 1542 nm!
Part one was bring the box into the lab through the drops - never an easy task at a mountaintop Observatory!
Next was unpacking, and a basic systems check, and launching the ion pump... there goes one third of one of my optical tables!
Finally, a sneak peak inside, before the optics:
Thanks to Menlo France and at least three and at most four engineers we spoke to before deciding and during the process. Cheers!
Now comes the fun part...
