The polished fold mirrors of APOGEE -2 South arrive at the UVa

14/03/2014
The polished folding mirrors of APOGEE-2 South arrived at the University of Virginia (UVa) in early March 2014. The IAC is involved in the construction of the new spectrograph for APOGEE-2 South, essentially a copy of the original APOGEE spectrograph, with the Severo Ochoa program support focused on polishing of the folding mirrors #1 and #2 of the spectrograph, as well as with engineering support from the Technology division to assess the effectiveness of seismic protection measures under consideration. The polishing was carried out by the Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corporation at the U.S., who did the same job for the original instrument. The mirrors have now been delivered to the UVa where the second APOGEE instrument is being built. (Picture: original APOGEE spectrograph. Image credit: S. R. Majewski)