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Marie receives a large box full of candy from Adam.
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The Monkey Bar, a handmade chocolate bar
from New York. Judging by the per-item cost, I suspect they are laced
with gold flakes. "Almost as good as a Snickers", says Adam.
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Marco peruses Marie's candy display.
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Marie opens up one of the star cameras to readjust the focus, giving
me an opportunity to examine its innards.
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The Nikon 200mm f/2 lens, with aperture (visible) and focus (hidden)
stepper motors. Barth is as entraced as I.
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The star camera computer, an engineering marvel. Includes computer,
hard drive, DC/DC converters, USB and Firewire drivers, ADC, 2 stepper
motor controllers, and VGA/TV converter.
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Mark stands on as nitrogen is purged from the cryostat.
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A bird's eye view of the cryo corner. Note, along the right side of
the picture, the helium blowoff line snaking its way to the window.
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A nice view of the gondola, short one star camera.
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Matt cooks up some dessicant for the dewar warmer.
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Cryostat being warmed by dewar warmer (top left) and fake sun.
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