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Updated July 7, 2015

Here is a video of the Wide Field Corrector being delivered to the Hobby-Eberly Telescope.
The Corrector was shiped from the Univeristy of Arizona.
Once the Wide Field Corrector is inspected it will be installed on it's perminent location inside of the Tracker.



Updated July 8, 2015

Here is a video of the Wide Field Corrector being installed on the Hobby-Eberly Telescope.
The Corrector was shiped from the Univeristy of Arizona.
After the Corrector is installed then what is known as the PFIP strongback is installed later in the video.
Both of these units are needed in order to use the new Tracker.



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