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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 29 November 2021)
Careful! Or it's 7 light-years of bad luck.
The 4-meter diameter mirror for the East Anatolia Observatory (DAG)
being built on the 3,170-meter high Konaklı Karakaya hills passed its
final optic tests in Moscow and was shipped to Erzurum the day before
yesterday via a Russian military aircraft. The mirror was then loaded
with great care (!) onto a TIR (tractor trailer) for the trip from the
airport, with a police escort, to the observatory construction site.
Prof. Dr. Cahit Yeşilyaprak explained that prior to climbing to the site
final checks were being made. He noted that "we've completed about
one-third of the transport. We'll have to go slower on the mountain
road because of the sensitive equipment we're carrying. On the other
hand, snow has started falling up there so we have to hurry up, too.
Once we get the mirror to the site, we'll continue installation work in
June."
After a 5-hour journey, the telescope's mirror was placed in the DAG
warehouse on the hilltop.
DAG, center-right, as seen from its soulmate's perspective.
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