The LT on the Move

The LT Leaving

A lorry-load of telescope


This week, the Liverpool Telescope began its long journey from Birkenhead to its mountain-top home on La Palma.

Now that factory-testing of the telescope is complete, it has been dis-assembled and taken away to be packaged.

The Base Plate

The Base Plate
The last part of the Telescope to be removed.

Towards the end of the month it will be put on a ship together with the enclosure and sent off to La Palma.

On the left you can see the last part of the telescope being removed. Compare that to the competed telescope.