~ The Astrographe Council ~ (Dr. Fabien Kéfélian, Dr. Eleonora Polini, and myself) has accepted delviery of a Menlo ORC-Cylindric, coated for C-band; finesse >300k at 1542 nm! 

Part one was bring the box into the lab through the drops - never an easy task at a mountaintop Observatory!

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Next was unpacking, and a basic systems check, and launching the ion pump... there goes one third of one of my optical tables! 

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Finally, a sneak peak inside, before the optics: 

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Thanks to Menlo France and at least three and at most four engineers we spoke to before deciding and during the process. Cheers! 

Now comes the fun part...