CUBIC Photo Gallery
These pictures show the CUBIC
instrument during fabrication
at Penn State, integration into the SAC-B satellite at INVAP in
San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, and testing at
INPE-LIT
in
Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil.
Larger versions of these images
are available in GIF or JPEG format.
(Clicking on a highlighted icon will get the GIF version, if available.)
The CUBIC Instrument
This photo shows the CUBIC instrument on our cleanbench following
assembly and before delivery to Argentina.
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The CUBIC "Focal Plane"
This photo shows a close-up of the CUBIC "focal plane" assembly.
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The CUBIC Analog Electronics Box
This photo shows a close-up of the CUBIC analog electronics box, which
processes the video signals from the CCDs as well as analog housekeeping
signals from the entire instrument.
The CUBIC Power Supply Board
This photo shows a close-up of the CUBIC Power Supply Board.
The CUBIC Digital Electronics
This photo shows part of the layout for one of the CUBIC digital electronics
boards.
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Flowcoating the CUBIC Electronics Boards
This photo shows Roland Green flowcoating the CUBIC electronics boards.
The CUBIC Camera
This photo shows the CUBIC CCD camera.
SAC-B/CUBIC
This is a photograph of the CUBIC instrument mounted on top of
the SAC-B satellite.
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Photos of the SAC-B satellite are also available.
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Last updated March 8, 1998
Web page maintained by
David Burrows
( burrows@astro.psu.edu )
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Penn State University