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The Auxiliary Telescope itself wasn’t built from scratch; it’s an existing telescope that has been repurposed for its role in the LSST survey. Since being moved from its original location on nearby Kitt Peak in May, 2014, it’s been housed in the workshop at LSST’s Project Office in Tucson, AZ. Refurbishment work has included replacement of all the telescope’s electrical parts including the motors and the position encoders, which record the exact position of the telescope at any given time. Mechanically speaking, the telescope is largely unchanged. Its mirrors, which were removed while work was done, will be recoated and replaced once the telescope arrives on Cerro Pachón; they are currently in separate protective crates that will protect them during shipping.