Now that I'm back in Chile for a short trip, I figured I'd share what happened last time I was there. Besides having to entertain 50 high school students for an hour and a half, that is. The main goal... Continue Reading →
Back in July, I gave a fifteen minute talk about the LSST Camera at a local bar as part of an astronomy on tap event, which in Chile they call Astro Chela. It was a bit intimidating considering that ~60... Continue Reading →
In the first part of the story, the LSST Camera had just landed in Santiago after an incredibly smooth loading process and flight. Unfortunately, the smooth ride ended there. Let's back up to the weekend before the flight. I got... Continue Reading →
In August 2018, I gave a presentation to my project's funding agency (the US Department of Energy) arguing that we should spend a million dollars to charter a private plane to carry the world's largest digital camera from California to... Continue Reading →
Getting straight to the point, last week we finally installed the test camera onto the telescope! A huge milestone for the project, although it really should be called a kilometerstone since we're in Chile. Minor quibbles. This smaller camera is... Continue Reading →
In a strange twist of fate, the one person who is mostly likely to leave a party awkwardly early in order to go to bed (a.k.a. me) was tasked with staying up all night at the observatory to help with... Continue Reading →
Margaux Rhymes with Fargo 