Hi, Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to my first blog post and first time in Chile!
Not long after a long travel, we woke up and were immediately put to work. There were a lot of things to be done on Thanksgiving, and gifts to be unwrapped.
Of course before opening the the gift, we had some tasks to do. We were putting MagAO-X in place! It wasn’t too dangerous, but my screw did get jammed today.
Today was a whole lot of new experiences, but very importantly, I finally learned what it meant to cable the DM.
It was hard, but it turned out that we did our cabling properly! I mean we did have to replace something, but that was actually due to dust.
Today also featured the full tour from Laird and Jared. We experienced the echo chamber and some secret underground parts of the telescope.
And all of a sudden, it was already time for the first shift. Operating looked very complicated, but Katie told me all about it. Seeing PSF’s on sky, AO in action, and everything I learned about in simulations was pretty awesome, though I know there is still a lot for me to learn… (How exciting!)
On the way back down from the telescope we saw all the stars in the sky, and finally I saw a bunch of donkeys! (I was looking for you!) What a long day, but a great Thanksgiving.
Song of The Day:
Following that Radiohead theme. And also me in Chile!!! I’m a tourist and all…
The Tourist Radiohead
Fun Fact:
I was in a Popeye’s ad once.