We have observed our last target star of the 2014A run. It was another great night, with half arcsecond seeing almost the whole way.
![no clouds](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sunset4.jpg)
We now have 2 days of packing and storing and inventory to do, and then we start the long journey home. Laird and Katie got started as soon as the dome closed.
![lowering vacuum](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/clio_hose_off.jpg)
We have to spend some time saying goodbye to all of our friends. We won’t see them for 6 months!
![almost tame](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nightly_viz.jpg)
And we need to spend some time actually looking at the night sky, it’s so beautiful here.
![not airplanes](/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lyrids_labels_small.jpg)
We spent a lot of time on this run trying to mitigate the effects of diffraction. So check out the wave nature of these guitar strings: