Onto our 2nd night of observing! Despite the burros best efforts to block us in, we managed to get up the mountain again for an action packed night.
Observing snacks
Everyone knows that you cannot observe off caffeine alone. We all bring a wide range of weird but yummy snacks to keep us going during the night.
Asteroid imaging
As part of demonstrating that MagAO-X can work on a wide range of targets, last night we closed the loop and imaged the asteroid 20 Massalia, which is well resolved.
The MagAO-X blower
The MagAO-X blower is a device which sits at the foot of the optical bench and keeps the air moving in a laminar fashion inside whilst removing warm air. It looked a little bland, so we gave it a little makeover. Meet noo-noo!*
* (any resemblance to fictional, copyrighted characters is purely coincidence… after all this is a blower)
I’ve also added an audible alert whenever someone turns noonoo on, attached below:
Find the vizzies challenge
Taken ~1hr before sunset from the back of the telescopes. I see at least 3.
Color of the day: Wasabi pea green
