Tag: MAPS-2023B

We didn’t open tonight due to thick clouds. The MIRAC team took a lot of darks and dome “skies” to assess their QE and background noise. It started snowing around 2am and we left the dome around 3:30 with snow already accumulating on the ground.

Animal of the day:

The animal of the night is the Torbie cat, a combination of Tabby + Tortoiseshell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoiseshell_cat

Such as seen in this snuggly bug that is helping Jared test his AO loop calibration procedures back in Tucson:

Tonight we sought refuge from the snow at the Ridge and then in Tucson.

Here’s what we woke up to:

We had to clear the Bowl and Summit due to snow accumulation and possible ice. The Ridge was safe, but we also saw that we wouldn’t be opening tonight or tomorrow, and there aren’t enough rooms at the Ridge, so we decided to go down to Tucson. If the weather clears up we’ll go back up on Tuesday for our last night.

Animal of the day:

The lynx is a genus of medium-sized wild cats.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx

And here’s Lynx, a medium-sized domestic cat who likes to do astrophysics and help close the MAPS AO loop with CACAO: