This is the last night of engineering verification, and it has been an
enjoyable, if tiring activity. For me, it has been great to learn about
the WIYN telescope and its performance. I've had seeing about 0.5
arcsec all night the last two nights, and I could easily get used to
this. Over the past weeks, we have demonstrated that pODI can do what
it was designed to do. We have yet to test OT shifting, but we'll get
there. Even without OT shifting, it makes superb images over the full
field of view. The flaws in the detectors are quite manageable, and we
are making good progress with the instrument control and data systems.
Commissioning starts October 8, and I'm sure there will be a lot of
interesting blog posts when we get into that. Daniel and I will be
writing up a report on engineering verification before then, and we will
be taking (separate) vacations during the gap between now and when
things gear up again. I'll probably put another post up in the next few
days, but I'll leave you with one more pretty picture.
Todd
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| The bubble nebula - 5 minutes in r |
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