2018-10-07 update (pm)

Over the past week we had conference calls with the Operations and Photography teams. Documentation and training plans are in the works for the Ops team and the Photo team will be putting together a list of targets to test the software capturing and processing.

2018-09-28 photos  (pm)

Have installed FocusMax V4 and getting some VCurves to build the focus profile.

While we have made great progress installing and testing out the new camera, I wanted to share a few images from both to highlight some of the capabilities of what can be done with the wonderful equipment at this amazing dark site. The initial astrophoto team will be working with the data and practice scheduling targets with the system.

CCD with 16" f/8.9 RC:

On pp. 25 & 26, in the header, the correct symbols for Density should be g/cm³

On p. 32, in the line above annual precession in alpha, the s is missing -- should be sin delta

On p. 84, the correct latitude for Old Man on his Back Nocturnal Preserve is 49.2° N

On p. 107, May 5, the shower is the eta Aquariids and peaks May 6 at 14 UT 

On p. 111, July 28, the shower is the S. delta Aquariids and peaks July 29 at 16 UT