Comments on: From one cold place to another… http://chrislintott.net/2008/02/15/355/ The Universe as seen from the perspective of an astronomical researcher, presenter and writer. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:52:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jane http://chrislintott.net/2008/02/15/355/#comment-40971 Jane Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:19:08 +0000 http://chrislintott.net/2008/02/15/355/#comment-40971 Well, it was pretty disastrous, especially for Chris on the second-half-of-night slots. Our polarization experiments on the first half of the last night went a little better - in the sense we got 32 seconds of actual data! My favourite bit was us rushing around shouting 'where's the hairdryer??' Seriously - it's a heat gun used to melt ice off the instrument window where the light goes in, which had frosted over in the abysmal conditions. Anyway, our 32sec of data showed that the new polarization observing mode actually works, for the first tim, which made the trip worth it! That, and the Sakatinis at the cafe Pesto bar in Hilo... martini made with sake, mmmm ;-) Well, it was pretty disastrous, especially for Chris on the second-half-of-night slots. Our polarization experiments on the first half of the last night went a little better - in the sense we got 32 seconds of actual data! My favourite bit was us rushing around shouting ‘where’s the hairdryer??’ Seriously - it’s a heat gun used to melt ice off the instrument window where the light goes in, which had frosted over in the abysmal conditions. Anyway, our 32sec of data showed that the new polarization observing mode actually works, for the first tim, which made the trip worth it!

That, and the Sakatinis at the cafe Pesto bar in Hilo… martini made with sake, mmmm ;-)

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