Observing Run: The Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope

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It’s been a while since I’ve blogged just for the sake of blogging!

This weekend, I’ll be assisting with observations on the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope, AKA the “Pope Scope”. With any luck, we’ll collect some great data. Currently the weather is looking a bit iffy, with some clouds and high humidity.

The Post-Doc I’m working with is investigating binary stars, so we’ll be on a bit of a fishing expedition, which should be interesting, to say the least.

I’ll make a follow-up blog post when I get back, and share all the details of my observing run. I’ll also share what life is like living (temporarily) at a professional observatory.

For those who have asked, no I’m not travelling to Italy. The VATT is located here in Arizona. Learn more at: http://vaticanobservatory.org/VATT/

Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer

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