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We lost the first two hours of the night to some instrument problems but the gremlins have been purged and we are on the sky. But what is the chance that Planet Nine is RIGHT WHERE WE WOULD HAVE LOOKED AN HOUR AGO? Given my current luck, nearly 100%, I'd say.
@geezer76 come on that one is easy.
something something friday the 13th mumble mumble something
Excited to start the second night of our Planet Nine search. Weather on Mauna Kea is, once again, perfect. Except that for some reason the telescope has lost all contact with the camera that sits on top of the telescope. This is..... not good. Instrument problems are always frustrating, but especially when the weather is as spectacular as looks like it is going to be tonight.
@megschwamb I'm pretty convinced that it is going to take VRO. It's just too hard to do piecemeal
Last night at the Subaru telescope was pretty spectacular. Now we just need two more. (Planet Nine moves so slowly across the sky that we can only track its motion over the course of several days).
@cosmos4u I have not heard of this one. Will definitely track it down!
@ebellm I know, I know.... I keep promising myself this is the end, though.
@brianvastag and apparently it is one of those nights tonight! high SO2 so we have to watch the humidity closely.