Jun 29, 20137 minTales from Waimea Part 4 – Observing ReportThis is the second half of part 4 of my Keck NIRC2 observing log. (See Part 1 and Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4a). The night you’re...
Jun 29, 20131 minA tour of the Keck control roomAstronomers at Keck have it easy – whereas I used to slog up to the summit of Mauna Kea*, dealing with the lack of oxygen up there in...
Jun 29, 20131 minTales From Waimea Part 4- Sunset approachesAirmass plot of some of the targets I’m planning on observing tonight It’s a few minutes before sunset. I’ve gotten the “keys” to Keck 2,...
Jun 28, 20131 minTales from Waimea Part 3This is part 3 of my Keck NIRC2 observing log. (See Part 1 and Part 2). So I can’t sleep, so I decided to go take some photos of where...
Jun 28, 20132 minTales from Waimea Part 2Greetings from Hawaii. I’m here for observing on the Keck telescopes. It’s 5:45am in Hawaii, and the Sun has just risen. I’m sitting here...
Mar 23, 20131 minMaking Way for Q13 DataThe Kepler field will be high in the sky starting in the next month or so and continuing over the Summer months. Thanks to all of your...
Dec 5, 20122 minKeck Observing Scheduled for Next JuneKeck II telescope – Image Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory The Keck Observatory observing schedule was released online over the weekend....
Nov 17, 20122 minAwarded Telescope Time on the Keck TelescopeImage Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory To study and follow-up planet candidates we find with Planet Hunters we need telescope time. Nights...
Oct 16, 20123 minThe Road to Characterizing PH1: Visual-band ImagingToday we have a guest post from Bill Keel. Bill is a member of the science team for Galaxy Zoo, and is more accustomed to dealing with...
Sep 5, 20123 minThe Summer Triangle and Telescope ProposalsThe Kepler field is located in the constellations Cygnus and Lyra. You can find the Kepler field by looking for the Summer Triangle, the...
Jun 21, 20122 minProof is in the PuddingHi, I wanted to give a brief update on the short period planets paper that just recently got accepted to Astrophysical Journal. Once...
Sep 26, 20112 minAdaptive Optics Follow-up ObservationsToday’s blog post come’s from guest blogger Justin Crepp, co-author on our first Planet Hunters paper. Justin is an expert in adaptive...
Jun 3, 20112 minA Very Unusual System?Today’s blog post is brought to you by zookeeper extraordinaire Chris Lintott. Last week Meg visited me in Chicago for two days of number...
Apr 12, 20112 minKeck Follow-upHello PlanetHunters! The Kepler field is finally visible and tonight, grad student John Brewer and I began observing a few of the...