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    Tales from Waimea Part 4 – Observing Report
    • Jun 29, 2013
    • 7 min

    Tales from Waimea Part 4 – Observing Report

    This 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, 2013
    • 1 min

    A tour of the Keck control room

    Astronomers 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...
    Tales From Waimea Part 4- Sunset approaches
    • Jun 29, 2013
    • 1 min

    Tales From Waimea Part 4- Sunset approaches

    Airmass 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,...
    Tales from Waimea Part 3
    • Jun 28, 2013
    • 1 min

    Tales from Waimea Part 3

    This 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...
    Tales from Waimea Part 2
    • Jun 28, 2013
    • 2 min

    Tales from Waimea Part 2

    Greetings 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, 2013
    • 1 min

    Making Way for Q13 Data

    The 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...
    Keck Observing Scheduled for Next June
    • Dec 5, 2012
    • 2 min

    Keck Observing Scheduled for Next June

    Keck II telescope – Image Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory The Keck Observatory observing schedule was released online over the weekend....
    Awarded Telescope Time on the Keck Telescope
    • Nov 17, 2012
    • 2 min

    Awarded Telescope Time on the Keck Telescope

    Image Credit: W. M. Keck Observatory To study and follow-up planet candidates we find with Planet Hunters we need telescope time. Nights...
    The Road to Characterizing PH1: Visual-band Imaging
    • Oct 16, 2012
    • 3 min

    The Road to Characterizing PH1: Visual-band Imaging

    Today 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...
    The Summer Triangle and Telescope Proposals
    • Sep 5, 2012
    • 3 min

    The Summer Triangle and Telescope Proposals

    The 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, 2012
    • 2 min

    Proof is in the Pudding

    Hi, I wanted to give a brief update on the short period planets paper that just recently got accepted to Astrophysical Journal. Once...
    Adaptive Optics Follow-up Observations
    • Sep 26, 2011
    • 2 min

    Adaptive Optics Follow-up Observations

    Today’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, 2011
    • 2 min

    A 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...
    Keck Follow-up
    • Apr 12, 2011
    • 2 min

    Keck Follow-up

    Hello PlanetHunters! The Kepler field is finally visible and tonight, grad student John Brewer and I began observing a few of the...