I lied. My previous remarks about weather and cloud cover have been proven false, as the clouds seem to have dispersed for the time being! Better yet? The telescope doesn't seem to be angry about pointed where it should! As such, it took about 20 minutes to open the dome, vent the air, and test some exposures, but now we're already taking science images. Hoo-rah! ...Of course, this means we'll have to stay up until 4 or 5am again...
Here's two bonus photos for your viewing enjoyment: The McMath-Pierce Solar Observatory, located across the mountaintop from our dome. The "leaning tower" extends even farther into the rock below, and sunlight is bounced down the tunnel to a suite of instrument stations.
In the second photo, you can see the mirror assemble that does the light-bouncing, as seen from down in the tunnel.
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