We headed south to Mt. Hopkins to visit MMT, the Smithsonian Observatory, the Veritas Array, and the Whipple Observatory. We got explore the power/computer shed for one of the Veritas gamma telescopes (four 12 meter telescopes made of about 250 hexagonal mirror sections). We also got to see the HATS looking for exoplanets.
MMT was just as impressive this time as it was when I saw it two years ago. The 6 meter mirror was completely exposed. We got to see it getting cleaned with cold CO2. I was excited to hear that they are looking for more telescope operators for MMT. It would be great to work at that telescope.
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