Having stayed up all night, I naturally slept most of the day (I did wake up for lunch, though). I did not find a single astronomer present, though the day crew was merrily chatting away in Spanish. During dinner, I managed to get a snap of Oscar. He's off duty tomorrow with the rest of the observatory crew, who do 1-week shifts at the mountain. That's pretty lucrative, come to think of it - one week of work (one shift a day), followed by an entire week off!
The shifts change on Tuesdays, and there is a mass exodus from the mountain at that time. According to our telescope operator, the other shift always brings bad weather. We will have one night tomorrow with the new crew...
Before observing, I caught this lovely sunset in the Andes.
Tonight was mostly the same as yesterday, technically speaking. Scientifically speaking, we observed a ton of supernovae and their host galaxies. It was fun to (in some cases, be the first to) discover the host galaxies and see information being unraveled from their spectra. Tomorrow we will use a new instrument - the Magellan Echelle Spectrograph (aka MagE). None of us have used it before, so it'll be a new experience. I may not get around to posting again tomorrow, since we are leaving for Boston immediately after our night is over, but will make sure to upload some pics, perhaps during our long layover in Santiago.
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