{"id":78,"date":"2015-05-31T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T18:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/?p=78"},"modified":"2015-05-31T08:00:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T18:00:50","slug":"atlas-sees-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/?p=78","title":{"rendered":"ATLAS sees light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday we assembled the telescope corrector, cabled everything up, balanced the telescope, did a wee bit of carpentry(!), and slewed all over the sky to get a mount model with the DFM video camera. \u00a0Things worked remarkably well, although there&#8217;s a lot remaining to do. \u00a0We also managed to get our weather station on top of the Met building before the usual afternoon clouds and rain moved in. \u00a0We were fortunate that the clouds dropped just around sunset and it cleared up for us.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hko150530_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_2-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"hko150530_2\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_2-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_2-768x706.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_2.jpg 873w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-81\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"hko150530_3\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-82\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_4-300x244.jpg\" alt=\"hko150530_4\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_4-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_4-768x624.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.fallingstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hko150530_4.jpg 883w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday we assembled the telescope corrector, cabled everything up, balanced the telescope, did a wee bit of carpentry(!), and slewed all over the sky to get a mount model with the DFM video camera. \u00a0Things worked remarkably well, although there&#8217;s a lot remaining to do. \u00a0We also managed to get our weather station on &hellip; 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