[AZ-Observing] Re: Farewell to Andrew Cooper!
- From: Andrew Cooper <acooper@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:57:45 -0700
OK, you had to go and steal my thunder! The grapevine around here is
quite impressive if the news has reached up your way already. I was
composing an announcement to put on the group, but it was proving
difficult to come up with anything that didn't sound like I was rubbing
it in too hard.
Yes I will be leaving shortly for Waimea and a job on the mountain with
the interferometry team at Keck. Working in the basement between the
two scopes. The system is VERY complex and will take a fair bit of
learning. Look in this month's issue of S&T for a good description of
the system, the Keck setup is quite similar to the CHARA setup in the
article, but currently only two dimensional. But the OHANA system is
coming and I hope to work on it.
Aperture fever? How about 10m? 83m if both scopes are used in
interferometry mode. Most of the time I will be day shift, but there
will be occasional nighttime engineering runs. Long days on the
mountain, typically 10-12 hours from catching the shuttle in the morning
to getting back down, but it is a four on/three off week to compensate.
The pay is decent, but I will be living poorer with the cost of living
over there. Looking forward to it, but a great deal of work to be done
over the next few weeks to have everything ready to go. I am looking
forward to one last Arizona observing session come the next new Moon!!
The website will remain, but I may have to find someone else to cover
the SE Arizona observing sites section as I will be unable to check the
information and keep it current. My e-mail will also continue as the
pobox address has nothing to do with my actual ISP which will change. I
am going to miss all of you guys and the big star parties, in particular
Messier Marathon!
Andrew
Jack Jones wrote:
> Congratulations to Andrew Cooper and wife Debbie. He has accepted a 'job' at
> Keck Observatory on the Big Island and they will be moving to Hawaii. We will
> miss you! Keep in touch, we will visit your website often to see how things
> are going at 13,000 ft!
>
> Jack Jones
> Public Events Coordinator
> Saguaro Astronomy Club
> Phoenix AZ
> Telescoper@xxxxxxx
> www.saguaroastro.org
>
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