Recovering from the Contreras Fire Benjamin Weaver, NOIRLab January 24, 2023 DESI collaborators have previously reported on the Contreras Fire and how it initially affected DESI operations along with an update as personnel were able to return to Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO). Even as we were cleaning up KPNO and the DESI instrument in […]
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Lightning and a lunar eclipse over Kitt Peak
January 18, 2023 The all-sky camera on the Mayall telescope were the DESI instrument is located provides a view of the entire sky above Kitt Peak National Observatory. This camera helps observers monitor weather conditions and visibility, and confirm when it is safe to open the dome above the telescope. While the skies above Kitt […]
Untangling the Cosmic Web
Even the smallest of correlations between galaxies and their environment can impact measurements on the largest scales. Claire Lamman, Harvard University September 9, 2022 Understanding the largest structures in the Universe and how they evolve is more convoluted than just mapping out the positions of galaxies. This is because galaxy characteristics are not random; they […]
