All-women observing teams on Tololo (CTIO)
This photo was taken in the 0.9-m control room during the last night of the REU/PIA student observing run on Feb. 13, when just by chance all of the observers on the mountain were women. The group included DES observers, the DECam community observer, and the REU and PIA students. From left to right, the people in the photo are: DECam community observer: Claudia Belardi, DES observer: Marcelle Soares-Santos, DES observer: Chihway Chang, CTIO postdoc: Catherine Kaleida, 0.9-m observer: Pia Amigo, 0.9-m observer: Sanzia Alves, CTIO PIA student: Pamela Soto, CTIO REU student: Brittany Howard The picture first appeared on the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Facebook page, and is one of the most popular DES posts on Facebook: 11.2K people reached, 1.5K post clicks, 472 likes and shares.
Credit:Chiway Chang
About the Image
Id: | noaoann15003a |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | March 12, 2015 |
Related announcements: | noaoann15003 |
Size: | 1736 x 1000 px |
About the Object
Name: | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
Category: | People and Events |