Thomas Connor (thomasconnor@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 30-May-2022 08:34:51 UTC

@tagomago Kinda but also not kinda. For all but the smallest telescopes, you're going to want a telescope operator there. Their job is to handle the operation of the telescope, make sure things are working, and to be ready to protect the telescope if we want to, e.g., observe in high winds. But we're also functionally doing everything ourselves; we send the targets to the telescope, we operate the instruments. And everything is computer operated now; even when you're on site, you're in a separate room (heated and illuminated, both of which are crucial) just sending commands.