{"id":5808,"date":"2012-08-01T16:40:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T20:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galadriel.astro.utoronto.ca\/ballast\/?p=5808"},"modified":"2012-08-01T16:40:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T20:40:23","slug":"finishing-blast-pol-plus-some-exploring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=5808","title":{"rendered":"Finishing BLAST-Pol, Plus Some Exploring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday we put the cold cryostat and everything back on the gondola, in an attempt to have a fully complete instrument for Friday. Because I&#8217;m leaving soon, I also decided to do some exploring.<\/p>\n<!-- Awesome Flickr Gallery Start --><!-- - Version - 3.5.6 - User ID - 27717602@N03 - Photoset ID - 72157630858692638 - Gallery ID -  - Group ID -  - Tags -  - Popular -  - Per Page - 100 - Sort Order - flickr - Photo Size - _m - Custom Size - 0 - Square - false - Captions - on - Description - on - Columns - 3 - Credit Note - off - Background Color - Transparent - Width - auto - Pagination - on - Slideshow - colorbox - Disable slideshow? - --><div class='afg-gallery custom-gallery-30' id='afg-30' style='background-color:Transparent; width:100%; color:; border-color:Transparent;'><div class='afg-table' style='width:100%'><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example430'  href='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8027\/7692687818_a68d11f35b_b.jpg' title='Calibrated nut'><img class='afg-img' title='Calibrated nut' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8027\/7692687818_a68d11f35b_m.jpg' alt='Calibrated nut \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/7692687818\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Calibrated nut <\/div><div class='afg-description'>To thump the cryostat in a &quot;controlled&quot; way<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example430'  href='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7121\/7692688378_5d872e2b51_b.jpg' title='Natalie, Barth, and Laura marvel at our new flight train'><img class='afg-img' title='Natalie, Barth, and Laura marvel at our new flight train' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7121\/7692688378_5d872e2b51_m.jpg' alt='Natalie, Barth, and Laura marvel at our new flight train \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/7692688378\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Natalie, Barth, and Laura marvel at our new flight train <\/div><div class='afg-description'><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a class='afgcolorbox' rel='example430'  href='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8152\/7692688890_732738ccf6_b.jpg' title='The flight train'><img class='afg-img' title='The flight train' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8152\/7692688890_732738ccf6_m.jpg' alt='The flight train \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; 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