{"id":5980,"date":"2012-11-25T18:26:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T22:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galadriel.astro.utoronto.ca\/ballast\/?p=5980"},"modified":"2012-11-25T18:26:30","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T22:26:30","slug":"sbsc-and-arrival-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=5980","title":{"rendered":"SBSC and Arrival Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Natalie was finishing the SBSC (Spider Bore-sight Star Camera, which is being test-flown as a roll sensor). I got some photos now, since eventually it will get boxed in foam. Otherwise, a lot of the day was spent sorting out the solar panels, but since I as working, I don&#8217;t have many photos.<\/p>\n<p>After dinner, Barth, Juan, Mark, Tristan, and I went for a walk around Arrival Heights. This takes you all around the coast on one side of town, and up into the hills where it gets pretty windy. Pretty scenic, and a good evening dose of outdoors.<\/p>\n<!-- Awesome Flickr Gallery Start --><!-- - Version - 3.5.6 - User ID - 27717602@N03 - Photoset ID - 72157632101237458 - 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 - flickr - Disable slideshow? - --><div class='afg-gallery custom-gallery-38' id='afg-38' 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   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8217705819' title='SBSC'><img class='afg-img' title='SBSC' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8341\/8217705819_9e47a6eeb0_m.jpg' alt='SBSC \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8217705819\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>SBSC <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Electrically complete, with some neatening up yet to come<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218790288' title='SBSC'><img class='afg-img' title='SBSC' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8203\/8218790288_60a5ec6cb6_m.jpg' alt='SBSC \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218790288\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>SBSC <\/div><div class='afg-description'>The other side<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218791116' title='Natalie mounts her star camera'><img class='afg-img' title='Natalie mounts her star camera' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8201\/8218791116_8d2ebd4af8_m.jpg' alt='Natalie mounts her star camera \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218791116\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Natalie mounts her star camera <\/div><div class='afg-description'><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8217709065' title='Repairing holes'><img class='afg-img' title='Repairing holes' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8203\/8217709065_f953376d61_m.jpg' alt='Repairing holes \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8217709065\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Repairing holes <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Juan was sad when we had to punch holes in the aluminized-mylar-covered sun shields to attach solar panel mounting brackets<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218793336' title='Video signal'><img class='afg-img' title='Video signal' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8207\/8218793336_0449f1c547_m.jpg' alt='Video signal \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218793336\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Video signal <\/div><div class='afg-description'>As we would see over the line-of-sight transmitters<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8217710841' title='Posing for the star camera'><img class='afg-img' title='Posing for the star camera' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8342\/8217710841_00995fc537_m.jpg' alt='Posing for the star camera \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8217710841\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Posing for the star camera <\/div><div class='afg-description'>BLAST was rotated so that the SBSC points towards the mezzanine. Natalie capitalizes on this circumstance<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8217711779' title='Solar panels'><img class='afg-img' title='Solar panels' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8340\/8217711779_1992cffaea_m.jpg' alt='Solar panels \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8217711779\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Solar panels <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Completely attached<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218795802' title='Weddell seal'><img class='afg-img' title='Weddell seal' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8487\/8218795802_9178273c29_m.jpg' alt='Weddell seal \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218795802\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Weddell seal <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Basically, a tube of fat with a tiny face and flippers<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218796474' title='Mark'><img class='afg-img' title='Mark' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8199\/8218796474_715ec60ecc_m.jpg' alt='Mark \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218796474\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Mark <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Takes his pipe on the walk<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218797332' title='Barth'><img class='afg-img' title='Barth' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8209\/8218797332_758cc5b8be_m.jpg' alt='Barth \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218797332\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Barth <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Catches his breath, facing away from the cold wind<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218798178' title='McMurdo'><img class='afg-img' title='McMurdo' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8342\/8218798178_c393bd4393_m.jpg' alt='McMurdo \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8218798178\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>McMurdo <\/div><div class='afg-description'>A pretty ugly looking place<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8217716377' title='Juan'><img class='afg-img' title='Juan' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8490\/8217716377_ae9efa0ece_m.jpg' alt='Juan \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8217716377\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Juan <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Wears his issued &quot;bunny boots&quot;<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8217717251' title='Tristan'><img class='afg-img' title='Tristan' src='https:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8341\/8217717251_e31023745a_m.jpg' alt='Tristan \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/8217717251\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Tristan <\/div><div class='afg-description'>With shiny new camera<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Awesome Flickr Gallery End -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8490\/8217716377_ae9efa0ece_n.jpg\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" alt=\"Juan\" title=\"Juan\"> Yesterday, Natalie was finishing the SBSC (Spider Bore-sight Star Camera, which is being test-flown as a roll sensor). I got some photos now, since eventually it will get boxed in foam. Otherwise, a lot of the day was spent sorting out the solar panels, but since I as working, I don&#8217;t have many photos. After dinner, Barth, Juan, Mark, Tristan, and I went for a walk around Arrival Heights. This takes you all around the coast on one side of town, and up into the hills where it gets pretty windy. Pretty scenic, and a good evening dose of outdoors. 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