SSP Blog 7/1/24 – Felix Zhang
First day of the second week
Today, July 1st 2024, marks the start of the second week at SSP. It’s already felt like a journey despite it only being a week. It was quite a typical day. I woke up and got ready for breakfast, which was mostly just scrambled eggs.
In the morning, we had a lecture on astro images and cameras, which was both interesting and difficult to understand. We learned the difference between CMOS and CCD images and how images had to be compiled with photons similar to rainwater collecting buckets of water.
After lunch, which was some really delicious chicken and mashed potatoes, then we headed off to our second afternoon lecture. The second afternoon lecture was about orbital elements, and in all honesty I was trying my best not to fall asleep because I was really tired. However, once I realized we got a new assignment for the orbital elements we just learned, I knew I had to lock in, so I got it done and continued with the rest of my day.
Orbital Elements lecture in the afternoon
Walking back to lecture hall at 6:50 PM
That was pretty much for my day. Nothing interesting really happened today, but I’m sure our field trip tomorrow to the Tortuga Mountains Observatory will be fun! There’s always something new to discover in SSP everyday, and I look forward to that everyday.
