The South Pole Telescope Blog

Now that the busy polar summer season is over, things have gotten much quieter around here. Although there are just two SPT team members (Zak Staniszewski and Steve Padin) left at pole, there is still tons of work to do! Right now we are busy commissioning the telescope, and thus far everything is progressing well. Here is a shot of the SPT scanning during these early tests:



Be sure to go check out the newly revised SPT Multimedia page where we've uploaded lots of movies and photos from both the test build in the US and construction at pole this season.