“People arrive wanting the photograph. They leave talking about the twenty minutes they spent at the eyepiece not photographing anything.”
The people
Who is on the plateau
Five people, and between them most of the observing hours this site has logged since 2011.
“Seeing is not the same as transparency and the difference will ruin your night if you ignore it.”
“A transit is a three-millimagnitude dip. You do not see it. You measure it, and then you believe it.”
“Everything on this plateau fails from thermal cycling. Everything. Plan for it and you have an observatory.”
“Bring your own camera. Bring your own flats. Do not bring a laptop with a white screen.”