Featured Careers
Julien Lozi
Birthplace | Fontainebleau, France |
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Hobbies | Origami, laser-cut paper models, kintsugi |
Favorite word | "Makali'i" or "Subaru" |
Career | 2005: Engineering school in France (Master's level) 2008: 6-month internship at the Subaru telescope 2012: Received a PhD from Paris Observatory in France 2012: Joined NASA Ames in California 2014: Joined NAOJ in Hawaii (SCExAO instrument) |
Birthplace | Fontainebleau, France |
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Hobbies | Origami, laser-cut paper models, kintsugi |
Favorite word | "Makali'i" or "Subaru" |
Career | 2005: Engineering school in France (Master's level) 2008: 6-month internship at the Subaru telescope 2012: Received a PhD from Paris Observatory in France 2012: Joined NASA Ames in California 2014: Joined NAOJ in Hawaii (SCExAO instrument) |
My schedule
I do not have a typical schedule, because it depends if I am working in Hilo or at the summit, if we are observing or preparing for observations, etc. I am working on upgrading the instrument at the summit these days, so this would be my typical work day on the mountain:
08:00 | Leave the office in Hilo |
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09:00 | Arrive at Halepōhaku* *the facility on the mountain at 2700 m, to acclimate to the altitude |
09:30 | Leave Halepohaku |
10:00 | Arrive at the telescope |
10:30 | Daily meeting with the day crew and other teams working at the summit, to coordinate work. |
10:45 | Work on the instrument Open the panels to access inside, install new optics and motors, and align to the optical beam using the internal source simulating the star. |
12:30 | Lunch break |
13:00 | Continuation of the morning work ︙ Clean up of the tools |
16:00 | Drive down the mountain |
17:30 | Back to the office |
Rare to see!
This is one of my favorite pictures of the telescope I took, when a TV crew was visiting, and the dome was opened during the day so they could film it. It is rare to see the dome open during the day, so I am glad I was there to see it.
The deformable mirror of SCExAO
This mirror is the heart of the instrument, very thin and has 2000 microscopic motors behind it that we control several thousand times a second, to change its shape. We use it to compensate the distortion of the atmosphere called turbulence, to have the sharpest images of stars that we can.
Rare to see!
This is one of my favorite pictures of the telescope I took, when a TV crew was visiting, and the dome was opened during the day so they could film it. It is rare to see the dome open during the day, so I am glad I was there to see it.
The deformable mirror of SCExAO
This mirror is the heart of the instrument, very thin and has 2000 microscopic motors behind it that we control several thousand times a second, to change its shape. We use it to compensate the distortion of the atmosphere called turbulence, to have the sharpest images of stars that we can.