Just before the start of the 2012 winter break, I received the news of the approval of three observing proposals. We have been granted observing time in 2013 on UT3-Melipal/VIMOS (PI: Alice Zocchi), on WIYN 3.5m/pODI, and WIYN 0.9m/Mosaic (PI: Eileen Friel). As a result, next May I will be headed to the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona for my very first observing run(s)!

WIYN Observatory, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Credits: NOAO.