Credit: Courtesy of Satya Gontcho A Gontcho
Satya Gontcho A Gontcho (seated, second from left) was serving as lead observer in the DESI control room on Oct. 22, 2019 – the night of DESI’s “first light,” when its 5,000 fiber-optic “eyes” were opened to the sky. Also pictured are (from left) Klaus Honscheid, Doug Williams (seated at bottom), Arjun Dey (standing with laptop), Behzad Abareshi, Connie Rockosi (seated near top), Laurent Le Guillou (hooded sweatshirt), and Bob Marshall.