Telescópios das Canárias.
Mai 10
SONG – o observatório robô em Tenerife Na primeira quinzena de março de 2016 a Lua iluminava esta paisagem enrugada e parcialmente coberta de neve. Na verdade, trata-se de uma vista através do topo de Tenerife na direção de La Palma no arquipélago espanhol das Ilhas Canarias. O grande vulcão Teide, o ponto mais alto na …
Jun 06
Acompanhe um pôr do Sol num dia claro contra um horizonte distante e poderás vislumbrar um brilho verde enquanto o Sol logo desaparece, a luz solar brevemente refractada sobre uma grande linha de visão através de camadas atmosféricas. Tu podes identificar também um brilho verde no nascer do Sol. Entretanto, identificar o local e o momento exato …
Jul 07
This was the last night with the team complete. Anatoly Miroshnichenko and Thierry Garrel went home and only Alberto and José Ribeiro still stay for the last night. This night number 9 was again very good and we managed to complete all the objectives. First Delta Scorpii in all the domains, the reference star 40 …
Jul 07
Last night has been again an excellent night. The targets were, beyond the flats, Delta Scorpii in the domains of this mission, the reference star 40 Ophiuchi, Delta Scorpii again but in Hgamma, 66 Ophiuchi, 6 Cephei and Gamma Cassiopeiae. The 6 hours of the astronomical night have been fully exploited. We wake up at …
Jul 03
Last night was an almost perfect night. The wind speed did not exceed 15 km/hour and we could make the spectra of Delta Scorpii,in Helium II and Halpha, of 66 Ophiuchi, of Pi Aquarii and there were still 40 minutes for MWC342. The equipment works now correctly. We managed to have the installation of the …
Jul 02
Today the sky is clear of the “calima”, but the wind is quite strong, with gusts. By 18:00 hours we started with darks and flats. The wind was blowing at speeds above 35 km per hour. This is a limitation fot the IAC80. The operation is unrestricted with wind speeds up to 35 km/hour, but …
Jun 30
One may think that a campaign like this one is just some kind of fun. Well, it is fun. It is because we have a genuine pleasure in it. But it is hard work as well. This day 2 of the campaign started at 18:00 and ended at 06:00. Here is the team, Alberto, Thierry, …
Jun 29
After the preparations and after finding out that the focus of the autogiding camera could not be achieved, we decided to continue under manual guiding. Also, all the extensions between the adaptor and the spectrograph were removed. With all the tests and atempts to find the solution for the autoguiding, part of the night was …
Jun 28
Today, 28 of June, was a long work day. The day started at 09:30 hours and the morning has been dedicated to make all the modifications needed and to install all the equipments required for this mission. One of the problems was that the spectroscope, camera, computers foor the control of the spectrograph were not …
Jun 28
After the preliminaries and preparations which took time and efforts, we, José Ribeiro and me, arrived at Tenerife. Anatoly Mirochnichenko was waiting for us at Tenerife North airport and we shared the car up to the Observatory. Now we wait for the arrival of Thierry Garrel who is expected tomorrow, 28. Yesterday, after dinner, the …
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