Last night has been the first of the second part of this mission. All day long there were strong winds, with gusts. By 18:00 hours we started the capture of flats, awaiting for the astronomical night, what happens by 22:40 local time, 21:40 UTC. But the wind speed, the average for the last 5 minutes …
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Jul 04
Delta Scorpii – Dia 5, 2 de Julho
Last night the wind was absolutely calm at the beginning of the astronomical night and stood calm all night. The “calima” was back, denser than before. But we were able to complete all the program established for the night. By 18:00, the telescope was set to make the flats related to the previous night: – …
Jul 03
Delta Scorpii – Dia 4, 01 de Julho
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
Delta Scorpii 2011 – Dia 3, 30 de Junho
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
Delta Scorpii 2011 – Dia 2, 29 de Junho
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
Delta Scorpii 2011 – A noite de um dia longo
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
Delta Scorpii – Dia 1, 28 de Junho
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
Delta Scorpii – Dia 0, 27 de Junho
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 …
Jun 25
Campanha Delta Scorpii
Já tinha sido anunciada aqui uma campanha para o sistema Delta Scorpii. Essa campanha vai iniciar-se na próxima semana. Para divulgação, abri um blogue com o endereço: http://deltascorpii2011teideiac80.blogspot.com/ Pretendo, além dos relatos diários no blogue, alimentar o astroPT com um relato diário, no caso de haver algo de interesse. Transcrevo aqui a mensagem de abertura …
Mar 27
WR 140 – Artigo na Sky & Telescope de Abril
Com o belo título “Stellar Winds above Atlantic Clouds“, e com uma espécie de introdução “On a cold mountaintop in the Canary Islands, amateurs work with pros on a hot-star research project“, a edição de Abril de 2011 traz um artigo descritivo da missão para o periastro da WR140, missão levada a cabo por 21 …
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