Re: Phoenix returns to Arecibo

>"P. Backus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Alfred A. Aburto Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > >"Jason H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > "Alfred A. Aburto Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > > Thanks Jason!
> > > > This should be interesting ... almost a month!
> > > > I wonder if they run 12 hour watches? They are going to be tuckered
out
> > > > after a month...
> > > > Al
> > >
>
> Thanks for the concern and the suggestions.  For this run we will
> operate in three five-hour shifts per night.  We're also doing five
> days observing and two days off.  Still, it will be a long run and we
> get to do it again in February, so it's best to cut down the pace for
> individual observers.
>
> > Also, I notice they are doing RFI scans now, but their clock seems
> > to be 9 minutes ahead or so ...
> > Al
> >
>
> We always start the first night with RFI scans to "prime" the
> database.  Last night we had no choice since the antenna azimuth
> control system was down.  Let's hope that gets fixed today.
>
> I'll try to set the time on the SETICam laptops.

Thank you for the feedback!

Sorry if I was being 'picky' ... it was just something I noticed when
looking at the starlog and starmap.

The time on the SETICam's is good (accurate).

It was the time in the events in "Star Map" and on the "Star Log"
that were ahead ~9 minutes or so ...

I was hoping to jot down some known time periods when you
were observing specific stars via the Gregorian so that I could
see the behavior of the [EMAIL PROTECTED] data via Carriage House 1.
I wanted to work out the equations so that if I knew the RA &
DEC of the [EMAIL PROTECTED] data I could (perhaps/possibly)
determine where the Gregorian Dome beam was pointing ...
(I'm just interested in this, and it helps keep me out of trouble
too ... at least that is what my wife says (thinks?)  :-) ... of
course I'd have to watch for and collect [EMAIL PROTECTED] data at the
right time (months later, this is the most chancy part I guess)).
Al

> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Also, for the moment (3:20 p.m. Pacific, but it may be 3 to 9 hours
> > > before this post hits the NG) it seems SETICam A is not on, but Cam B
>
> A security "feature" kept CamA images from getting to the web site. It
> was fixed. Then general internet problems kept much of anything from
> getting in or out of Puerto Rico for a while this morning.
>
> > > is on (and I can confirm that there is such a thing as a white hole,
> > > and there are three rectangular ones at Arecibo :^)  The glare from
> > > the NSS is still overwhelming the camera, not much to see, so I guess
> > > I'll be watching the target list until they pop the champagne.  If one
>
> The screens are bright and it's difficult to deal with the contrast.
>
> > > of them reads this, and if she/he has the time and both cameras are
> > > up, with all those nights to watch, the B camera has usually been the
> > > static roaming camera, perhaps you could stick a long cable on it and
> > > give us a tour of the facility (I'm sure it's small there) but I
> > > wouldn't mind seeing some different angles or esoteric stuff, like
> > > perhaps a printout, chart, cover of a manual or plug a SETI book
> > > that's laying around, the guts of some of the hardware or wire
> > > bundles, maybe Arecibo at night (those cams seem light sensitive
> > > enough when moon comes back in few weeks and there must be lights on
> > > the towers and gregorian, if the cameras have a zoom feature), the
> > > lavatory, leftovers from the cafeteria (perhaps around Thanksgiving?),
> > > somebody napping in the back, put the cam on the floor, or whatever
> > > floats your boat, if you have spare time.
>
> During the day we will try to position one of the Cams to view the
> main control room or the telescope.  We're a little limited on showing
> other areas because network ports are not available everywhere.  No
> connections at all in the cafeteria.  And we can't have wireless
> networks around here!  ;-)
>
> > >
> > > Regards, Jason H.
> > >
> > >