Science Report

April 4, 2008

Guerric de Crombrugghe



Scientist report - astronomy

Radiotelescope

Quiet day.
Nothing to hope from Jupiter till Monday 7 : Jupiter storm! I hope it
will be spectacular.
We begin to distinguish the different types of solar flares.

Visual telescope

The observation of yesterday was a defeat : we could not even do the
alignment.
We went to the observatory this morning to identify the problem. It
appeared that my watch was still on winter time. That gave us the
opportunity to check the STV and the computer. It appears that several
connections are missing/damaged. We sent a Email to Peter. We will
continue as soon as we get an answer.
I think the refit crew is a very good idea.