Hi All,
I recently received some photos from Gilles Cohen. He is presently at Dome C in Antarctica to do some work on the Ovision scopes that are set up for the French research team from the University of Nice. By the way,
all mounts are working well, having operated through a winter of temperatures approaching -100C.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-ug/photos/album/355730958/pic/list
Here is what he said in his e-mail:
Hello,
here is a picture I took this afternoon using a tripod.
I needed three days to get the good framing and light angle...sorry, I
could not remove my hood, I did not want to get frostbite within a few
seconds. Touching a screw without gloves burns instantly your finger.
I have several others, that I'll send on a DVD.
You can post this one if you want, no problemo, it is free use for
Astro-Physics :-))))) It is downsized to fit the internet bandpass of
the base.
By the way it is quite hot today, except the wind...
Current conditions
Temperature : -34.7 °C
Dew point : -38.6 °C
Wind-chill : -48
Relative humidity : 67.5 %
Pressure : 635.1 hPa
Wind origin : 193.5 °, south-south-west
Wind speed : 4.9 m/s
Gilles
I recently received some photos from Gilles Cohen. He is presently at Dome C in Antarctica to do some work on the Ovision scopes that are set up for the French research team from the University of Nice. By the way,
all mounts are working well, having operated through a winter of temperatures approaching -100C.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ap-ug/photos/album/355730958/pic/list
Here is what he said in his e-mail:
Hello,
here is a picture I took this afternoon using a tripod.
I needed three days to get the good framing and light angle...sorry, I
could not remove my hood, I did not want to get frostbite within a few
seconds. Touching a screw without gloves burns instantly your finger.
I have several others, that I'll send on a DVD.
You can post this one if you want, no problemo, it is free use for
Astro-Physics :-))))) It is downsized to fit the internet bandpass of
the base.
By the way it is quite hot today, except the wind...
Current conditions
Temperature : -34.7 °C
Dew point : -38.6 °C
Wind-chill : -48
Relative humidity : 67.5 %
Pressure : 635.1 hPa
Wind origin : 193.5 °, south-south-west
Wind speed : 4.9 m/s
Gilles
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