What's New August 1997

PLANET observations for 1997

 Regular PLANET observations for the 1997 Galactic bulge season are almost complete. The optical astronomy group at the University of Tasmania had a fairly intensive observing timetable during the season, and the good news is that several very interesting sources were observed, with the most promising being MB-97-41. Look out for the upcoming Science article (preliminary reference is Science, vol. 277, 8th August 1997, p 755).

For more information about this and other events, see the PLANET Current Events 1997 page.

Below is the observing timetable for the Mt. Canopus observatory for August.

Observing timetable for August

August 10th
KMH
BC 		August 11th
JM
PC 		August 12th
-
- 		August 13th
KMH
- 		August 14th
JG
- 		August 15th
JG
- 		August 16th
JG
-
August 17th
DG
BC 		August 18th
JM
PC 		August 19th
DG
- 		August 20th
KMH
MM 		August 21st
JG
- 		August 22nd
JG
PS 		August 23rd
JG
PG
August 24th
DG
BC 		August 25th
JM
PC 		August 26th
JG
- 		August 27th
KMH
- 		August 28th
JG
- 		August 29th
JG
- 		August 30th
JG
-
August 31st
JG
BC

Notes:

Below are contact phone numbers for observers and assistants.

InitialsNameAddressWork ph.Home ph.Email
DGDuncan Galloway98 York St.6226242762238449 Duncan.Galloway@utas.edu.au
JPJohn PhillipsTaroona6226242462278324 John.Phillips@utas.edu.au
JGJohn Greenhill79 Queen St.6226242962341516 John.Greenhill@utas.edu.au
KMHKym HillSouth Hobart6226243762233655 Kym.Hill@maths.utas.edu.au
SRKStephen Kane Stephen.Kane@utas.edu.au
JMJosh Martin2/1 Overell St.6226242762243348 j_martin@postoffice.utas.edu.au
PCPaul CieslikChrist College62214541
BCBob Coghlan62613976 joroco@trump.net.au
PGPeter Green6249105562782640
JRJim Rogers62251678
MMMerv Mulcahy62442226
PBPhil Blackwood62336244

Upgrade of computers and network at Mt. Canopus

 Thanks to the amazing efforts of Kym Hill we now have a network connection and a small subnet at Mt. Canopus. A new PC running Linux has been installed in the workroom; this PC is fitted with a modem and a PPP link to the University can be initiated simply by typing ppp-start at the prompt. This script will automatically dial into the University and connect via PPP. The new PC (called bok) is now also connected to the ST6 control computer via a standard ethernet cable. The ST6 computer can read and write directories on bok simply by typing NFS at the C:\ prompt. You will be prompted for a username and a password. The directory /data will then automatically be mounted on the ST6 computer as drive G:\ and it is possible to save the images which are taken during the night on this drive. At the end of the night all the images can then be ftp'd back to the University.

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14th August 1997