ASTRAEA OCCULTATION ATTEMPT IN BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA JUNE 6, 2008 PAUL D. MALEY IOTA ANNUAL MEETING ORLANDO FL 11/21/09
THE REGION
ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION
OLD TOWN SARAJEVO
MOSQUE
SCARS OF WAR
WAR MEMORIAL
WHERE WWI STARTED- JUNE 28, 1914
ASSASSINATION OF ARCHDUKE FERDINAND
SARAJEVO OBSERVATORY BEFORE
8m Dome
40cm Cass refl./Wide field astrograph
Observatory in 2008
Recently cleared of mines
SARAJEVO OBSERVATORY viewed from the city
OBSERVATORY VIEW-2
LARGEST SCOPE IN BOSNIA?
FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS
ARRIVAL IN SARAJEVO
REGIONAL ISSUES
MY HOTEL
MAIN STREET
MORTAR SHELL IMPACT
TRAM SYSTEM; GAS>$8./GALLON
KONJIC, HERZEGOVINA SKY
SARAJEVO TEAM
TEAM 1 PAUL MALEY Lagumdija Armin, Teaching assistent - Departmant of Physics TECH Zoranic Irma, Physics student Glamocic Adnan, Physics student
TEAM 2: Sadovic Bakir, Physics teacher Avdic Damir, Physics teacher
TEAM 3 Mujic Nedim, Teaching assistent - Departmant of Physics Mindoljevic Valentina, Physics teacher Causevic Naida, Physics student Lejlic Ajla, Physics student Subasic Adela, Physics student Tahirovic Elvedin, Physics student
PREP 1
PREP 2
PREP 3
SATELLITE CHECK
ASTRAEA STATIONS 1. SITE 1 MALEY + 10-INCH F/5 + WATEC 2. SITE 2 SADOVICH + 6 INCH DOBSONIAN 3. SITE 3 MUJIC + 8 INCH F/4 + PC164
WEATHER 100%THUNDERSTORM FORECAST AIRPORT WEATHER FORECASTERS CONSULTED TEST RUN ON JUNE 5 SKY CLEARED HIGH HUMIDITY
RESULTS White out conditions caused by a huge spike in humidity. No workaround possible due to lack of heaters. No data obtained at all stations. Sky clear but path suffered a big shift.
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AP) -- The Air Force said the first crash of a B-2 stealth bomber was caused by moisture in sensors and estimated the loss of the aircraft at $1.4 billion. The Air Force stopped flying B-2 stealth bombers for two months after the crash. The crash probably could have been avoided if knowledge of a technique to evaporate the moisture had been disseminated throughout the B-2 program, Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Carpenter, who headed an accident investigation board, said Thursday. A technique learned by some two years ago that had gone widely unknown and unadopted probably would have prevented the crash, Carpenter said. The technique essentially heats the sensors and evaporates any moisture before data calibrations.
RWM (MOSCOW) 5.0MHZ FAINT SIGNALS BLACKOUT: 11:00PM-11:10PM EVENT WINDOW: 11:00-11:04PM ALL OTHER FREQUENCIES: NO RECEPTION OR LOCAL STATION OVERRIDE
OCCULTATION OF A 10.5 MAG STAR BY (96)AEGLE ON 9/8/09
PATH
PATH-2
PATH-3 MY HOTEL SERBIAN BORDER SKOPJE AIRPORT
RESULTS THREE TEAMS DEPLOYED SKY COVER COMPLETELY OVERCAST WITH SOME RAIN I WENT TO SERBIA, ALBANIA, KOSOVO AND BULGARIA
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