25/26 July 2005 Pic du Midi operator: Agnes Mika Puy de Dome operator: Olivier Chanrion No sprites observed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 26/27 July 2005 Pic du Midi operator: Agnes Mika Puy de Dome operator: Olivier Chanrion No sprites observed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 27/28 July 2005 WEATHER CONDITIONS Strong lightning activity over central and northern France and the Gulf of Biscay. Shifted by dawn over northern Italy. ________________________ PIC DU MIDI ________________________ OPERATOR Agnes Mika VIEWING DIRECTION The camera is pointing to the most promising location for sprites, around 49.5N 6.5E, pan=25 tilt=8.5 PROBLEMS/COMMENTS The spritewatch_edt program sometimes stops. Re-initiating the system helps. SPRITES No sprites observed. Sometimes the camera was covered by clouds. ____________________________ PUY DE DOME ____________________________ OPERATOR Olivier Chanrion VIEWING DIRECTION The camera was pointing mostly to the North-East. A try was made to the West for a short period. PROBLEMS/COMMENTS The direction North - North-East is blocked by a military building. This building uses strong lights that troubled our observations. SPRITES By the end of the night lots of lightning were observed but no sprite. (The complete set of stored pictures has not been analysed yet) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 28/29 July 2005 WEATHER CONDITIONS Thunderstorms associated with strong lightning activity all over France. _____________________ PIC DU MIDI _____________________ OPERATOR Agnes Mika VIEWING DIRECTION The camera was mostly pointing to north-east (~45N, 3E). PROBLEMS/COMMENTS The disk became full around 20:30 UT, spritewatch_edt could not be run. It was sorted out by 22:00 UT. I forgot to turn on the photometer :( The camera was covered by clouds until 02 UT. SPRITES 2005.07.29 01:28:59 | wide | ? | Pan: 34.1 Tilt: 13.4 (as seen in the logfile) 2005.07.29 01:32:51 | wide | narrow | 2005.07.29 01:36:09 | wide | narrow | 2005.07.29 01:40:50 | wide | narrow | 2005.07.29 01:43:52 | wide | ? | 2005.07.29 01:46:04 | wide | ? | 2005.07.29 01:54:35 | wide | ? | 2005.07.29 01:54:38.1 | 2 wide frames | 1 narrow frame| 2005.07.29 01:54:38.5 | 1 wide frame | 2 narrow frames | 2005.07.29 02:04:10 | ? | ? | _____________________ PUY DE DOME _____________________ OPERATOR Olivier Chanrion VIEWING DIRECTION The cameras were pointing mostly to the South-West. PROBLEMS/COMMENTS The cameras were all the time under the clouds. SPRITES No sprites were observed. Only lightning or lightning reflection on the clouds were seen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 29/30 July 2005 WEATHER CONDITIONS Thunderstorms heading out of France to the East, weak lightning activity over the North and the East of France. _____________________ PIC DU MIDI _____________________ OPERATOR Agnes Mika VIEWING DIRECTION North-east in the first half of the night, then north-north-east. PROBLEMS/COMMENTS The camera was under clouds most of the time. SPRITES No sprites observed. _____________________ PUY DE DOME _____________________ OPERATOR Olivier Chanrion VIEWING DIRECTION The cameras were pointing mostly to the East. ( The North is blocked ) PROBLEMS/COMMENTS SPRITES Nothing was observed. Not even 1 trigger. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 30/31 July, 2005 WEATHER CONDITIONS There was some low lightning activity at the beginning of the night over Northern Italy, but diminished in a few hours. _____________________ PIC DU MIDI _____________________ OPERATOR Olivier Chanrion VIEWING DIRECTION Nothing relevant. Only tests were performed. PROBLEMS/COMMENTS SPRITES Nothing was observed. _____________________ PUY DE DOME _____________________ OPERATOR Agnes Mika VIEWING DIRECTION Cameras pointed at ~45N, 11E over Northern Italy. PROBLEMS/COMMENTS Strong city lights even if pointing at 70km altitude over target area. SPRITES No sprites observed ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31 July/01 August, 2005 WEATHER CONDITIONS Low lightning activity along the French/Spanish border. _____________________ PIC DU MIDI _____________________ OPERATOR Olivier Chanrion VIEWING DIRECTION Northern Spain PROBLEMS/COMMENTS Pic du Midi was covered by clouds. Spritewatch triggered all the time when the cameras were inside the cloud. SPRITES No sprite was observed. _____________________ PUY DE DOME _____________________ OPERATOR Agnes Mika VIEWING DIRECTION Cameras pointing towards the Spanish/French border, in directions roughly about lat=43, lon=-1 and lat=43 lon=2 PROBLEMS/COMMENTS Noticed that the pantilt program doesn't work properly, the coordinates of Pic du Midi were left in it instead of those for Puy. Sorted out at 02:00 UT. SPRITES No sprites captured in spite of the clear observing conditions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------