12-13 September

Pic du Midi
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Operator: C-F Enell

Weather: seems cloudy at Pic du Midi, few small thunderstorms

Viewing: 
~19: -  41.5 1.5 
20:03 43.5 6.5
20:08 41.5 1.5
20:52 41 1.5
21:59 40.8 1.7 still mostly cloudy
22:34 leaving the camera there
~4:10 closing

Sprites:


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14-15/9

THIS IS IIRC THE LOG OF 14-15/9
The log 13-14/9  overwritten by mistake
See the pan/tilt logs.
But no thunderstorms anyway

Weather: Clear now, clouds below top
 No thunderstorms except east of Sardinia (out of reach)

Pic du Midi:
 Starting cameras at ~19:30
 
Viewing:

1. looking around

19:50 44 2.5 60 (to look towards Puy)


Puy de Dome:

Weather:
First some illuminated clouds as usual but mainly clear

Viewing:
19:50 44 2.5 60 to look towards Pic, clouds appearing
20:10 46 5 60
21:00 43 4 60 trying to avoid clouds
21:05 46 0 60 --

21:21 48 2.5 60 --
21:29 too many illuminated clouds, switching off.

restarted

Problems:
22:47 checking, ssh connection broken and spritewatch stopped
Rebooting
GPS now works again.

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14-15/9


Weather: Clear now, clouds below top
 No thunderstorms except east of Sardinia (out of reach)

Pic du Midi:
 Starting cameras at ~19:30
 
Viewing:

1. looking around

19:50 44 2.5 60 (to look towards Puy)


Puy de Dome:

Weather:
First some illuminated clouds as usual but mainly clear

Viewing:
19:50 44 2.5 60 to look towards Pic, clouds appearing
20:10 46 5 60
21:00 43 4 60 trying to avoid clouds
21:05 46 0 60 --

21:21 48 2.5 60 --
21:29 too many illuminated clouds, switching off.

restarted

Problems:
22:47 checking, ssh connection broken and spritewatch stopped
Rebooting
GPS now works again.

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15-16/9

Weather: Clear

Pic du Midi:
 Starting cameras at ~19:10

Viewing:

19:10 45 2 60
20:54 40 0 60, some clouds coming that way at least...
Triggered on moon while moving. OK, the moon will enter this FOV soon.
21:05 45 2 60 avoiding moon
23:20 41 1 60

Stopping at ~4:15


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16-17/9

Weather: Front from NW, unstable
Thunderstorms: Over Spain
Stations are mostly cloudy

 Starting cameras at ~19:15 UT


Pic du Midi:
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Viewing:
19:11 45 1 60
19:19 41 -2.5 70 for view over Spain. Cloudy.
19:44 40 0 60
19:46 41 1 60, front coming up
spritewatch running in background has died 19:28. Rebooting
20:01 trying 39 -1.5 75
20:07 41 2 65
20:34 41 0.5 65
20:50 41.5 0 65
21:07 41.5 1 55
22:25 41 0 65 full moon soon in S
22:29 41 1 50 full moon, clouds
22:31 41 2 65
22:58 41 0
23:11 41 2
23:20 43 2.5 65
23:39 41 0.5
23:58 43 3
00:12 40.5 2 still cloudy
1:31  40.5 -0.5
1:50  40.5 2
2:28  41 3 (towards tower)
2:30 41 2
2:51 41.5 2
3:35 40 0.5
3;49 41 1  But still cloudy, chances almost over for this night
3:55 41 3
Problems:
Local clouds and moon


Puy de Dome:
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Viewing:
19:11 45 1 60
19:24 45 5 50
rebooting
19:26 41 2.5 75
19:39 46 7.5 75 to avoid lamps + to see possible storms over Alps. Cloudy
19:42 47 7.5 75
20:12 42 2.5 75 Overexposed
20:17 46 7.5 75
20:49 47 7.5 75 to avoid overexp, cloudy
20:08 47 8 70
20:23 42 1 75 cloudy
22:19 44 0 70 totally overexp 
22:28 41 0 75
23:20 43 2.5 65
23:48 41 0.5
23:58 43 3
00:30 40.5 2 still total overexp
2:28  43 1 85 high to avoid lights(?)
2:41  41 2
2:51  41.5 2
Problems:
 The lamps, as usual

19:29 SSH problem, thrown out. Trying rebooting

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18-19/9

Weather:
stations cloudy from the start but may clear up
no really promising thunderstorms- closest on Corsica

 Starting cameras at ~19:20 UT


Pic du Midi:
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Viewing:
from start 45 1 65
19:35 42.5 7.5 oversaturated by moon
19:40 45 1 65 
20:17 42.5 7.5 still moon
20:19 back
20:52 42.5 8, maybe clearing up too
21:10 42.2 8.5 (corsica) and leaving


Problems:
Image seemed divided into 2 fields by _vertical_ line
but better now
at first: Full moon in the most interesting fov 


Puy de Dome:
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Viewing:
19:28 45 1 65 Cloudy,
19:34 46 1 70, 47 5 70
20:53 42.5 8
21:10 42.2 8.5 (corsica) and leaving

Problems:
some clouds

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