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Jan. 17th, Tuesday
Frederic, Sofia, Angelos, Jean join Angel and Stefano at the telescope.
16:00-21:00; Angel: no observations. Frozen rain and wind. Deicing working since yesterday night.
21:00-03:00; Stefano: wind and ice. The telescope is parked.
Jan. 18th, Wednesday
03:00-09:00; Angelos: no observations. Frozen rain went to snow before dawn; mild wind.
09:00-15:00, Sofia: no observations.
Let's take a little walk outside...
15:00-21:00 Frederic: no observations.
21:00-03:00 Stefano: Wind and snow. The telescope is completely frozen and parked. Few minutes after 2 a.m. local time, the taumeter drops suddenly to tau=0.1. We take a look outside. The sky is completely clear, the fog and clouds are no more there, the powder snow does not "pollute" the air anymore, the snowcats are working on the mountain, the stars shine, the thermometer marks -13.5 Celsius. Gloria increases the power of the de-icing. While we wait to have the 30m operational again, it will soon be time to chase the comet with the binoculars.
Jan. 19th, Thursday
Jan. 20th, Friday
Jan. 21st, Saturday
Jan. 22nd, Sunday
Jan. 23rd, Monday