Βίντεο από την αποστολή - εξόρμηση στο αστεροσκοπείο Valle D' Aosta, στις Ιταλοελβετικές Άλπεις.

Η μετάβασή μας εκεί έγινε στο πλαίσιο της συνεργασίας της IOTA με το Obs. de Paris και το IMCCE και μετά από ευγενική πρόσκληση των υπευθύνων του αστεροσκοπείου Valle D' Aosta.

 

 

 

 

Message from Bruno Sicardy:

Hello all,

I have been in touch with you concerning the Pluto occultation of yesterday (Feb. 14), and I reported news to some of you, but not all. So, please find below some news I had directly.

The event was observed from

 

The event occurred ~90 sec ahead of predicted time (by Rio de Janeiro group), meaning a EW error of ~90 mas for Pluto and/or the star. Duration is more than 80 sec at Pic du Midi, meaning an error of less than 20 mas in NS direction. All those numbers still to be confirmed.
Anyway it is good news that our predictions was good in NS direction, for preparing safely forthcoming Pluto events.
Thanks to everyone for the huge efforts made! A positive aspect, in spite of terrible weather, is that many contacts and experiments were made in Europe for this occultation. This is a good point for future events.

Cheers,
Bruno

Some details:

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Gnosca:
46 13 54. N
09 01 30. E
alt. 260 m
Obs.
Raoul Behrend
Stefano Sposetti
Clouded out

Val D'Aosta
45 47 22. N
07 28 42 E
alt. 1600 m
Obs.
Andrea Bernagozzi, OAVdA

Paolo Calcidese, OAVdA
Albino Carbognani, OAVdA
Matteo Soldi, OAVdA
Vagelis Tsamis, Sparta Astronomical Association
Thomas Widemann, Obs. Paris
Clouded out

Varese:
45 52 04. N
08 46 15. E
1226 m
Obs.
Luca Buzzi
Francoise Roques
clouded out

Sozzago:
45 23 47.5 N
08 44 51.6 E
122 m
Obs.
Frederico Manzini
Bruno Sicardy
clouded out

Catania:
Serra La Nave:
37 41 30. N
14 58 42. W
1725 m
Obs.
Giuseppe Leto
clouded out

Casalgismondo station (Sicily):
Obs.
Emilio Lo Savio
Giuseppe Marino
Fabio Salvaggio
clouded out

Rozhen Obs.
41 41 35. N
24 44 38. E
1759 m
Obs.
Renada Konstantinova and colleagues
Sylvestre Lacour
Sylvain Pau
clouded out