Leonids campaign 2002 of ESA/RSSD – The trip to Spain


This is our schedule:

·        10-12 Nov: packing

·        13-14 Nov: André, Joe, and Detlef will drive to Grenada in Detlef’s VW van

·        14 Nov in the afternoon: We meet Roland and Andrew, coming by airplane, for final information exchange. Stay one night in a hotel close to Grenada.

·        15 Nov:  We all meet with OSN personnel in Grenada and drive to the observatory or however far we get (due to snow, we might need to unload our boxes before arriving and travel the rest by snow cat. André, Joe, Roland, and Andrew go up to the observatory. Detlef and Jorge drive to some location which still needs to be defined – it should be dark and clear…

·        15/16 Nov: First tests of the equipment

·        16/17 Nov: At OSN: Test communication with the IRAM telescope, do pointing test – OSN/car: double station observations, low resolution spectroscopy

·        17/18 Nov: Ready to wait for a persistent meteor train – OSN/car: double station observations, low resolution spectroscopy

·        18/19 Nov: OSN/IRAM: Catch a persistent train! – OSN/car: double station observations, low resolution spectroscopy

·        19/20 Nov: One more night of observing – OSN/car: double station observations, low resolution spectroscopy

·        20 Nov: Packing, meet in Grenada or at OSN, drive home

·        21 Nov: Return in Holland

 

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Prepared  21 Aug 2002, dvk. Last update: 14 Oct 2002.