Mt. Wilson (MW) CONCAM status

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Mt. Wilson (MW) CONCAM status

Post by RJN » Wed Jul 28, 2004 4:10 pm

The Mt. Wilson (MW) CONCAM2 has been running nearly continuously without human intervention since February 2003.
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MW CONCAM down

Post by Noctuas_Universe » Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:51 am

It appears the MW image is not updating, although the station status says "on" and the countdown timer appears to be functioning correctly. The last image is dated Feb 3 2005.
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Post by RJN » Thu Feb 10, 2005 4:02 pm

Thanks for pointing this out. On the MW page, there is a link to "log", which lists the local Mt. Wilson contact as Robert Cadman at cadman@mtwilson.edu.nospam. I will alert him of the problem. - RJN

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Post by Vic Muzzin » Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:45 pm

The site manager for MW has been notified of problems with the Concam. Every effort is being made to return it to working operation.

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Re: MW CONCAM down

Post by Noctuas_Universe » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:34 am

Just a brief update. As of this posting MW still down, last image Feb 3 2005.
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Re: MW CONCAM down

Post by Noctuas_Universe » Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:34 am

Just looked at the MW Concam and it appears some work is being done at this time. There are 4 new images in the archives, not good quality, blurry and no stars, but at least new with todays date and time 4Mar2005 @3:21:03UT.
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MW Status: Online

Post by Noctuas_Universe » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:58 am

MW is online and images are much better, still some weird distortions but good enough to return photometry.
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