Mar 05, 1999 in OHP 1999
Three reports counted towards the mark achieved for the field trip work - a pre-departure orientation report outlining what objects were to be observed, the observing strategy, and what would be done with the results; and two reports describing the results of the work done with the 0.80m and 1.52m telescopes. My overall mark [...]
Mar 03, 1999 in OHP 1999
We were all sad when the field trip came to an end. We’d had good fun, done some good work, and become so addicted to the fabulous OHP coffee that some of us would not sleep properly for weeks. On the way down we’d had a brilliant journey from Lille to Avignon, getting enjoyably merry [...]
Mar 02, 1999 in OHP 1999
We didn’t spend the entire time on the observatory site - the group hired a car, and on one of our days off, three of us went to see the Gorges du Verdon, allegedly the second biggest canyon in the world. It was a long drive to get there but the scenery was increasingly impressive. [...]
Feb 28, 1999 in OHP 1999
At the end of our 12-hour endurance sessions at the telescope, the pre-dawn skies usually looked stunning. A couple of times I actually managed to stay awake to see the sun come up. Here are some photos.
Feb 28, 1999 in OHP 1999
For the first couple of nights of observing, we were pretty busy learning how to use the telescopes. We struggled bit on the 80cm telescope, to the amused disgust of Didier the technician, but we did a lot better on the largely automated 1.52m telescope. Once we’d got the hang of things and [...]
Feb 23, 1999 in OHP 1999
The 12 of us travelling to Provence met early one February morning at Waterloo station to get the Eurostar to Lille. I’d never been through the Channel Tunnel before, and was somehow surprised that it only took twenty minutes to go through.
On the other side, it was a short journey to Lille, where we [...]
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