Rosemary Hill (RH) CONCAM status

RJN · Post by **RJN** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:59 pm

The Rosemary Hill (RH) CONCAM2 in central Florida continues to run without major problems.

- RJN

RJN · Post by **RJN** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 2:34 pm

The RH CONCAM has been down for some time because of communications problems. Today U. Florida professor John Oliver, who oversees the site, emailed in to say that the amplifier on the communications tower has been replaced and so it should be a short amount of time until the RH CONCAM2 is back on the air.

lior · Post by **lior** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 2:08 am

The computer is up, but the CCD doesn't respond.

Emoticon Fury · Post by **Emoticon Fury** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:07 am

Is it just me or is there a lot of light pollution at the rosemary hill concam? It seems like the image is really light or cloudy all the time?

Noctuas_Universe · Post by **Noctuas_Universe** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 5:27 am

I have been unable to obtain an image from the RH station. Has it been taken offline?

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 1:07 am

The RH CONCAM shows "on" but the date at the bottom of the image shows 2005/02/08, why is that? The most recent image seems to show some atmospheric interferance, I'm not sure.

Vic Muzzin · Post by **Vic Muzzin** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 2:21 am

deborah wrote:The RH CONCAM shows "on" but the date at the bottom of the image shows 2005/02/08, why is that? The most recent image seems to show some atmospheric interferance, I'm not sure.

You are correct, there has been heavy cloud cover so far tonight at RH. The clouds appear to be clearing, unfortunately the moon is now saturating most of the image.

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:48 am

RH is up and running although the moon light obscures most of the image.

Vic Muzzin · Post by **Vic Muzzin** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:06 am

I notice that RH does not generate photometry files, is there a reason for this?

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:23 am

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:25 am

I did it! Thanks for the help.

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:29 am

I am also not able to access the photometry files for RH. Just two days ago, I was having no problem with it.

Vic Muzzin · Post by **Vic Muzzin** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:40 am

I have just been checking through randomly and it appears there are no photometry files at all for any date?

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:37 pm

You're right, I went through randomly and cannot access any of the photometry files for any date. I must have been in a different Concam site when I did access photometry and thought I was in RH.

Can I contact John Oliver about this myself, or has that already been done?

Vic Muzzin · Post by **Vic Muzzin** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 2:07 am

deborah wrote:You're right, I went through randomly and cannot access any of the photometry files for any date. I must have been in a different Concam site when I did access photometry and thought I was in RH.

Can I contact John Oliver about this myself, or has that already been done?

I don't believe this is a problem with the Concam but rather a problem on our end with how the server is processing the data. I will ask our programmer when next I see him. Also, it is possible you did see photometry files for Rh, I know some did exist at one point, I think they may have been erased somehow.

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 12:54 am

RH seems to be working fine with the exception of the photometry files, however, we have overcast skies and a full moon. I can't wait for a nice dark clear night.

RJN · Post by **RJN** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:30 am

Thanks, Deborah! Yes, we are near full moon and for many CONCAMs, particularly the CONCAM2s like the CONCAM2 in RH, the full moon washes out most of the frame the whole night through. I can promise that things will get better in a week or so and likely be pretty great during new moon. You might keep an eye on CP during that time, too. In my humble opinion, the images are spectacular then! The Milky Way arcs across the sky. Planets, constellations, and bright stars shine. It's the same night sky our great great great grandparents knew pretty well. It will be there our whole lives. I think it's beautiful.

- RJN

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:35 am

RH Concam shows on but still shows yesterday's date. The photometry files are still not available, Vic will have someone look into that.

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:46 am

The RH Concam 2 continues to operate normally. Hopefully the weather will improve soon as the moon is waning and I am looking forward to a good image.

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:49 am

Really nice image from RH this evening. Please tell me what the yellow box is indicating to me and what the streak is going from top to bottom of the image
http://nightskylive.net/rh/

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:01 am

deborah wrote:Really nice image from RH this evening. Please tell me what the yellow box is indicating to me and what the streak is going from top to bottom of the image
http://nightskylive.net/rh/

Well, that was dumb, this is live! By the time you read this message you aren't going to see any steak going from top to bottom! But you know what I mean about the yellow boxes, please remind me about those. Thanks!

RJN · Post by **RJN** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 3:02 am

Hi Deborah!

A yellow box is drawn by Lior's WOLF software when it detects a "transient", something on an image that wasn't there before. Many times transients are not real astronomical things, but rather airplanes or instrumental flashes on the camera. The transient detection software is still being developed and is not yet fully reliable. Also, at RH, there are a lot of airplane trails, so that was probably what you saw.

BTW, as you might know, to post an image that does not update, just go into the archive, find that day, find that time, and click on "ANNOTATED". That image will come up. To show that image to every here on The Asterisk, just type

Code: Select all

 [img]http://you.get.the.idea.jpg[/img]

being sure NOT to include unecessary spaces.

Hope this is a help!

- RJN

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:21 am

RH Concam appears to be malfunctioning. Shows on but the date is 2005/03/06. Could be adjustments are being made?

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:05 am

RH Concam is back online and returning a nice image. Photometry files still not available.

deborah · Post by **deborah** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:53 am

http://nightskylive.net/rh/rh050312/rh0 ... 03132p.jpg
Nice image from RH this evening. Not nearly as nice as CP though!

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