astraea occultation attempt in bosnia and hercegovina june 6, 2008 paul d. maley iota annual meeting...
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ASTRAEA OCCULTATION ATTEMPT IN BOSNIA AND
HERCEGOVINA JUNE 6, 2008
PAUL D. MALEY
IOTA ANNUAL MEETING
ORLANDO FL
11/21/09
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THE REGION
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ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION
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OLD TOWN SARAJEVO
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MOSQUE
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SCARS OF WAR
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WAR MEMORIAL 1992-1995
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WHERE WWI ‘STARTED’-JUNE 28, 1914
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ASSASSINATIONOF ARCHDUKE
FERDINAND
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SARAJEVO OBSERVATORY BEFORE
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40cm Cass refl./Wide field astrograph
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Observatory in 2008
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Recently cleared of mines
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SARAJEVO OBSERVATORY viewed from the city
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LARGEST SCOPE IN BOSNIA?
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FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS
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ARRIVAL IN SARAJEVO
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REGIONAL ISSUES
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MY HOTEL
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MAIN STREET
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MORTAR SHELL IMPACT
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TRAM SYSTEM; GAS>$8./GALLON
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SARAJEVO TEAM
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TEAM 1
• PAUL MALEY
• Lagumdija Armin, Teaching assistent - Departmant of Physics TECH
• Zoranic Irma, Physics student
• Glamocic Adnan, Physics student
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TEAM 2:
• Sadovic Bakir, Physics teacher
• Avdic Damir, Physics teacher
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TEAM 3
• Mujic Nedim, Teaching assistent - Departmant of Physics
• Mindoljevic Valentina, Physics teacher
• Causevic Naida, Physics student
• Lejlic Ajla, Physics student
• Subasic Adela, Physics student
• Tahirovic Elvedin, Physics student
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PREP 1
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PREP 2
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PREP 3
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SATELLITE CHECK
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ASTRAEA STATIONS
• 1. SITE 1 MALEY + 10-INCH F/5 + WATEC
• 2. SITE 2 SADOVICH + 6 INCH DOBSONIAN
• 3. SITE 3 MUJIC + 8 INCH F/4 + PC164
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WEATHER
• 100%THUNDERSTORM FORECAST
• AIRPORT WEATHER FORECASTERS CONSULTED
• TEST RUN ON JUNE 5
• SKY CLEARED
• HIGH HUMIDITY
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RESULTS
White out conditions caused by a huge spike in humidity. No workaround possible due to lack of heaters.
No data obtained at all stations.
Sky clear but path suffered a big shift.
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HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii (AP) -- The Air Force said the first crash of a B-2 stealth bomber was caused by moisture in sensors and estimated the loss of the aircraft at $1.4 billion.
The Air Force stopped flying B-2 stealth bombers for two months after the crash.
The crash probably could have been avoided if knowledge of a technique to evaporate the moisture had been disseminated throughout the B-2 program, Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Carpenter, who headed an accident investigation board, said Thursday.
A technique learned by some two years ago that had gone widely unknown and unadopted probably would have prevented the crash, Carpenter said. The technique essentially heats the sensors and evaporates any moisture before data calibrations.
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RWM (MOSCOW) 5.0MHZ
• FAINT SIGNALS
• BLACKOUT: 11:00PM-11:10PM
• EVENT WINDOW: 11:00-11:04PM
• ALL OTHER FREQUENCIES: NO RECEPTION OR LOCAL STATION OVERRIDE
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OCCULTATION OF A 10.5 MAG STAR BY (96)AEGLE
ON 9/8/09
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PATH
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PATH-2
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PATH-3
MY HOTEL
SERBIAN BORDER
SKOPJE AIRPORT
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RESULTS
• THREE TEAMS DEPLOYED
• SKY COVER COMPLETELY OVERCAST
WITH SOME RAIN
∙I WENT TO SERBIA, ALBANIA, KOSOVO
AND BULGARIA
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