SURVEY AND TELESCOPE LOG FOR 2001

Week no Declination [deg] Dish elevation [deg] Date start Time start [BST] Siderial time start Siderial hours run time Date end Time end Siderial time end Siderial hours run time
WEEK1 FSKY11 50 27 May 17h00 x x 28 May 7h24 x x
Power failure - computer reset calling next declination 12 (should be 11)
FSKY12 50 28 May 8h00 x x 4 June 10h07 2.81 180.78
WEEK2 FSKY16 55 4 Jun 10h14 3.03 0.04 10 Jun 17h28 10.55 152.98
WEEK3 FSKY21 60 10 Jun 17h45 10.94 -0.04 16 Jun 13h40 approx ? ?
Power failure - again! approx 13h40
WEEK4 FSKY26 65 16 Jun 19h48 13.39 -0.04 22 Jun 9h00 2.83 141.66
FSKY25 65 22 Jun 9h03 3.01 -0.04 24 Jun 22h43 16.78 65.56
WEEK5 FSKY26A 65 24 Jun 22h49 16.94 -0.04 30 Jun 14h54 9.26 144.96
WEEK6 FSKY31 70 30 Jun 15h01 9.51 -0.04 6 Jul 13h08 7.89 143.34
Some of the daytime data for FSKY31 will not be representative as the dish was moved several times to fix the focus box heating problem.
WEEK7 FSKY36 75 6 Jul 13h12 8.16 -0.04 11 Jul 13h16 ? ?
Power interruption due to strong winds.
Welding maintenance done on dish.
WEEK8 FSKY41 80 14 Jul 22h40 18.17 -0.04 22 Jul 14h58 10.81 196.00
WEEK9 FSKY46 85 22 Jul 15h01 4.03 -0.04 28 Jul 16h06 12.36 154.40
WEEK10 FSKY50 89 28 Jul 16h10 12.59 -0.04 4 Aug 10h05 6.77 163.00
WEEK11 FSKY47 86 4 Aug 11h03 7.921 -0.04 ? ? ? ?
Power failed during week. Still got several days of good data.
WEEK12 FSKY42b 81 15 Aug 16h30 14.02 -0.04 20 Aug 11h47 9.50 116.32
WEEK13 FSKY37 76 20 Aug 11h49 9.66 -0.04 ? see note below ? see note below ? see note below ? see note below
Power failed during week 13. Still got several days of good data. Have decided to carry on with the next declination.
WEEKS 14 + 15 FSKY32 71 29 Aug 15h58 14.48 -0.4 7 Sept 13h54 12.75 201.84
WEEK16 OFF OFF 7 Sept OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
  1. Due to other responsibilities and power failures, the weeks have gone out of sync a bit. This is not a problem. Any gaps in the data can be filled in later by scanning the relevant sections of the sky again.
  2. At the moment the dish cannot be driven (batteries?) - we hope to sort that out in the next week or two. The survey is put on hold until then.
WEEK17 FSKY27 66 16 Sept 18h08 12.53 -0.04 17 Sept 21h36 16.05 29.18
High winds - dish had to be parked.
FSKY27A 66 20 Sept 10h24 10.28 -0.04 22 Sept 03h00 ? ?
Power flip.
FSKY27B 66 22 Sept 8h14 8.23 -0.04 25 Sept 19h56 20.07 89.02
At the beginning of this week, the working party checked the batteries. It looks like some will have to be replaced. Due to high winds this week the dish had to be parked ("looking up") for a time for safety reasons. A power failure also caused some loss of observing time. A check of the data will determine whether this declination has to be scanned again later.
WEEK18 FSKY22 61 26 Sept 16h27 16.73 -0.04 27 Sept ? ? ?
Power flip.
FSKY22A 61 27 Sept 16h48 17.14 -0.04 ? ? ? ?
Power flip.
FSKY22B 61 29 Sept 15h48 16.28 -0.04 30 Sept 22h17 22.00 31.02
High winds - dish had to be parked.
WEEK19 FSKY22C 61 3 Oct 22h41 23.51 -0.04 7 Oct 9h33 10.53 88.16
High winds - dish had to be parked.
WEEK20 FSKY29 68 9 Oct 10h14 11.42 -0.04 13 Oct 15h35 16.96 102.50
WEEK21 FSKY24 63 13 Oct 15h37 17.10 -0.04 21 Oct 16h00 17.84 204.92
WEEK22 FSKY19 58 21 Oct 16h02 18.02 -0.04 26 Oct ? ? 110?
Power flip during heavy rain on Friday.
WEEK23 Awaiting arrival of Ken and we will do some house cleaning.
FSKY19.5 58.5 3 Nov ? ? Test run 6 Nov 15h15 18.17 177.32
WEEK24 FSKY15 54 7 Nov 10h25 13.44 -0.04 8 Nov 8h25 11.48 22.70
Expecting bad weather and winds - set dish to higher elevation for rest of week.
FSKY34 73 8 Nov 8h26 11.52 -0.04 12 Nov 11h22 14.64 105.38
WEEK25 FSKY39 78 12 Nov 11h24 14.76 -0.04 9 Nov 14h05 17.80 173.58
WEEK26 FSKY30A 69 19 Nov 14h08 17.96 -0.04 26 Nov 9h50 13.98 164.88
WEEK27 FSKY25A 64 26 Nov 16h00 20.29 -0.04 3 Dec 22h30 3.13 185.66
WEEK28 FSKY28 67 4 Dec 20h47 1.68 -0.04 11 Dec 9h10 - -
WEEK29 FSKY33 72 11 Dec 22h44 4.10 -0.04 18 Dec 16h58 22.59 163.76
WEEK30-32 FSKY38 77 18 Dec 17h02 22.84 -0.04 7 Jan 15h30 22.26 481.08