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randomq asked:
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Any work on that star & exoplanet the Russians detected radio noise from?"
No work on it from Mauna Kea and the signal isn't from extraterrestrials. There are a lot of checks that should be done when spurious signals like this are detected and it seems they weren't done this time. You might find this true story amusing:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015...r-17-years
I'll buy Ted and Gypsy's dinner and beers if they promise to ask a few REAL WORLD questions on the 16th.
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Not a discovery, but a cool image captured by the CFHT Cloudcam tonight. It's looking east so the bright lights are from Hilo and are reflected off higher level clouds left over from Madeline.
http://imgur.com/Hpby7sR
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Is MK staying bunkered down for Lester or has the all-clear been given?
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We're operating tonight although conditions aren't great. Can't speak for the other observatories other than the JCMT which is also open and observing tonight.
We'll be making the call regarding Lester on Friday evening I think. I haven't got quite that far in planning right now but given the latest forecast I'm not shutting things down right now. Other observatories will make their own decisions of course.
Cannot think of something more adventure than riding out typhoon inside a dome @ 4200.
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"Is MK staying bunkered down for Lester or has the all-clear been given?"
None of the observatories are shut down but Lester is dragging in an awful lot of moisture from the tropics, so don't think much observing will be going on for a night or three.
so ZERO "discoveries" to blog about tonight
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http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/arch...06_01.html
The Next Eruption of Mauna Kea
The observatories may end up discovering that!
Is it so that the observatories would have to (hopefully only temporarily) stop work if/when MK started rumbling?
