gsh7w@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy) (12/10/90)
The ASTRO mission is rapidly coming to an end. The last exposures are being taken now, of Comet Levy. The weather is causing an early return, which is a disappointment. The instruments are really working well, and great data is being taken. Shift 16 had observations of Z-Cam, the erseus cluster, M49, 3C273, M3, M32, M33, Markarian 335, Pi Aqr, Kappa Cas, and C48D1557. Shift 17 observed Jupiter, NGC1316, Omega Cen, U-Gem, NGC2146, M81, Betelgeuse, HD200775, HD7252, and N49A+B. Shift Scheduled Obtained Percentage Notes 6 345 54 17 7 418 163 38 Startracker patched 8 429 189 44 9 428 247 57 10 36 8 4 2nd DDU died 11 343 187 55 12 397 200 50 13 350 181 51 14 371 216 58 15 256 186 72 16 414 269 71 17 334 289 86 It is apparent that ASTRO kept on getting better as time went on. I hope that there is another Astro mission. If people would write to their congressman or to NASA, and tell them that they support the ASTRO project (after all, the hardware is paid for), there can be a second mission. -- -Greg Hennessy, University of Virginia USPS Mail: Astronomy Department, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475 USA Internet: gsh7w@virginia.edu UUCP: ...!uunet!virginia!gsh7w
brandon@wa4mei.UUCP (Brandon Rhodes) (12/16/90)
In article <1990Dec10.153340.24722@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gsh7w@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Hennessy) writes: >It is apparent that ASTRO kept on getting better as time went on. I >hope that there is another Astro mission. If people would write to >their congressman or to NASA, and tell them that they support the >ASTRO project (after all, the hardware is paid for), there can be a >second mission. What is NASA's address? Do they by any chance have an EMAIL address? ======================================================================== BBBBB CCCCC RRRRRR Brandon Craig Rhodes BB BB CC CC RR RR BBBBBB CC RRRRRR UUCP: {gatech,emory}!wa4mei!brandon BB BB CC CC RR RR Available on: INDEX System TBBS [404] 951-1540 BBBBBB CCCCC RR RR ACCUG BBS [404] 642-9842 ========================================================================