riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (11/05/83)
The following is a list of astronomy departments and observatories on the
net. Does anybody know of any others?
Name: astrovax
Organization: Princeton University, Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences
Contact: William L. Sebok
Phone: (609) 452-3586
Postal-Address: Princeton Univ. Observatory, 129 Peyton Hall,
Princeton, NJ 08544
Electronic-Address: astrovax!wls
News: princeton
Mail: allegra akgua burl cbosgd cithep decvax fisher ias ihnp4 jplcom kpno
princeton rocky2
Name: hao
Organization: High Altitude Observatory/NCAR
Contact: Peter Gross
Phone: (303) 494-5151 x348
Postal-Address: P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307
Electronic-Address: seismo!hao!pag
News: menlo70 cires hplabs csu-cs seismo kpno
Mail: ucsfcgl brl-bmd nbires boulder ntia ames-lm stc70
Name: kpno
Organization: Kitt Peak National Observatory
Contact: Mike Brown
Phone: (602) 327-5511
Postal-Address: P.O. Box 26732, 950 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85726-6732
Electronic-Address: kpno!brown, or kpno!usenet
News: arizona hao hsi ut-sally
Mail: arizona astrovax charm decvax floyd hao hsi ias ihnp4 lbl-csam miami
misvax sdcarl sdcsvax seismo solar unc utastronomy ut-sally vortex
Name: utastro
Organization: University of Texas, Astronomy/McDonald Observatory
Contact: Fritz Benedict
Phone: (512) 471-4461
Postal-Address: McDonald Observatory, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712
Electronic-Address: fritz@utastro.UUCP
News: ut-ngp
Mail: ut-ngp ut-sally ut-tsp kpno kei-zeus
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Prentiss Riddle
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riddle@ut-sally.UUCPriddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (11/05/83)
Hmm. I think I goofed when I included hao.UUCP on the list of USENET
sites involved in astronomy. True, "hao" stands for "High Altitude
Observatory," but I'm not sure that the altitudes of interest to the
folks there are quite t h a t high!
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Prentiss Riddle
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riddle@ut-sally.UUCPriddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (11/07/83)
Oops again! HAO, I am politely corrected by a small legion of people, is indeed engaged in astronomical work. As one person put it: > From: seismo!hao!hull > Subject: Re: List of astronomy depts. and observatories on the net > Posted-Date: 6 Nov 83 18:39:41 EST (Sun) > > Hmmmn. Uh, how high is high enough? Er, um, we have several observing > programs, many collaborative in nature, that involve ground based telescopes. > We also have many programs that involve observations from satellites. > It is possible that everyone in the HAO will write to you about this, but > don't worry, you probably will not be flamed. Let me try to make a summary: > > 0. The High Altitude Observatory is a Division of NCAR, The National Center > for Atmospheric Research. NCAR is a Laboratory for UCAR, the > University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. UCAR, a consortium > of 50 member Universities, is a contractor to The National Science > Foundation. > > 1. The Solar Maximum Mission Program > This program, initiated by Dr. Robert M. MacQueen and others at HAO > was a NASA contract to develop a satellite coronagraph for observations > of the Solar Corona on a synoptic basis from 2.5 to 5.0 solar radii. > The objective was to develop the understanding of Coronal Dynamics > and MHD Plasma Physics with respect to Solar processes. The launch > was carried out in 1979 and in appx one year of observations, the > HAO/NASA instrument collected 30000 images of the white light solar > corona. Some of these images display coronal transient phenomena > not previously seen. Many of these images are today found in the > literature as computer-enhanced false-color intensity contours. > > 2. Solar Maximum Repair Mission Program > Too bad, but the SMM spacecraft failed in multiple ways after about > a year of operation. This NASA program, which involves most of the > scientists formerly using SMM data, will continue to work together > with Dr. Frost (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) to re-activate > the programs when the repair is completed by the crew abord NASA's > shuttle flight STS-13. NASA will repair the satellite's Attitude > Control System (ACS), and HAO will need to replace an electronics > box (MEB). The HAO repair program is headed by Dr. Lewis L. House, > who until recently had been in charge of the data reduction program > using NCAR's CRAY computers. The Main Electronics Box was fabricated > by the Ball Brothers Research Corporation, the subcontractor for the > original sucessful instrument. The box will undergo final testing > next week here at HAO prior to being shipped to the NASA Goddard > Space Flight Center for integration with the STS-13 mission hardware. > > 3. The SMM was initially supported by, and is now totally supplemented by the > Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (mlso) coronagraph station on the island > of Hawaii at 11000 ft. altitude on the North side of the mountain. > (Mauna Loa is regarded as an active volcano. One eruptions did occur > within a few miles of the station, however most are far away down the > southeast flank.) Including HAO scientist Dr. Richard Fisher, the > station is manned by a five member HAO team, and makes synoptic > observations of the Solar Corona from 0.5 to 3.0 Solar Radii in > complement with the SMM. Observations are supplemented by selected > H-Alpha telescope images that the crew collects in patrol mode, or > other modes where activity is evident. > > 4. New programs at HAO will obtain data for the Solar Variability program, > and will include a collaborative program with Dr. G.W. Lockwood of > the Lowell Observatory and Dr. Dimitri Mihalas of HAO to collect > synoptic data on a significant number of stars in the K-Line and in > H-Alpha. There is ample evidence that there are stars with cycles > and chromospheres (See Wilson, et. al.) so its about time we got some > solar/stellar documentation. Dr. Fisher (HAO) is planning to collect > Solar K-Line data at MLSO as well. The K-Line is an excellent magnetic > spectral line generated in the chromospheres of the Sun and many stars. > > 5. A new collaborative program with the Sacramento Peak Observatory will > use instrumentation constructed at HAO and SPO to measure velocities > of solar surface material to an accracy of less than one meter per > second. HAO scientist Dr. Tim Brown is working with SPO scientist > Jack Evans to begin gathering data in the near term. The HAO portion > of the instrument was delivered in July, and integration with the > SPO Perkin Elmer 3220, CAMAC, optical ports and mechanisms is well > along. > > The above discussion concerns mostly instrumentation efforts at HAO. There > is an equal preponderance of theoretical work done here under a couple of > other programs that I will not delineate; it is not possible for me to compose > an article of this length without making an annoying mistake somewhere, so > I had better stop here. > Regards, Howard Hull... A member of the > HAO Instrument Group > > {ucbvax!hplabs | allegra!nbires | decvax!brl-bmd | harpo!seismo | ihnp4!kpno} > !hao!hull Oh, well, into each life some blunders must fall. ---- Prentiss Riddle {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddle riddle@ut-sally.UUCP