ATTN: Dirk

[Aracheon]

You have anything to do with this?:

http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2009/dec/icetop120908.html




:D

[dirkterrell]

You have anything to do with this?:

http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2009/dec/icetop120908.html


No, I did the South Pole telescope (http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/history/history.html) thing back in the 80's (search that long page for SPOT - South Pole Optical Telescope). :) It was a tough thing to do and we had numerous successes with it (including my showing that the atmospheric extinction was variable with azimuth, something nearly impossible to do at other latitudes) but the South Pole just wasn't the best place for optical observations (mainly because of the noctilucent clouds). However, with more modern instrumentation (CCD cameras instead of the photomultiplier tubes we were using) we could mitigate a lot of the problems we experienced.

Dirk

[Snowman]

I had something to do with this….

http://rapidferretracing.com/images/Ice_Cube_Labratory_2007-2008-1.jpg




http://rapidferretracing.com/images/Ice_Cube_ModelA-3D090.jpg

Laboratory and IT Systems are go. 39 holes are good except for No 78 where they hit pork chops last season… :up:

[Nick_Ninja]

Did you design the solar panels on the shady side of the box? :D

[CYCLE_MONKEY]

Did you design the solar panels on the shady side of the box? :D
Doh!:lol:

[Snowman]

Did you design the solar panels on the shady side of the box? :DVery good observation Nick.

However, the one thing you fail to understand is that during the summer down there the sun never sets. It moves along the horizon so that side of the building will only have direct sunlight for 1/4 of the day.

If you put the panels on the roof they would never receive any direct sunlight because it only rises to about 26° above the horizon.

[dirkterrell]

Doh!:lol:

Just wait a few hours and those panels will be in full sunlight. :) (Celestial objects stay at constant altitude during a day at the poles but go through 360 degrees of azimuth...)

Dirk

[Aracheon]

<snip> the shady side of the box? :D


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I've always been a little leery of the shady side of the box. :D

[Snowman]

I just noticed, you can see the place Dirk's telescope was in the lower right of the photograph