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Universal Date/Time |
|
JDay |
Date |
Time |
Start/Stop |
Camera |
Lens |
Orientation | |
Comments |
|
172 |
20-Jun |
5:14:40 |
Start |
Xybion 1 |
12.5 mm |
East |
| |
5:18:00 |
Stop |
Xybion 1 | | | |
No UT time (VME was just power-cycled) |
| |
5:19:23 |
Start |
Xybion 1 | | | |
Sferics recording was started only seconds earlier |
| |
5:50 | | | | | |
Swapped cameras |
| |
5:51 | |
Xybion 2 |
25 mm (fixed) |
| |
5:52:50 | |
Xybion 2 | |
Dropped elevation (EL) slightly |
| |
6:18:40 | |
Xybion 2 | |
Azimuth (AZ) increased |
| |
7:17:00 |
Stop |
Xybion 2 | | | |
Too much cloud cover |
|
175 |
23-Jun |
6:58:56 |
Start |
Xybion 1 |
12.5 mm |
? | |
Sprites being observed above an MCS |
| |
~7:22 | |
Xybion 1 | |
Increased AZ |
| |
8:22:00 |
Stop |
Xybion 1 | | | |
No more sprites |
|
176 |
24-Jun |
3:22:30 |
Start |
Xybion 1 |
12.5 mm |
? |
| |
3:53:20 | |
Xybion 1 | | | |
Increased intensifier gain slightly |
| |
3:56:56 | |
Xybion 1 | | | |
Increased intensifier gain slightly |
| |
4:02:43 |
Stop |
Xybion 1 | | | |
End of tape |
| |
4:03:36 |
Start |
Xybion 1 | | | |
New tape |
| |
5:20:00 |
Stop |
Xybion 1 |
|
177 |
25-Jun |
3:33:20 |
Start |
Xybion 1 |
12.5 mm |
NE | |
Storm (MCS) to NE at ~close range. Lightning is very active. |
| |
3:49:20 | |
Xybion 1 | |
Increase AZ and EL |
| |
4:08:58 |
Start |
RCA color |
| |
4:16:10 | |
Xybion 1 | |
Increase AZ and EL |
| |
4:16:20 | |
RCA color | |
Decrease EL |
| |
4:20:25 |
Stop |
Xybion 1 | | | |
End of tape |
| |
4:20:45 |
Start |
Xybion 1 | | | |
New tape |
| |
4:27:00 | |
Xybion 1 | | | |
Disconnect Xybion BNC |
| |
4:27:10 | |
Xybion 1 | | | |
Reconnect Xybion BNC |
| |
4:28 | |
Xybion 1 | | | |
BNC @!# don't work - reconnect... |
| |
4:30:40-50 | |
Xybion 1 | | | |
Try again... |
| |
4:34:28 | |
Xybion 1 | | | |
Power off Xybion |
| |
4:34:59 | |
Xybion 1 | | | |
Power on |
| |
4:35 | |
Xybion 1 | |
Adjust EL | |
Adjust focus of 12.5 mm lens |
| |
4:38:00 | |
Xybion 1 | |
Looking above storms | |
...and increased sensitivity |
| |
4:43:12 | |
Xybion 1 | | | |
Decrease intensifier gain |
| |
4:46:15 | |
RCA color | |
Increase AZ |
| |
4:46:30 | |
Xybion 1 | | | |
Decrease intensifier gain |
| |
5:16-17 | |
Xybion 1 | |
Incr. AZ to ~60 & decr. EL |
| |
5:19:00 | |
Xybion 1 | |
Drop EL a little more |
| |
5:23:15 | |
RCA color | |
Increase AZ |
| |
6:01:00 |
Stop |
Xybion 1 | | | |
Lightning has ceased |
| |
6:01:00 |
Stop |
RCA color |
| |
6:05:40 |
Start |
Xybion 1 | |
East | |
Looking toward new cell just E of Goodland |
| |
~6:15:00 | |
Xybion 1 | |
NNW | |
Flash rate >2 per second |
| |
6:28:15 | |
Xybion 1 | | | |
Decrease intensifier gain |
| |
6:28:35 |
Stop |
Xybion 1 | | | |
End of tape |
| |
6:29:35 |
Start |
Xybion 1 | | | |
New tape |
| |
6:36:45 | |
Xybion 1 | |
Increase AZ |
| |
6:58:30 | |
Xybion 1 | |
Increase AZ to just W of N |
| |
7:10:00 |
Stop |
Xybion 1 | | | |
YRFS also closing down. Storms are too small. |