Observatory ASHEN: First Light and First Doubt
Commissioning of Observatory ASHEN. Optical quiet is excellent. Timing quiet is not yet trusted. A footnote records an unexplained 1,270-second feature in a borrowed comparison run.
- Dated
- November 2, 1991
- Classification
- CONTROLLED
- Directorate
- Directorate III
- Station
- ASHEN
- Custody
- MERIDIAN
- Status
- PUBLISHED
CONTROLLED. Published with editorial redaction. Withheld passages concern methods or third parties. One paragraph describing a loaned travelling standard serial is withheld.
Summary
ASHEN opens. The sky is cooperative. The clocks are polite and therefore suspect.
Footnote
During a borrowed comparison against a LOWFIELD travelling standard, a residual near 1,270 seconds was noted once and not recovered on the subsequent night. The note exists so that later readers do not invent a cleaner commissioning week than we had.
Index terms
- ashen
- timing
- commissioning
- period-1270
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