[Comm2011] Fwd: AW: AW: CCD # 92 / Going home

[K Kuijken]

Dear all:

worrying news from eso: one of the ccd's is not working properly.
I will keep you posted.
Koen

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Subject: AW: AW: CCD # 92 / Going home
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:04:47 +0000
From: Dietrich Baade <dbaade at eso.org>
To: K Kuijken <kuijken at strw.leidenuniv.nl>
CC: mbernard at usm.lmu.de <mbernard at usm.lmu.de>

Hi Konrad,

Sorry for the oversight.  I'm still on leave.

As far as I understood, CCD #92 has lost its light sensitivity and only 
produces bias images.

Best regards,

Dietrich.
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Von: K Kuijken [kuijken at strw.leidenuniv.nl]
Gesendet: Montag, 12. September 2011 10:59
Bis: Dietrich Baade
Betreff: Re: AW: CCD # 92 / Going home

Hi Dietrich,
I seem to have missed the first emails in this series.
What is the problem?
Konrad


Dietrich Baade wrote:
> Hi Olaf,
>
> This does sound bad.  Especially since, as far as I remember, #92 has not previously shown any anomalies (or should the number be 82??).
>
> While I still sincerely hope that we haven't exhausted the possibilities of remote diagnostics (and even remote corrective action) - in the case of such severe symptoms I would expect much more detailed information from Paranal - please prepare for the worst:
>
> Identify a replacement device and put it on the test bench.
>
> Thank you and best regards,
>
> Dietrich.
>
>
> ________________________________________
> Von: Olaf Iwert [oiwert at eso.org]
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 11. September 2011 20:17
> Bis: Javier Valenzuela
> Cc: Nicolas Haddad; Miguel Riquelme; Frederic Yves Joseph Gonte; Dietrich Baade; Olaf Iwert; Dietrich Baade; Christoph Geimer
> Betreff: CCD # 92 / Going home
>
> Dear Javier&  Frederic,
>
> Being tired and hungry, I will go home now.
>
> If you still want to talk today, please give me a call at home +49 / 89
> / 120 11 474
>
> Good luck with all tests to find the cause, as discussed via phone.
> Olaf
>
> --
> Olaf Iwert
> ESO - European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere
> Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2,  D-85748 Garching bei Muenchen,  Germany
> Email: oiwert at eso.org    Tel: +49 89 32006353    Fax: +49 89 32006489
>
>