Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 19:15:57 +0900 (JST)
From: SXT Chief Observer <sxt_co@isass0.solar.isas.ac.jp>
Subject: Max Millenium Campaign #6 - some planning information 

Dear Participants in Max Millenium Campaign #6,

Here is a little bit of planning information, just so you know I am thinking about you. Our first day of observations for this campaign will be March 14th, and Yohkoh will start pointed observations at 10:28 UT. I will mail this list with the pointing for the 14th between 10 and 12 UT on the 13th. This is a general pattern for the entire week's observations - pointings for UT day N will come out between 10 and 12 UT on day N-1.

During the second week of the campaign, the times at which the pointing is sent round may shift a little, depending on the times at which we get data in here at ISAS.

We will do our best to stick with the same target for a few days rather than flare-chasing -this seems to be the best strategy, and will also allow us all to get the max amount of co-ordinated coverage.

As you all know, the main aim of this campaign is to detect an H alpha linear polarization signal during solar flares, simultaneously with other signals of chromospheric/low atmosphere beam excitations. During the first week of the campaign we have the participation of the H alpha instrument at Hawai'i, who nominally run between 17:00 and 23:00 UT (though they will try and extend for our benefit). I hope that you can all get maximum overlap of your instruments' observing times with this. During the second week of the campaign, BBSO will also participate in the H alpha polarization observations, starting a few UT hours earlier.

Just a reminder, the web page for this campaign can be found at http://www.lmsal.com/~metcalf/MaxMillennium/maxmil06.html

(I'll be updating it soon). If, after a successful campaign, you would like to do me the favor of entering information in the Max Millenium database, this can be done by going to http://orpheus.nascom.nasa.gov/~zarro/gbo/gbo_form.html

However, there will be additional emails about this later on.

So, good luck everyone, and thanks for your participation!

Lyndsay Fletcher (on behalf of Tom Metcalf)