Limited Observations because of the broken Telescope-Railway

27.01.03 / jn

By an inspection of the railway on January, 20, 2003 one noticed a little fracture in the western part of the telescope railway (in the direction to the control room). This part of the railway must not be traversed anymore by the wheels of the telescope. It is a serious damage and in the comming weeks it will be repaired. An exact date, when that will be finished, is not yet available.

Therefore from now on it is only possible to use a limited range in azimut for observations. For elevation there exist no limitation. The allowed range (southern direction) in azimut is:

174 to 232 degrees