Here are the POLAR platform pointing plans for Nov 6-13, 1997. Now that
the winter season is well and truly here and we have finished our
collaborations with UARC and EISCAT, we will now start routinely imaging
FAST as it crosses through the auroral oval.

Nicky

Day     UT              Imager

310     2:00-4:35       midnight - GEOTAIL at tail axis and Interball-Tail at dawn
        4:35-4:50       8 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        4:50-6:50       whole oval
        6:50-7:15       8 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        7:!5-12:05      whole oval - dayside if only partial possible
        12:05-12:35     9 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        12:35-15:30     whole oval - dayside if only partial possible
        20-23:25        whole oval - nightside if only partial possibel
        23:25-0 18 MLT - FAST optical conjunction

311     0-4:55  whole oval
        4:55-5:20       8:30 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        5:20-9:30       whole oval - dayside if only partial possible
        14-19:15        whole oval - nightside if only partial possible
        19:15-19:55     14 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        19:55-21:30     whole oval
        21:30-22:00     17:30 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        22:00-0 whole oval

312     0-3             whole oval - dayside if only partial possible
        7-12:55 whole oval - nightside if only partial possible
        12:55-13:20     10 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        13:20-13:40     17:30 - FAST optical conjunction
        13:40-15:05     whole oval
        15:05-15:55     10 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        15:55-17:15     whole oval
        17:15-18:05     11 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        18:05-20:30     whole oval - dayside if only partial possible

313     1:00-5:45       midnight - SuperDARN(GB/St) conjunction
        5:45-6:05       8 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        6:05-14:30      whole oval - dayside if only partial possible
        19-0            midnight - SuperDARN(Cutlass) conjunction

314     0-8             whole oval - dayside if only partial possible
        13-22           whole oval - nightside if only partial possible
        22-0            whole oval - dayside if only partial possible

315     0-2             whole oval - dayside if only partial possible
        6-14            midnight - GEOTAIL near tail axis, IMP-8 on dawnside
        14-14:35        12 MLT - FAST optical conjunction       
        14:35-16:15     whole oval - dayside if only partial possible
        16:15-17:05     10 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        17:05-20        whole oval - dayside if only partial possible

316     0-7             midnight - SuperDARN(GB/St) conjunction
        7-14            whole oval - dayside if only partial possible
        18-0            whole oval - nightside if only partial possible

317     0-7             whole oval - dayside if only partial possible
        12-17           whole oval - nightside if only partial possible
        17-17:50        12 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        17:50-19:10     whole oval - dayside if only partial possible
        19:10-19:35     9 MLT - FAST optical conjunction
        19:35-0 whole oval - dayside if only partial possible