Snow over the observatory

Some snow fell on the observatory on november 9th, 2017:

But big snow fall on november 30th and december 1st (around 40cm total) leaving a very nice scenary around the observatory and the chicken house:

I had to shovel the snow off but it is hard to get the top. Still, on december 2nd I was able to open/close the dome couple of times. I suspect it will freeze at night and it will sometimes be hard to open and most certainly to close the dome after an observing night... time will tell.

Big fireball over the observatory

Seeing from different points in France, a big fireball was recorded on my All Sky camera the night of november 26th, 2017, around 23h22 UT (or on november 27th, 0h22 Legel Time).

It is fun to see the evolution of the trace, still visible 5 minutes after the fireball. Note also the fresh snow on top of the Grand Colon mountain...