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- | ======20240521========== | + | ====== 20240521 ====== |
- | =====Time===== | + | ===== Time ===== |
- | =====Attendance===== | + | 20:10 start |
+ | 23:06 end | ||
- | =====Spaces Occupied===== | + | ===== Attendance |
- | =====Goals===== | + | Roy Prouty, Samuel Silva, Perseus Yu, Gwyn Ellias, Malaak McDonald |
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+ | ===== Spaces Occupied ===== | ||
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+ | Control room Dome | ||
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+ | ===== Goals ===== | ||
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+ | View Polaris and " | ||
+ | Develop and test operation training materials | ||
+ | Give new trainees an introduction to the control room and dome | ||
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+ | ===== Equipment Used ===== | ||
- | =====Equipment Used===== | ||
^ Scope ^ Camera ^ | ^ Scope ^ Camera ^ | ||
- | |Main|ASI 432| | + | | Main | ASI 432 | |
- | |Finder|ASI | + | | Finder | ASI 2600 | |
- | =====Frame Table===== | + | ===== Log ===== |
- | ^ Time Observed ^ Source Name ^ Filter ^ Int Time [s] ^ Gain ^ Airmass ^ Mag (filter) ^ RA [h] ^ DEC [deg] ^ Source Type ^Scope ^ Purpose ^ Notes^ | + | - We opened the dome |
- | | YYYYMMDDThhmm | (HD/NGC/ETC) | UBVRI | e.g., 3 |150|1.0 | 1.25(V) | 20 | 45 | Star | Main | Pointing |15.042 w/o ag| | + | |
+ | - Connected the camera and cables | ||
+ | - Took the big ladder outside | ||
- | =====Log===== | + | Took data for the training modules |
- | =====ToDo===== | + | - Introduction to detector |
+ | - Telescope-detector connection | ||
+ | - Intro to telescope hardware (ICRON box ports) | ||
+ | - Explanation how to exit the dome | ||
- | =====Notes===== | + | Slewed and viewed Polaris, Capella, the Croc's eye galaxy, and the Blaze Star |
- | =====Weather===== | + | More training data: |
+ | - Focusing images in Sharpcap and DFMTCS | ||
+ | - Determining the best conditions for obs sessions | ||
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+ | Took some finderscope captures of the blaze star to compare against post-blaze blaze star captures in a few weeks | ||
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+ | Shutdown | ||
+ | Recorded shut down procedures for training modules | ||
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+ | ===== ToDo ===== | ||
+ | - finish taking training module notes on DFMTCS | ||
+ | - synthesize typed and transcript notes into a training module | ||
+ | ===== Notes ===== | ||
+ | - sky cover was good but the humidity was too high to expect anything crisp | ||
+ | ===== Weather ===== | ||
- | =====Data===== | ||
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