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blog:20240903 [2024/09/03 20:23] Sam Silvablog:20240903 [2024/09/03 23:12] (current) Sam Silva
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 =====Time=====  =====Time===== 
-1900-+1900-2305
 =====Attendance===== =====Attendance=====
-Connor, Dimitry, John, Isaiah+Connor, Dimitry, John, Isaiah, later Roy
  
 =====Spaces Occupied===== =====Spaces Occupied=====
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 =====Log===== =====Log=====
-  * John, Dimitry, & Isaiah does start up procedures +  * John, Dimitry, & Isaiah does start up procedures. 
-  * Connor arrives +  * Connor arrives. 
-  * Installed camera onto on-axis +  * Installed camera onto on-axis. 
-  * Observed that telescope slews only north and south but not east and west +  * Observed that telescope slews only north and south but not east and west. 
-  * 2000 - Connor checks to see if there are any obstructions +  * 2000 - Connor checks to see if there are any obstructions. 
-  * 2001 - No obstructions found +  * 2001 - No obstructions found. 
-  * 2003 - Connor says, "This is not good"+  * 2003 - Connor says, "This is not good."
   * 2014 - Connor filps "External Computer" on Motor Driver Chasis, telescope starts working right???   * 2014 - Connor filps "External Computer" on Motor Driver Chasis, telescope starts working right???
-  * 2016 - Went back upstairs to finish camera installation +  * 2016 - Went back upstairs to finish camera installation. 
-  * 2018 - cords for camera missing, Connor left to get them +  * 2018 - Cords for camera missing, Connor left to get them. 
-  * 2021 - John installs cords on camera+  * 2021 - John installs cords on camera
 +  * 2023 - Dimitry slews to Vega. 
 +  * 2027 - John connects camera to SharpCap. 
 +  * 2028 - Connor and Isaiah go upstairs. 
 +  * 2030 - " " Manually slew telescope. 
 +  * 2035 - Uploaded photo to Astrometry.net. 
 +  * 2039 - Calibrated telescope with results from astrometry.net. 
 +  * 2040 - Slewed back to Vega. 
 +  * 2045 - Finished final calibration, blew up Vega. 
 +  * 2047 - Slewed to HD 174260 to observe FWHM Measurment. 
 +  * 2100 - Slewed to c12. 
 +  * 2110 - Saw nothing. 
 +  * 2113 - Slewed to Pegasus Cluster. 
 +  * 2119 - Failed to slew. 
 +  * 2120 - Tried to slew to Vega but east and west axis is not moving again.... 
 +  * 2149 - Slewing to zenith to reset, will take a LONG time... 
 +  * 2200 - Roy arrived 
 +  * 2206 - Had to shut everything down 
 +  * 2212 - UPS not turning on 
 +  * 2216 - Unplugged UPS completely as well as other stuff 
 +  * 2219 - Plugged everything back in 
 +  * 2224 - Turned everything back on 
 +  * 2226 - East and west movement still not working 
 +  * 2230 - Going upstairs to take stuff apart 
 +  * 2230-2300 - Removed gear box casing to investigate for the RA motor. When slewing east and west, noticed some twitching of the motor 
 +  * 2305 - Started shutdown procedures
 =====ToDo===== =====ToDo=====
  
 =====Notes===== =====Notes=====
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 =====Weather===== =====Weather=====