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| =====Time===== | =====Time===== | ||
| + | 2230 | ||
| =====Attendance===== | =====Attendance===== | ||
| + | Dylan Williamson, Percy Yu, Jason Fischer, Ian Kirn | ||
| =====Spaces Occupied===== | =====Spaces Occupied===== | ||
| + | 401, Control room, dome | ||
| =====Goals===== | =====Goals===== | ||
| + | 1. Train Jason and Dylan on Astropol procedures: changing the camera, data management for the PICSI2 | ||
| + | 2. Astropol data | ||
| + | 3. Implement the "north up" procedure before taking captures | ||
| + | https:// | ||
| =====Equipment Used===== | =====Equipment Used===== | ||
| ^ Scope ^ Camera ^ Focus ^ | ^ Scope ^ Camera ^ Focus ^ | ||
| - | |Main|PICSI2 w/ 178|| | + | |Main|PICSI2 w/ ASI 533|2600| |
| - | |Finder|ASI | + | |Finder|ASI |
| =====Frame Table===== | =====Frame Table===== | ||
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| =====Log===== | =====Log===== | ||
| + | * 2230 Ian sets up the dome with Dylan and Jason | ||
| + | * 2240-1230 Fixing detector orientation to "north up" and Ian demonstrated how to put on the detector | ||
| + | * 0100 Ian leaves | ||
| + | * 0128 3C 273 was not viable, too low | ||
| + | * 0130 Clouds rolled in | ||
| + | * 0142 Slewed to Vega to confirm that there was no pointing error, cloud cover making it difficult to see high magnitude targets | ||
| + | * 0150 Skipping TON 599 and 3C273 captures due to the high sky cover, and going down to where AM Her observations begin | ||
| + | * 0230 Slewing to BL Lac as requested by Ian. Will be observing Bl Lac as the main target for the rest of the night. Calibration targets will remain the same | ||
| =====ToDo===== | =====ToDo===== | ||
| =====Notes===== | =====Notes===== | ||
| + | Astropol is implementing a technique to ensure that the detector is "north up" - to decrease the amount of drift that occurs during long exposures. If not "north up", the RA tracking movements can " | ||
| =====Weather===== | =====Weather===== | ||