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blog:20260417 [2026/04/17 18:10] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1blog:20260417 [2026/04/18 06:04] (current) Sterling Olson
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 =====Time=====  =====Time===== 
 +18:00-06:15
 =====Attendance===== =====Attendance=====
 +pavi,jason,lynn,sterling
 =====Spaces Occupied===== =====Spaces Occupied=====
 +401, 433c, dome
 =====Goals===== =====Goals=====
 +Astropol
 =====Equipment Used===== =====Equipment Used=====
 ^ Scope ^ Camera ^ Focus ^ ^ Scope ^ Camera ^ Focus ^
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 ^ Time Observed ^ Source Name ^ Filter ^ Int Time [s] ^ Gain ^ Airmass ^ Mag (filter) ^ RA [h] ^ DEC [deg] ^ Source Type ^Scope ^ Purpose ^ Notes^ ^ Time Observed ^ Source Name ^ Filter ^ Int Time [s] ^ Gain ^ Airmass ^ Mag (filter) ^ RA [h] ^ DEC [deg] ^ Source Type ^Scope ^ Purpose ^ Notes^
 |  YYYYmmddTHHMM | Object  | Filter  |  time | gain | airmass | mag(V) | HH | DD  | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| |  YYYYmmddTHHMM | Object  | Filter  |  time | gain | airmass | mag(V) | HH | DD  | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?|
- +| 20260417T1905 | Flats| r | 800ms | 150 | 1.000| mag(V) | HH | DD  | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +| 20260417T1919 | Darks| r | 800ms | 150 | 1.000| mag(V) | HH | DD  | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +| 20260417T1923 | Darks| r | 70ms | 150 | 1.000| mag(V) | HH | DD  | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +| 20260417T1924| Darks| r | 600ms | 150 | 1.000| mag(V) | HH | DD  | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +| 20260417T1925 | Darks| r | 10s | 150 | 1.000| mag(V) | HH | DD  | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +| 20260417T1930 | Darks| r | 15s | 150 | 1.000| mag(V) | HH | DD  | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +| 20260417T2032 | 9-Gem| r | 70ms | 150 | 1.354| 6.7(V) | 03 | 06 | High-pol Cal | Main | Astropol |n/a | 
 +| 20260417T2101 | Gamma Gem | r | 70ms | 150 | 1.4 | 1.90(V) | 06 | +16 | Low-Pol | Main | Astropol |n/a| 
 +| 20260417T2115 | 9-Gem| r | 70ms | 150 | 1.354| 6.7(V) | 03 | 06 | High-pol Cal | Main | Astropol |n/a | 
 +| 20260417T2109 | S5 1803+784 | r | 15s | 150 | 1.817 | 15(V) | 17 | +78 | Blazar| Main | Astropol |n/a | 
 +| 20260417T2329| UCAC4 776-040054 | r | 800ms | 150 | 2.32 | 15(V) | 20 | +65| High-pol Cal| Main | Astropol |n/a | 
 +| 20260417T2109 | S5 1803+784 | r | 15s | 150 |1.548 | 15(V) | 17 | +78 | Blazar| Main | Astropol |n/a |
 =====Log===== =====Log=====
 +  [18:18:01] SESSION START 
 +  [18:18:01] obs arrival pavi 
 +  [18:18:01] obs arrival jason 
 +  [18:18:01] Active instrument: PICSI2 
 +  [18:56:27] finished configuration of telescope for flats 
 +  [18:58:53] setting up the GUI 
 +  [19:05:18] started capturing the Flats 
 +  [19:10:54] we kept the Gain : 150, filter : r ,exposure : 800ms , rotation : 10 
 +  [19:12:00] capture completed 
 +  [19:19:09] Darks with exposure : 800ms capture is started 
 +  [19:23:56] Darks with exposure : 70ms capture is started 
 +  [19:24:03] Darks with exposure : 600ms capture is started 
 +  [19:25:02] Darks with exposure : 10s capture is started 
 +  [19:30:19] Darks with exposure : 15s capture is started 
 +  [20:23:53] opening the mirror door and preparing for pointing 
 +  [20:33:13] we used plate solver to point intializing and was able to find jupiter 
 +  [20:35:16] pointing is completed 
 +  [20:40:53] going with the target now 
 +  [20:41:53] slewing to 9-Gem 
 +  [20:44:14] focus is bad changing the focus from 2441.2 to 2621.0 
 +  [20:45:40] started capturing 9-Gem 
 +  [20:58:55] capture completed 
 +  [21:00:17] slewing to gamma gem 
 +  [21:01:11] started capturing Gamma Gem 
 +  [21:13:24] capture completed 
 +  [21:15:30] slewed to 9-gem and started capturing 9-gem 
 +  [21:28:00] capture competed 
 +  [21:36:01] S5 1803+784 we used the ra and dec to slew 
 +  [23:19:59] capture completed 
 +  [23:25:25] slewed to UCAC4 776-040054 using ra and dec 
 +  [23:54:37] capture completed 
 +  [00:00:27] S5 1803+784 we used the ra and dec to slew
 =====ToDo===== =====ToDo=====
  
 =====Notes===== =====Notes=====
 + we are trying to set the dorm position using telescope azimuth but it doesn't seems like working  and it goes back to the same position every single time we try
 =====Weather===== =====Weather=====
 +| Time | Temp | Humidity | 
 +| 1800 |76| 50 | 
 +| 2000 |73| 55 | 
 +| 2100 |67| 68 | 
 +| 2300 |64| 75 | 
 +| 0000 |63| 78 |
 =====Data===== =====Data=====