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--- blog:20260710 [2026/07/10 04:53] – Sterling Olson
+++ blog:20260710 [2026/07/10 06:00] (current) – Sterling Olson
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 |  20260710T0430 | Alpha Lac  | g | 12ms | 50 | 1.019 | 3.7 | 22 | 50  | low-pol  | main | PICSARR2 | focus: 1734.5 |
 |  20260630T0452 | Beta Cep | g | 12ms | 50 | 1.194 | 3.23 | 21 | 70 | Science  | Main | Astropol | PICSARR2 |
+|  20260630T0516 | Beta Cep | g | 12ms | 50 | n/a | 3.23 | 21 | 70 | Science  | Main | Astropol | PICSARR2 |
+|  20260710T0530 | Alpha Lac  | g | 12ms | 50 | 1.019 | 3.7 | 22 | 50  | low-pol  | main | PICSARR2 | focus: 1734.5 |
 =====Log=====
+  [01:17:41] SESSION START
+  [01:17:41] obs arrival Percy
+  [01:17:41] obs arrival Brayden
+  [01:17:41] Active instrument: PICSARR2
+  [01:18:27] Arrived at 0100Et -- Setup and instrument replacement complete
+  [01:22:43] NOAA sky cover data looks bad. Opening and checking just how bad the seeing is -- we may need to shut down
+  [01:28:50] Pointing with vega, looks just fine - continuing with observation
+  [01:30:14] Cannot escape from logger. Closing the session on log and returning
+  [01:30:19] SESSION END
+  [01:38:59] Calibration start -- darks
+  [01:50:14] Flats complete
+  [01:56:19] Pointing still good -- slewing to alpha lac
+  [01:59:09] Acquired. Beginning capture
+  [02:16:28] Slewing to HD 154445
+  [02:17:45] Acquired. Beginning capture
+  [02:38:18] Slewed to tau her -- beginning capture
+  [03:02:31] Taking second capture of tau her
+  [03:20:42] slewing to alpha lac
+  [03:20:47] Acquired. Beginning capture
+  [03:42:25] hd 154445 is at 15deg altitude, skipping highpols
+  [03:42:45] Slewing to tau her
+  [03:43:09] Auto dome has stopped working
+  [03:43:58] Tau her acquired. Beginning capture
+  [04:08:03] Taking second capture of tau her
+  [04:28:51] |  20260710T0344 | Tau her | g | 12ms | 50 | 1.844 | 3.9 | 16 | +46 | Science  | Main | Astropol | PICSARR2 |
+  [04:28:58] Woops
+  [04:29:05] slewing to alpha lac
+  [04:29:52] Acquired. Beginning capture
+  [04:52:24] Slewing to beta cep
+  [04:52:29] Acquired. Beginning capture
+  [05:09:56] Taking second capture of beta cep
+  [05:29:28] slewing to alpha lac
+  [05:29:31] Acquired. Beginning capture
+  [05:49:26] Capture complete. Detector is saturating - beginning shutdown procedures
+  [0600] Shutdown complete. Leaving facility
 =====ToDo=====
 =====Notes=====
+  * mirrors doors were open when we came in, presumably from the power outage, percy volunteers as point person to come in and close them whenever this happens next
+  * auto dome is malfunctioning - as in straight up not working. We noticed this at 0345ET this session
 =====Weather=====
 | 0100 | 75 | 94 |
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 | 0300 | 74 | 93 |
 | 0400 | 73 | 93 |
+| 0500 | 73 | 90 |
 =====Data=====