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blog:20260825 [2026/08/26 05:42] – Sterling Olsonblog:20260825 [2026/08/26 05:57] (current) – Sterling Olson
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 =====Time=====  =====Time===== 
-1820-+1820-0600
 =====Attendance===== =====Attendance=====
 Nick, Percy, Brayden Nick, Percy, Brayden
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 =====Equipment Used===== =====Equipment Used=====
 ^ Scope ^ Camera ^ Focus ^ ^ Scope ^ Camera ^ Focus ^
-|Main|PICSI2 w/ ASI533| |+|Main|PICSI2 w/ ASI533|1837 |
 |Finder|ASI 432|2465| |Finder|ASI 432|2465|
  
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 |  20260826T0541 | Phi Cas | r | 200ms | 150 | 1.088 | 5.7 | 1 | 58  | Science target | Main | PICSI2 | focus: 1840.3 | |  20260826T0541 | Phi Cas | r | 200ms | 150 | 1.088 | 5.7 | 1 | 58  | Science target | Main | PICSI2 | focus: 1840.3 |
 =====Log===== =====Log=====
 +  [18:49:17] SESSION START
 +  [18:49:17] obs arrival Percy
 +  [18:49:17] obs arrival Nick
 +  [18:49:17] Active instrument: PICSI2
 +  [18:49:35] Arrived at 0620
 +  [18:50:00] Instrument change PICSARR2 --> PICSI2
 +  [18:51:27] Attempting to point with Venus, but it is much too bright. Additionally, there do appear to be skycover is 42%, we may not be able to see anything until the clouds clear
 +  [20:15:15] The target is in view. Beginning capture
 +  [20:39:43] Beginning second capture of HD 147084
 +  [20:59:33] Beginning third  capture of HD 147084
 +  [21:20:51] Changed filter to g
 +  [21:21:02] Beginning fourth capture of HD 147084
 +  [21:48:00] Slewing to Alpha Lac
 +  [21:50:08] Adjusted focus to 1840.3
 +  [21:50:36] Beginning capture of Alpha Lac
 +  [21:55:13] Received an error message from the DDC controller
 +  [21:56:47] Restarting alpha lac captures
 +  [22:07:27] alpha lac captures complete
 +  [22:07:51] Slewing to GRW +708247
 +  [22:40:47] Used the GAIA script to confirm thtat identity of the target
 +  [22:40:55] Beginning captures of GRW +708247
 +  [00:03:51] Cancelled captures of GRW +708247
 +  [00:04:30] Slewed to Saturn, and beginning captures
 +  [00:07:24] Beginning u filter capture of Saturn
 +  [00:23:33] Complete
 +  [00:25:38] Beginning g filter capture of Saturn
 +  [00:44:04] Complete
 +  [00:44:22] Beginning r capture of Saturn
 +  [01:03:48] Complete
 +  [01:04:13] Beginning z capture of Saturn
 +  [01:18:55] Capture failed. Leaving sharpcap and reconnecting the ddc controller
 +  [01:20:29] Restarting z capture of Saturn
 +  [01:34:14] Captures of Saturn complete
 +  [01:35:26] Slewing to GRW +708247
 +  [01:39:04] GRW +708247 acquired, beginning capture
 +  [01:53:44] Will try to stick it out through this capture - but sky cover is expected to shoot up. If it gets particularly bad, I'll cancel the capture and call it a night.
 +  [02:34:59] Clouds have rolled in. The target has been completely obscured. Will wait it out until 0245 to see if it clears
 +  [02:50:25] Cleared up.
 +  [03:36:54] Capture stopped due to an error: "DDC-Unit took toot long to respond. Please reconnect the DDC Controller
 +  [03:38:12] Leaving sharpcap and reconnecting ddc controller, then moving on to the next target.
 +  [03:39:08] Obs arrival Braydn
 +  [03:39:19] @ 0130
 +  [03:44:47] Slewed to Saturn
 +  [03:46:07] Beginning u filter capture of Saturn
 +  [03:54:58] Complete
 +  [04:09:06] Began r filter capture of Saturn at 0358
 +  [04:09:39] Slewing to GRW +708247
 +  [04:14:30] Beginning capture of  GRW +708247
 +  [05:35:58] Capture cancelled 36 minutes from completion. This is something that must be addressed.
 +  [05:38:56] Seeing that there is only 23 minutes left of the shift, we'll take the phi cas capture and then begin shutdown
 +  [05:40:16] Beginning phi cas filter
 +  [05:43:02] *capture
 +  [05:47:56] phi cas capture complete
 +  [05:48:07] Beginning shutdown procedure
 +  [05:55:04] Shutdown complete.
  
 =====ToDo===== =====ToDo=====