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blog:20260905 [2026/09/05 18:14] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1blog:20260905 [2026/09/06 20:09] (current) Sterling Olson
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 =====Time=====  =====Time===== 
 +1800-
 =====Attendance===== =====Attendance=====
 +Pavi, Jason, Percy, Brayden
 =====Spaces Occupied===== =====Spaces Occupied=====
  
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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?|
- +|  20260905T2034 | alpha lac  | r |  30ms| 150 | 1.408 | mag(V) | 22 | 50 | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +|  20260905T2042 | HD154445  | r |  200ms| 150 | 1.391 | mag(V) |17| 00 | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +|  20260905T2116 | GRW +708247| r |  200ms| 150 | 1.172 | mag(V) |19| 70 | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +|  20260905T2338 | alpha lac  | r |  30ms| 150 | 1.408 | mag(V) | 22 | 50 | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +|  20260905T2346 | BL Lac  | r |  15s| 150 | 1.007 | mag(V) | 22 | 42 | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +|  20260906T0152 | Saturn  | r |  30ms | 150 | na | 0.4 | 00 | 02 | Science  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +|  20260906T0209 | Saturn  | r |  30ms | 150 | 1.280 | 0.4 | 00 | 02 | Science | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +|  20260906T0229 | BL Lac  | g |  15sx25rotation | 150 | na | 13 | 22 | 42 | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| 
 +|  20260906T0431 | BL Lac  | r |  15sx20rotations | 150 | na | 13 | 22 | 42 | type  | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?|
 =====Log===== =====Log=====
 +  [18:30:19] SESSION START
 +  [18:30:19] obs arrival Jason
 +  [18:30:19] obs arrival Pavi
 +  [18:30:19] Active instrument: PICSI2
 +  [18:30:42] the mirror doors were open and none of the switches on the MDC were down. Also stop motors was not pushed in.
 +  [18:34:29] PICSI2 Manual not working, able to access old one at this time using that.
 +  [18:51:21] Camera is connected
 +  [18:51:27] Starting sharpcap setup
 +  [18:57:56] Sharpcap setup complete, Starting darks
 +  [19:17:38] r30ms, u30ms, g30ms, r200ms, r15s, all at 150 gain done
 +  [19:28:47] Started to take flats but ran into a problem
 +  [19:29:22] also frames are dropping alot
 +  [20:22:58] Troubleshooted kinesis, ended up not working tonight starting pointing.
 +  [20:28:43] Pointing Succesfull with vega
 +  [20:29:25] Changing Focus
 +  [20:30:02] Focus calibrated at 1840
 +  [20:31:31] Slewing to alpha lac
 +  [20:31:40] Starting Capture
 +  [20:39:20] alpha lac capture completed
 +  [20:43:48] slewed to HD154445 and started capturing
 +  [20:49:14] capture completed
 +  [20:55:56] started slewing to GRW +708247
 +  [23:15:57] Capture complete
 +  [23:16:13] waiting for Ian for Saturn
 +  [23:28:13] Slewing to alpha lac
 +  [23:29:25] Starting Capture
 +  [23:38:35] Slewing to Bl lac
 +  [23:46:36] started capturing bl lac
 +  [00:52:08] Obs arrival Percy
 +  [00:53:49] Obs departure Jason
 +  [00:53:54] Obs arrval Brayden
 +  [01:47:29] BL Lac capture froze and completed at 330/400 captures
 +  [01:47:34] Slewing to Saturn
 +  [01:52:58] Beginning u filter capture of Saturn
 +  [02:09:45] Beginning r filter capture of Saturn
 +  [02:22:00] Saturn capture complete
 +  [02:24:10] Slewing to Bl Lac
 +  [02:29:21] Beginning g filter capture of BL Lac
 +  [04:29:28] BL Lac capture complete
 +  [04:31:52] Taking second and last capture of the night for Bl Lac - reducing number of rotations to 20, for a ~1.5 vspture duration
 +  [06:11:54] Capture complete
 +  [06:12:00] Shutdown procedures complete
 +  [06:12:21] SESSION END
  
 =====ToDo===== =====ToDo=====
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 =====Weather===== =====Weather=====
 +| Time | Temp(f) | Hum | 
 +| 2000 | 75 | 62 | 
 +| 2100 | 73 | 64 | 
 +| 2300 | 72 | 66 | 
 +| 0000 | 70 | 71 | 
 +| 0100 | 69 | 73 | 
 +| 0200 | 68 | 73 | 
 +| 0300 | 67 | 75 | 
 +| 0400 | 66 | 78 | 
 +| 0500 | 66 | 78 | 
 +| 0600 | 66 | 78 |
 =====Data===== =====Data=====