Show pageDiscussionOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ====== 20240521 ====== ===== Time ===== 20:10 start 23:06 end ===== Attendance ===== Roy Prouty, Samuel Silva, Perseus Yu, Gwyn Ellias, Malaak McDonald ===== Spaces Occupied ===== Control room Dome ===== Goals ===== View Polaris and "HD143454" Develop and test operation training materials Give new trainees an introduction to the control room and dome ===== Equipment Used ===== ^ Scope ^ Camera ^ | Main | ASI 432 | | Finder | ASI 2600 | ===== Log ===== - We opened the dome - Turned on both of the fans (Opened the door and set up the fan) - Connected the camera and cables - Took the big ladder outside Took data for the training modules - Introduction to detector - Telescope-detector connection - Intro to telescope hardware (ICRON box ports) - Explanation how to exit the dome Slewed and viewed Polaris, Capella, the Croc's eye galaxy, and the Blaze Star More training data: - Focusing images in Sharpcap and DFMTCS - Determining the best conditions for obs sessions Took some finderscope captures of the blaze star to compare against post-blaze blaze star captures in a few weeks Shutdown Recorded shut down procedures for training modules ===== ToDo ===== - finish taking training module notes on DFMTCS - synthesize typed and transcript notes into a training module ===== Notes ===== - sky cover was good but the humidity was too high to expect anything crisp ===== Weather ===== {{tag>[seeing tracking picsarr mag]}}