====== 20240312 ====== ===== Time ===== 1800 - ===== Attendance ===== Connor, Olivia, Roy ===== Spaces Occupied ===== 401, 433C, Dome ===== Goals ===== - Take limiting Magnitude Data - Take Seeing Study Data - Take Tracking Study Data if time permits - Take sky flats for yesterday and tonight - Open Scope/Interact with public ===== Equipment Used ===== ^ Scope ^ Camera ^ | Main | ASI 432 | | Finder | ASI 482MC | ===== Frame Table ===== ^ Time Observed ^ Source Name ^ Filter ^ Int Time [s] ^ Gain ^ Airmass ^ Mag (filter) ^ RA [h] ^ DEC [deg] ^ Source Type ^ Scope ^ Purpose ^ 0 ^ | YYYYMMDDThhmm | (HD/NGC/ETC) | UBVRI | e.g., 3 | 150 | 1.0 | 1.25(V) | 20 | 45 | Star | Main | Pointing | 15.042 w/o ag | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20230312Thhmm | gd 64 (whenever) | UBVRI | 1,2,3,4,5 | 150 | | | | | Star Field | Main | Magnitude | [[https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-6256/146/5/131/pdf|Chart, Fig 20]], Sky Brightness | | 20230312Thhmm | sa 20 (before 21:15) | UBVRI | 1,2,3,4,5 | 150 | | | | | Star Field | Main | Magnitude | [[https://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-coo?Coord=00+47+11.48338223040+%2B45+53+22.7982433560&Radius=10&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+query|Chart]], Sky Brightness | | 20230312Thhmm | ngc 7790 (before 21:15) | UBVRI | 1,2,3,4,5 | 150 | | | | | Star Field | Main | Magnitude | [[https://app.aavso.org/vsp/chart/?title=NGC%207790&ra=359.630458&dec=61.2025&fov=20&maglimit=16&special=std_field&all=on&north=up&east=left|Chart]], Sky Brightness | | 20230312Thhmm | HD 44537 | UBVRI | 1,2,3,4,5 | 150 | | | | | | Main | Seeing | Additional data on [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14DovC17mqGzMxrnGP_LOujaFtVfeEMxeervEHWEg0SA/edit#gid=754665964|seeing spreadsheet]] | | 20230312Thhmm | HD 31314 | UBVRI | 1,2,3,4,5 | 150 | | | | | | Main | Seeing | Additional data on [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14DovC17mqGzMxrnGP_LOujaFtVfeEMxeervEHWEg0SA/edit#gid=754665964|seeing spreadsheet]] | | 20230312Thhmm | HD 100696 | UBVRI | 1,2,3,4,5 | 150 | | | | | | Main | Seeing | Additional data on [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14DovC17mqGzMxrnGP_LOujaFtVfeEMxeervEHWEg0SA/edit#gid=754665964|seeing spreadsheet]] | ===== Log ===== - Connor and Olivia began setup around 18:15 - Set up NINA and dome/telescope for sky flats - Connor and Olivia witnessed a miracle, NINA got all flats first try without changing settings - Weird zenith thing happened with TheSky6 again, but DFM-TCS found zenith fine - Set up charts with target list as determined over discord - Slewed to Jupiter for pointing, couldnt find - Tried a wholeeee bunch of other things that didnt work - It got too cloudy so around ~20:00 we decided to not take any data tonight, focus on other tasks - Discretely obtained and set up desks in in between - Moved filing cabinet - Moved GAM stuffs to in-between - Trained Jordan on shut down procedures - Mirror doors closed!!! ===== ToDo ===== ===== Notes ===== - Always use DFM TCS to slew to zenith, never TheSky6 ===== Weather ===== From NOAA As of 19:00: Temp 64 deg F, Rel Humidity 38%, Sky Cover 13% ===== Data ===== {{tag>[seeing mag]}}