======20240903========== =====Time===== 1900-2305 =====Attendance===== Connor, Dimitry, John, Isaiah, later Roy =====Spaces Occupied===== PHYS 401, 433c =====Goals===== Look at Stars =====Equipment Used===== ^ Scope ^ Camera ^ |Main|ASI 432| |Finder|ASI 178| =====Frame Table===== ^ Time Observed ^ Source Name ^ Filter ^ Int Time [s] ^ Gain ^ Airmass ^ Mag (filter) ^ RA [h] ^ DEC [deg] ^ Source Type ^Scope ^ Purpose ^ Notes^ | YYYYMMDDThhmm | (HD/NGC/ETC) | UBVRI | e.g., 3 |150|1.0 | 1.25(V) | 20 | 45 | Star | Main | Pointing |15.042 w/o ag| =====Log===== * John, Dimitry, & Isaiah does start up procedures. * Connor arrives. * Installed camera onto on-axis. * Observed that telescope slews only north and south but not east and west. * 2000 - Connor checks to see if there are any obstructions. * 2001 - No obstructions found. * 2003 - Connor says, "This is not good." * 2014 - Connor filps "External Computer" on Motor Driver Chasis, telescope starts working right??? * 2016 - Went back upstairs to finish camera installation. * 2018 - Cords for camera missing, Connor left to get them. * 2021 - John installs cords on camera. * 2023 - Dimitry slews to Vega. * 2027 - John connects camera to SharpCap. * 2028 - Connor and Isaiah go upstairs. * 2030 - " " Manually slew telescope. * 2035 - Uploaded photo to Astrometry.net. * 2039 - Calibrated telescope with results from astrometry.net. * 2040 - Slewed back to Vega. * 2045 - Finished final calibration, blew up Vega. * 2047 - Slewed to HD 174260 to observe FWHM Measurment. * 2100 - Slewed to c12. * 2110 - Saw nothing. * 2113 - Slewed to Pegasus Cluster. * 2119 - Failed to slew. * 2120 - Tried to slew to Vega but east and west axis is not moving again.... * 2149 - Slewing to zenith to reset, will take a LONG time... * 2200 - Roy arrived * 2206 - Had to shut everything down * 2212 - UPS not turning on * 2216 - Unplugged UPS completely as well as other stuff * 2219 - Plugged everything back in * 2224 - Turned everything back on * 2226 - East and west movement still not working * 2230 - Going upstairs to take stuff apart * 2230-2300 - Removed gear box casing to investigate for the RA motor. When slewing east and west, noticed some twitching of the motor * 2305 - Started shutdown procedures =====ToDo===== =====Notes===== =====Weather===== =====Data===== {{tag>[seeing tracking picsarr mag]}}