======20260417====== =====Time===== 18:00-06:15 =====Attendance===== pavi,jason,lynn,sterling =====Spaces Occupied===== 401, 433c, dome =====Goals===== Astropol =====Equipment Used===== ^ Scope ^ Camera ^ Focus ^ |Main|PICSI2 w/ 178|| |Finder|ASI 482|2465| =====Frame Table===== ^ 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?| | 20260417T1905 | Flats| r | 800ms | 150 | 1.000| mag(V) | HH | DD | type | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| | 20260417T1919 | Darks| r | 800ms | 150 | 1.000| mag(V) | HH | DD | type | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| | 20260417T1923 | Darks| r | 70ms | 150 | 1.000| mag(V) | HH | DD | type | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| | 20260417T1924| Darks| r | 600ms | 150 | 1.000| mag(V) | HH | DD | type | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| | 20260417T1925 | Darks| r | 10s | 150 | 1.000| mag(V) | HH | DD | type | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| | 20260417T1930 | Darks| r | 15s | 150 | 1.000| mag(V) | HH | DD | type | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others?| | 20260417T2032 | 9-Gem| r | 70ms | 150 | 1.354| 6.7(V) | 03 | 06 | High-pol Cal | Main | Astropol |n/a | | 20260417T2101 | Gamma Gem | r | 70ms | 150 | 1.4 | 1.90(V) | 06 | +16 | Low-Pol | Main | Astropol |n/a| | 20260417T2115 | 9-Gem| r | 70ms | 150 | 1.354| 6.7(V) | 03 | 06 | High-pol Cal | Main | Astropol |n/a | | 20260417T2109 | S5 1803+784 | r | 15s | 150 | 1.817 | 15(V) | 17 | +78 | Blazar| Main | Astropol |n/a | | 20260417T2329| UCAC4 776-040054 | r | 800ms | 150 | 2.32 | 15(V) | 20 | +65| High-pol Cal| Main | Astropol |n/a | | 20260417T2109 | S5 1803+784 | r | 15s | 150 |1.548 | 15(V) | 17 | +78 | Blazar| Main | Astropol |n/a | =====Log===== [18:18:01] SESSION START [18:18:01] obs arrival pavi [18:18:01] obs arrival jason [18:18:01] Active instrument: PICSI2 [18:56:27] finished configuration of telescope for flats [18:58:53] setting up the GUI [19:05:18] started capturing the Flats [19:10:54] we kept the Gain : 150, filter : r ,exposure : 800ms , rotation : 10 [19:12:00] capture completed [19:19:09] Darks with exposure : 800ms capture is started [19:23:56] Darks with exposure : 70ms capture is started [19:24:03] Darks with exposure : 600ms capture is started [19:25:02] Darks with exposure : 10s capture is started [19:30:19] Darks with exposure : 15s capture is started [20:23:53] opening the mirror door and preparing for pointing [20:33:13] we used plate solver to point intializing and was able to find jupiter [20:35:16] pointing is completed [20:40:53] going with the target now [20:41:53] slewing to 9-Gem [20:44:14] focus is bad changing the focus from 2441.2 to 2621.0 [20:45:40] started capturing 9-Gem [20:58:55] capture completed [21:00:17] slewing to gamma gem [21:01:11] started capturing Gamma Gem [21:13:24] capture completed [21:15:30] slewed to 9-gem and started capturing 9-gem [21:28:00] capture competed [21:36:01] S5 1803+784 we used the ra and dec to slew [23:19:59] capture completed [23:25:25] slewed to UCAC4 776-040054 using ra and dec [23:54:37] capture completed [00:00:27] S5 1803+784 we used the ra and dec to slew =====ToDo===== =====Notes===== we are trying to set the dorm position using telescope azimuth but it doesn't seems like working and it goes back to the same position every single time we try =====Weather===== | Time | Temp | Humidity | | 1800 |76| 50 | | 2000 |73| 55 | | 2100 |67| 68 | | 2300 |64| 75 | | 0000 |63| 78 | =====Data===== {{tag>[picsarr]}}