20231212

Time

1600-???

Onkar, Roy

PHYS 401, 433c, Dome

Practice taking calibration frames
Practice setup/shutdown
Practice blogging
Collect frames for limiting mag study
1. Calibration Frames
2. Light Frames of star fields

Sources

Time Observed	Source Name	Filter	Int Time [s]	Mag (filter)	RA [h]	DEC [deg]	Source Type	Scope	Purpose	Notes
20231212T1180	HD 198478	V	0.6	4.8(V)	20.75	46	Star	Main	Seeing
20231212T1822	GD 391	U	25.7	~13(V)	20h30m59.32s	39d38'27.6`\| Starfield \| Main \| Limiting Mag \| Sb:0.83e/px, g150 \| \| 20231212T1835 \| GD 391 \| B \| 2.055 \| ~13(V) \| 20h30m59.32s \| 39d38'27.6`	Starfield	Main	Limiting Mag	Sb:10.33e/px, g150
20231212T1805	GD 391	V	1.715	~13(V)	20h30m59.32s	39d38'27.6`\| Starfield\|Main \| Limiting Mag \| Sb: 12.38e/px, g150 \| \| 20231212T1840 \| GD 391 \| R \| 0.895 \| ~13(V) \| 20h30m59.32s \| 39d38'27.6`	Starfield	Main	Limiting Mag	Sb:23.73e/px, g150
20231212T1842	GD 391	I	3.5	~13(V)	20h30m59.32s	39d38'27.6''	Starfield	Main	Limiting Mag	Sb:6.06, g150
20231212T1858	NGC 6946	V		~10(V)	20.5h	60d	GALAKSHE	Main	Limiting Mag

Calibration Frames

Time Taken	Calib Type	Filter	Int Time [s]	Scope	Gain	Purpose	Notes
20231212T1522	FLAT	U	20x 0.08s	Main	150	Light Calib	NINA
20231212T1522	FLAT	B	20x 0.02s	Main	150	Light Calib	NINA
20231212T1522	FLAT	V	20x 0.02s	Main	150	Light Calib	NINA
20231212T1522	FLAT	R	20x 0.02s	Main	150	Light Calib	NINA
20231212T1522	FLAT	I	20x 0.14s	Main	150	Light Calib	NINA

Normal startup procedure, mirror doors opened without issue
Took sky flats at 1522 in all five filters. Saved in Z:ObservatoryData/NINA/2023-12-12
1. Removed flats from 2023-12-11, since the IR lamp was on in the dome
Pointed at Deneb and set object position approx 1630
Calibrated phd2 on Deneb
Went from Deneb to HD 198478 for seeing estimations
1. SharpCap Measured 5.0 +- 0.1
2. PHD2 Measured 4.5“. HFD 6.5
3. Three frames collected and stored in Z:ObservatoryData/SharpCap/2023-12-12