Table of Contents

20250302

Time

17:00 -

Attendance

Meira & Vianne

Spaces Occupied

Dome & Control Room

Goals

Variable Stars

Equipment Used

Scope Camera Focus
MainAS26002600
FinderASI 4822465

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?
20250302T2120 HD_278195 V 5s 150 airmass 9.75 5 5 custom object main variable tracking? Others?
20250302T2123 HD_277622 V 5s 150 airmass 9.00 5 5 custom object main variable tracking? Others?
20250302T2139 HD_31913 V 5s 150 airmass 15.30 5 5 star main variable tracking? Others?
20250302T2120 HD_250642 V 5s 150 airmass 9.90 5 5 custom object main variable tracking? Others?

Log

Setup: Opened mirror doors, thermalized dome, set up applications, everything went as normal :3
During the set-up, the main telescope was only seeing static and could not view any stars and it was too focused, and at the time of set up we were also being obscured by clouds and could not see that well into the sky. Sky6 was also misaligned with the sky, so when we tried to call the telescope to Capella, it was majorly off.

2200 Start of Midnight shift

  1. Percy relieves Meira from her shift
  2. Braydn relieves Vianne at 2300
  3. Realized that the focus was not the issue, but that that the capture area was too small
  4. Repointing
  5. Starting anew with a new set of stars
  6. There are no stars up right now to look at based on the variable stars observing plan
  7. tried looking at a few that were outside the range but as expected all too low
  8. none of the data we have is useful for anything so skipping darks and flats

ToDo

Variable star study

Notes

Midnight shift notes

Weather

2308 - 26°F, 57% Humidity

Data