Table of Contents

20260818

Time

1830 - 0600

Attendance

Ian, Percy, Nick, Brayden, Sterling

Spaces Occupied

401, 433c, dome

Goals

PICSI2

Equipment Used

Scope Camera Focus
MainPICSI2 w/ 178
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?
202608182015 Darks z 3ms 150 1.0 mag(V) HH DD Calibration Scope Calibration 35 frames
202608182015 Darks z 30ms 150 1.0 mag(V) HH DD Calibration Scope Calibration 35 frames
202608182015 Darks z 200ms 150 1.0 mag(V) HH DD Calibration Scope Calibration 35 frames
202608182016 Darks z 4s 150 1.0 mag(V) HH DD Calibration Scope Calibration 35 frames
202608182020 Darks z 15s 150 1.0 mag(V) HH DD Calibration Scope Calibration 35 frames
202608182049 Alpha Lac r 30ms 150 1.676 3.7 22 50 Low-Pol Scope Calibration 15 rotations
202608182104 HD 154445 r 200ms 150 1.320 5.7 17 0 High-Pol Scope Calibration 15 rotations
202608182234 BL Lac r 15s 150 1.018 13.5 22 42 Science Scope Science target 25 rotations
202608180108 Phi Cas r 200ms 150 1.293 5.7 45 45 High-pol Scope Calibration 15 rotations

Log

[20:10:19] SESSION START
[20:10:19] obs arrival Nick
[20:10:19] obs arrival Percy
[20:10:19] Active instrument: PICSI2
[20:10:52] First arrived at 1830 to take captures of Venus
[20:11:06] Closing dome for darks
[20:15:46] calibration start - dark frames, 3ms, 30ms, 200ms, 4s, 15s, 35 frames each
[20:30:36] calibration end - dark frames captured
[20:30:50] Opening dome and waiting for sky to get dark enough to continue captures
[20:45:45] Slewing to Alpha Lac
[20:49:19] Starting captures of Alpha Lac
[21:00:23] Captures of Alpha Lac completed
[21:01:48] Skipping HD 147084 due to being too low altitude and setting
[21:01:53] Slewing to HD 154445
[21:04:29] Starting captures of HD 154445
[21:16:40] Captures of HD 154445 completed
[21:34:03] Slewed to Alpha Lac
[21:34:15] Lost connection to GUI, attempting to restart
[21:37:45] Starting captures of BL Lac
[21:38:04] GUI disconnected again, attempting to reseat cables
[22:33:46] GUI issues resolved, starting captures of BL Lac again

ToDo

Notes

Weather

Time Temperature Humidity
2000 80 65
2100 78 67
2200 78 69
2300 76 71
0000 75 71
0100 72 81

Data