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- Time
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- Spaces Occupied
- Goals
- Equipment Used
- Frame Table
- Log
- Weather
- Notes

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Time

1800-0600

Attendance

ES: Braydn and Percy GS: Sam and Tara

Spaces Occupied

PHYS 401, 433C

Goals

1. Misc Request:Take set of 10 frames in V of m35
2. Misc Request:Continually take sets of 10 frames in v filter of ad Leo with 30 seconds between each set until need to start prepping for exoplanet observing plan
3. Exoplanet Observing Plan: By 23:00 start taking continual sets of 2 frames in V staggered by 60s of Hat-P-12 until 02:00

Equipment Used

Scope	Camera	Focus
Main	ASI 2600	2069.7
Finder	ASI 432	n/a

Frame Table

Time Observed	Source Name	Filter	Int Time [s]	Gain	Airmass	Mag	RA [h]	DEC [deg]	Source Type	Scope	Purpose	Notes
YYYYmmddTHHMM	Object	Filter	time	gain	airmass	mag	HH	DD	type	Scope	Purpose	tracking? Others?
20250424T1855	flats	V	.025	150	1.002	n/a	n/a	n/a	flat	main	flats	sky flats
20250424T2104	M35	V	1	150	1.031	9	6.09	24	open cluster	Scope	Purpose	took 10 frames
20250424T2130	Ad Leo	V	1	150	1.046	10.19	10	19.	star	main	Purpose	took 10 frames 232 times staggered by 30s
20250424T2311	Hat-P-12 b	V	10	150	1.059	12.8	13	43	star w/ exoplanet	Scope	Purpose	took 2 frames 203 times staggered by 60s until end of planetary transit
20250425T0201	Darks	V	10	150	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	type	main	Darks	tracking? Others?
20250425T0201	Darks	V	0.025	150	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	type	main	Darks	tracking? Others?

Log

1800 - Switched astropol camera off main telescope and replaced with 2600
1820 - prepped dome and closed hatch
1830 - connected ascom, dfmtcs and sky6
1840 opened mirror doors
1845 - set tracking rate
1900 - took sky flats
1930 - did pointing calibration using arcturus
2000 - slewed to m35
2010 - autodome did not follow telescope
2020 - fixed autodome by manually moving dome so telescope pointed out of it, then setting dome position to telescope azimuth in DFMTCS
2035 - took captures of M35
2100 - slewed to AD Leo
2115 - ASI 2600 disconnected
2125 - reseated data cable from 2600 to ICRON box on ICRON box
2145 - took captures of AD Leo
2230 - slewed to Hat-P-12
2235 - took captures of Hat-P-12
2310 - slewed to zenith
2325 - closed mirror doors
2335 - south mirror door took a long time to close
0000 - took darks
0050 - shutdown

Weather

1900: 56F, H 80%
2100: 54F, H 78%
2300: 55F, H 79%
0100: 58F, H 82%

Notes

2600 camera disconnected randomly when about to take captures once, fixed be reseating data cable from 2600 to ICRON box on the ICRON Box
South mirror door was slow to close

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