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20231024

Time

1735 -

Attendance

Roy, Connor, Onkar, MIKE, RANDO GUY

Spaces Occupied

Control Room, Dome, 401

Goals

Collect data to support tracking study

Log

  1. Normal Start Up Procedure
    1. ASI 432 still connected with UVBRI Filter Wheel
    2. Ensured North-Aligned with Thor Instrument Rotator
  2. Collected data to support tracking study
  3. Data collected and saved in 2023-10-24/tracking_<source>_<filter>_<intTime>_<RA-rate>/HH_mm_ss/*.fits
    1. Took 10x frames for each <source> in some <filter> one minute apart with <RA-rate> set in DFMTCS.
    2. <intTime> was chosen to give pixel values sufficient SNR for astrometry.net.
    3. Frames were each uploaded to astrometry.net to plate solve and get reported WCS
      1. WCS annotated frames are stored in 2023-10-24/tracking_<source>_<filter>_<intTime>_<RA-rate>/WCS/*.fits

Observation Record

Focus: 2154.4

Time Observed Source Name Filter Int Time [s] Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Purpose
T1830 Deneb (HD 197345) V 1.25 20 45 Star Pointing
T Wild Duck Cluster (M 11) V 5.8 18 -6 Cluster Tracking
T (NGC 6760) V 9.78 19 1 Cluster Tracking
T (NGC 6934) V 8.83 20 7 Cluster Tracking
T Pegasus Cluster(M 15) V 6.3 21.5 12 Cluster Tracking
T (M 2) V 6.6 21.5 0 Cluster Tracking

To Do

- Remove title from template

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