blog:20231105

20231105

Time

1600-2230

Attendance

Olivia & Roy AND ONKAR

Spaces Occupied

PHYS 401, 433C, Dome

Goals

  1. Reattach ASI 432 with necessary adapters/instrumentation
  2. Collect flat field frames in UBVRI, emphasis on BV if time constrained
  3. Run smart histogram tool on four fields in each filter provided by Eileen to find recommended settings
  4. Capture a few dozen light frames of these fields in each filter at recommended settings

Frame Table

Time Observed Source Filter Int Time [# x Ns] Gain Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes
20231105T1845 Deneb U 0.841s 1.25(V) 20.75 45 Star Main Pointing Focused at 2155.4
Time Observed Source Filter Int Time [# x Ns] Gain Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes
20231105T1903 NGC 7790 U 25x 11.7 150 13(V) 24 61 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1.140 AM
20231105T1915 NGC 7790 B 25x 5 150 13(V) 24 61 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1.140 AM
20231105T1910 NGC 7790 V 25x 5 150 13(V) 24 61 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1.140 AM
20231105T1919 NGC 7790 R 25x 5 150 13(V) 24 61 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1.126 AM
20231105T1925 NGC 7790 I 25x 5.6. 150 13(V) 24 61 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1.121 AM
Time Observed Source Filter Int Time [# x Ns] Gain Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes
20231105T1950 SA20 U 25x 14.7 150 13(V) 1 45 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1.090 AM
20231105T1958 SA20 B 25x 5 150 13(V) 1 45 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1. AM
20231105T2003 SA20 V 25x 5 150 13(V) 1 45 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1. AM
20231105T2009 SA20 R 25x 5 150 13(V) 1 45 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1. AM
20231105T2013 SA20 I 25x 6.27 150 13(V) 1 45 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1.059 AM
Time Observed Source Filter Int Time [# x Ns] Gain Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes
20231105T2021 PG2213-006 U 25x 14 150 13(V) 22 0 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1.331 AM
20231105T2029 PG2213-006 B 25x 5 150 13(V) 1 45 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1. AM
20231105T2032 PG2213-006 V 25x 5 150 13(V) 1 45 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1.345 AM
20231105T2036 PG2213-006 R 25x 5 150 13(V) 1 45 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1. AM
20231105T2039 PG2213-006 I 25x 5 150 13(V) 1 45 Field Main Magnitude SmartHist Settings/1.059 AM
Time Observed Source Filter Int Time [# x Ns] Gain Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes
20231105T2129 FLAT U 300 150 – – – FLAT Main Calibration Dome
20231105T2109 FLAT B 2 150 – – – FLAT Main Calibration Dome
20231105T2111 FLAT V 0.8 150 – – – FLAT Main Calibration Dome
20231105T2111 FLAT R 0.8 150 – – – FLAT Main Calibration Dome
20231105T2113 FLAT I 15 150 – – – FLAT Main Calibration Dome
Time Observed Source Filter Int Time [# x Ns] Gain Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes
20231105T2141 DARK – 20x 11.7 150 – – – DARK Main Calibration Box
20231105T2146 DARK – 20x 14 150 – – – DARK Main Calibration Box
20231105T2155 DARK – 20x 14.7 150 – – – DARK Main Calibration Box
20231105T2201 DARK – 20x 5 150 – – – DARK Main Calibration Box
20231105T2203 DARK – 20x 6.3 150 – – – DARK Main Calibration Box
20231105T2205 DARK – 20x 5.6 150 – – – DARK Main Calibration Box
20231105T2208 DARK – 20x 2. 150 – – – DARK Main Calibration Box, for flat
20231105T2209 DARK – 20x 15 150 – – – DARK Main Calibration Box, for flat
20231105T2214 DARK – 20x 0.8 150 – – – DARK Main Calibration Box, for flat
Time Observed Source Filter Int Time [# x Ns] Gain Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes
20231105T2216 BIAS – 20×0.032 150 – – – BIAS Main Calibration Box

Log

  1. There is some issue with slewing to Zenith
    1. What TS6 and DFMTCS report as Zenith is not 'straight-up'
  2. Roy removed from GAM-lite bottom plate ThorLabs LCP01 plate via 4x screws with 5/32 allen key
  3. Roy re-attached ThorLabs instrument rotator with 4x screws with 3/16 allen key
    1. USB cable into remote Icron
    2. Serial cable to ThorLabs controller
    3. Opened Kinesis and attempted to connect – failed
    4. Needed to power cycle through Power Controller (outlet 5)
  4. Roy dusted (with compressed air) the filter wheel and reattached ASI 432 CMOS to filter wheel
    1. Confirmed UBVRI ordering
  5. Roy attached filter wheel/432 assembly to on-axis
  6. Olivia and Roy decided to wait to the end of the night to collect calibration frames
  7. Pointed at Deneb
  8. Using Kinesis, aligned 432 to North-up at $230^\circ$ (set speed to $5^\circ/s$)
  9. Moved to NGC 7790
  10. Moved to SA20
  11. Moved to PG2213
  12. Moved to 110 field – failed. Too low? DFM TCS reported target out of range … but it sat at +24 altitude
    1. OH WELL
  13. Hatch door piston fell off
    1. That sounds bad, but the piston unscrewed itself and wouldn't hold the hatch up
    2. Olivia and Roy fixed it :)
  14. Pointed main scope at dome flat fielder (see image) for flats
  15. Slewed to Zenith with DFM TCS
  16. Removed from filter wheel and placed in box, turned out all lights and took darks and biases
    1. We had trouble getting reasonable signal in U using dome flat fielder.
    2. Took only one U flat
    3. Did not take U dark, will scale 15s dark
  17. Stowed 432 and filter wheel in 433C
  18. Normal shutdown procedure

ToDo

Extract magnitudes

Notes

  1. No issues with mirror doors
  2. “I am well aware of the weirdness of brains” -OliviaC
  3. Field 1 NGC 7790 |NGC 7790 Finder
  4. Field 2 - 00:47:11.48 45:53:22.8 – little clump at left in this field. SA20 Finder
  5. Field 2 - RA=22:16:24 Dec = -00:21:00 PG2213-006 FinderPG2213-006 Alt Finder

Weather

Ambient 20.2C SkyTemp -14.3C Humidity 33% Dome Temp 19C

Data

All data saved to 4TB Z: Drive throughout the night, then uploaded to GoogleDrive SharpCap Captures as “2023-11-05”, approx 2.2GB