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20231119

Time

1515-

Attendance

Roy, Olivia. Azzan

Spaces Occupied

PHYS 401, 433C, Dome

Goals

  1. Reattach 432 to DFM Scope with Filter Wheel
  2. Collect Calibration Frames
  3. Monitor in-dome and ambient temperatures to support understanding seeing measurements
  4. Collect data for limiting magnitude study
  5. Review Data Redux Pipeline

Frame Table

Time Observed Source Name Filter Int Time [s] Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes DomeTemp [C]
YYYYMMDDThhmm (HD/NGC/ETC) UVBRI e.g., 3 1.25(V) 20 45 Star Main Pointing 15.042 w/o ag 14
Time Observed Source Name Filter Int Time [s] Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes DomeTemp [C]
20231119T1625 FLAT U 0.08s - - - FLAT Main Calibration Used NINA 14
20231119T1703 FLAT B 0.21s - - - FLAT Main Calibration Used NINA 14
20231119T1703 FLAT V 0.21s - - - FLAT Main Calibration Used NINA 14
20231119T1703 FLAT R 0.10s - - - FLAT Main Calibration Used NINA 14
20231119T1703 FLAT I 0.11s - - - FLAT Main Calibration Used NINA 14
Time Observed Source Name Filter Int Time [s] Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes DomeTemp [C]
20231119T1736 (Deneb) HD 197345 I 0.050 1.25 20.75 45 Star Main Pointing 15.011 w/o ag 14
20231119T1854 HD 7927 V 0.2 3.7 21 43 Star Main Pointing/Seeing 14

Log

  1. Opened dome at 1515
  2. Turned-on exhaust fan
  3. Attached 432 to UVBRI Filter Wheel to Instrument Rotator to GAM-lite
  4. Taped Icron LED lights up and taped gap above instrument rotator (see picture)
  5. Choosing not to North-align to favor collection of sky flats
  6. Set focus to 1907.4, which was the optimal focus arrived at on 20231117
  7. Took flats while sun was setting, had to move towards west because of moving object in frames
  8. Pointed on Deneb – out of focus!
    1. The decision was made to get us in focus – which would ruin flats from earlier.
    2. SO. We will focus anyway, then north-align, then take dome flats at the end of the night. But only in BVRI because the dome is a bad ultra-violet radiator. COOL
  9. Deneb is too bright to focus on. But good for pointing :)
  10. Pointed at HD 200905, OPTIMAL FOCUS IS 1913.6
  11. Set Thor Inst Rotator to 85 deg for north-alignment
  12. Found two nice resources (see notes) for star fields with photometry
  13. Identified field 92 250, near equator

ToDo

Notes

  1. Main Index of Equatorial UBVRI Photometric Standard Stars
  2. U BV RI PHOTOMETRIC STANDARD STARS AROUND THE SKY AT +50 deg DECLINATION

Weather

  1. Sky Alert Data file uploaded to 2023-11-19 file on gDrive

Data

  1. All frames copied to 2023-11-19 on gDrive