blog:20240207

20240207-AM

Time

0530

Attendance

Roy, Connor, Katie

Spaces Occupied

433C, 401, Dome

Goals

Frame Table

Time Observed Source Name Filter Int Time [s] Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes
YYYYMMDDThhmm (HD/NGC/ETC) UVBRI e.g., 3 1.25(V) 20 45 Star Main Pointing 15.042 w/o ag
20240207T Mkn 421 B 10 11 04 27 38 12 32 Blasar Main PICSI2
20240207T DBF U 5 11 00 32.64 22 03 55.4 Blank Field Main PICSI2
20240207T G240-72 B 17 48 53 70 53 Star Main PICSI2
20240207T Grw+70deg8247 B 19 00 10.25 70 39 51 Star Main PICSI2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRW_%2B70_8247
20240207T Venus B 19 20 24.25 -21 49 57.9 Planet Main PICSI2

Log

  1. Fiddled with new Arduino code to attempt to try new GUI
  2. Slewed to Arcturus to verify pointing
  3. Slewed to DBF to collect data in U
  4. Slewed to Grw +70 8247 to collect data in B
  5. Confirmed what Roy said – that the horizon limit is 15 degrees
  6. Slewed to 22 SGR and collected some data
  7. Slewed to Venus and collected data
    1. >10 runs in U Band at 200ms
    2. 10 runs in B Band at 12ms
    3. 10 runs in U Band at 200ms
    4. Many runs in U Band at 100ms
  8. Slewed to Vega
    1. Runs in U and B
  9. Moved to a flat sky and took flats in U, B, & Open, 10x each
  10. At 0845, closed dome
    1. Then slewed to zenith, disabled tracking
    2. Then closed mirror doors
    3. North mirror door stuck, needed some light encouragement with a pointer stick
  11. Drives off, chassis de-powered, motors halted

ToDo

Notes

Weather

Data

  1. Katie is bringing laptop to 306A
  2. Eileen will remove PICSI2
  3. Eileen will get data transfer to Helios going