blog:20240218

20240218

Time

1600 - 0030

Attendance

Roy, Connor, Olivia, Jordan(2100-2130),

Spaces Occupied

226, 325, 401, 433C, Dome

Goals

Collect Data for tracking, limited magnitude, and darks

Equipment Used

Scope Camera
MainASI 432
FinderASI 178

Frame Table

Time Observed Source Name Filter Int Time [s] Gain Airmass Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes
20240218Thhmm SA 20 U 120s 150 1.862 11.732(U) 00:48:33.9 +46:02:23 Starfield Main Magnitude Chart
20240218Thhmm SA 20 B 120 150 11.095(B) 00:48:33.9 +46:02:23 Starfield Main Magnitude Chart
20240218Thhmm SA 20 V 120 150 10.127(V) 00:48:33.9 +46:02:23 Starfield Main Magnitude Chart
20240218Thhmm SA 20 R 120 150 9.613(R) 00:48:33.9 +46:02:23 Starfield Main Magnitude Chart
20240218Thhmm SA 20 I 120 150 9.132(I) 00:48:33.9 +46:02:23 Starfield Main Magnitude Chart
20240218Thhmm GD 64 UVBRI 04 57 22.54 +41 55 56.45 Starfield Main Magnitude Chart (Figure 20)
20240218Thhmm NGC 2301 V 5 150 1.313 6.00 (V) 06 0 Cluster Main Tracking 5x captures, 2 min between, AG off, 15.011
20240218Thhmm NGC 2301 V 5 150 1.313 6.00 (V) 06 0 Cluster Main Tracking 5x captures, 2 min between, AG off, 15.026
20240218Thhmm NGC 2301 V 5 150 1.313 6.00 (V) 06 0 Cluster Main Tracking 5x captures, 2 min between, AG off, 15.042
20240218Thhmm V Main

Log

  1. Put 178MM on Finderscope, 482MC is in its box on shelf now
  2. Discussed In-Between desk plans
    1. Went to PHYS 226 to measure desks to steal >:)
  3. Tested instrument rotator and it WORKED
  4. Went to moon for pseudo-pointing
  5. Slewed to HD 40183 for full pointing
  6. Made Olivia do math (the problem… DUN DUN DUNNNNN)
  7. Did NOT Slew to PG 2213 (Out of range)
  8. Slewed to SA 20
    1. JFC
    2. We used SIMBAD to find a better star chart
    3. Saturated in the large star in R
  9. Jordan showed up!
  10. Slewed to NGC 2301
    1. Took tracking data with auto-guiding off at tracking rates 15.011, 15.026, 15.042
  11. Sean and Jebran
  12. Slewed to M42
  13. Slewed to Moon
  14. Set up for dome darks
    1. Slew to Zenith
    2. Close dome
    3. Close Mirror Doors
  15. Took Box Darks in dome
    1. During first 120s box dark, one of the IR cams illuminators turned on???? Turned itself off again almost immediately??? May or may not affect the trout population (quality of the dark)
      1. happened again during third capture of 120s box dark from “scope-east”
  16. Put 432MM Back on axis

ToDo

Notes

  1. Dark Times
    1. Lights
      1. 120s
    2. Flats
      1. U - 0.62s
      2. B - 0.13s
      3. V - 0.16s
      4. R - 0.11s
      5. I - 0.18s
    3. Dark Study
      1. 50ms
      2. 100ms
      3. 500ms
      4. 1s
      5. 5s
      6. 10s
      7. 50s

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Data

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