blog:20240312

20240312

Time

1800 -

Attendance

Connor, Olivia, Roy

Spaces Occupied

401, 433C, Dome

Goals

  1. Take limiting Magnitude Data
  2. Take Seeing Study Data
  3. Take Tracking Study Data if time permits
  4. Take sky flats for yesterday and tonight
  5. Open Scope/Interact with public

Equipment Used

Scope Camera
Main ASI 432
Finder ASI 482MC

Frame Table

Time Observed Source Name Filter Int Time [s] Gain Airmass Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose 0
YYYYMMDDThhmm (HD/NGC/ETC) UBVRI e.g., 3 150 1.0 1.25(V) 20 45 Star Main Pointing 15.042 w/o ag
20230312Thhmm gd 64 (whenever) UBVRI 1,2,3,4,5 150 Star Field Main Magnitude Chart, Fig 20, Sky Brightness
20230312Thhmm sa 20 (before 21:15) UBVRI 1,2,3,4,5 150 Star Field Main Magnitude Chart, Sky Brightness
20230312Thhmm ngc 7790 (before 21:15) UBVRI 1,2,3,4,5 150 Star Field Main Magnitude Chart, Sky Brightness
20230312Thhmm HD 44537 UBVRI 1,2,3,4,5 150 Main Seeing Additional data on seeing spreadsheet
20230312Thhmm HD 31314 UBVRI 1,2,3,4,5 150 Main Seeing Additional data on seeing spreadsheet
20230312Thhmm HD 100696 UBVRI 1,2,3,4,5 150 Main Seeing Additional data on seeing spreadsheet

Log

  1. Connor and Olivia began setup around 18:15
  2. Set up NINA and dome/telescope for sky flats
    1. Connor and Olivia witnessed a miracle, NINA got all flats first try without changing settings
  3. Weird zenith thing happened with TheSky6 again, but DFM-TCS found zenith fine
  4. Set up charts with target list as determined over discord
  5. Slewed to Jupiter for pointing, couldnt find
  6. Tried a wholeeee bunch of other things that didnt work
  7. It got too cloudy so around ~20:00 we decided to not take any data tonight, focus on other tasks
  8. Discretely obtained and set up desks in in between
  9. Moved filing cabinet
  10. Moved GAM stuffs to in-between
  11. Trained Jordan on shut down procedures
    1. Mirror doors closed!!!

ToDo

Notes

  1. Always use DFM TCS to slew to zenith, never TheSky6

Weather

From NOAA As of 19:00:

Temp 64 deg F, Rel Humidity 38%, Sky Cover 13%

Data

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