blog:20240612

20240612

Time

1930-0030

Attendance

Olivia, Connor, Mike, Mike's Father, Maria, Aeon

Spaces Occupied

401, 433C, Dome

Goals

  • Take Data Reduction Data
  • Do open scope night
    • Hopefully someone shows up but who knows!

Equipment Used

Scope Camera
Main ASI 432
Finder ASI 178

Frame Table

Time Observed Source Name Filter Int Time [s] Gain Airmass Mag (filter) RA [h] DEC [deg] Source Type Scope Purpose Notes
YYYYMMDDThhmm (HD/NGC/ETC) UBVRI e.g., 3 150 1.0 1.25(V) 20 45 Star Main Pointing 15.042 w/o ag
20240612T2139 PG 1407-013 UBVRI – 150 – 12-15 (V) 14 10 25.915 -01 30 16.61 Star Field Main Data Reduction 2009-Fig. 76, B-E
20240612Thhmm SA 104 364 UBVRI – 150 – 13-16 (V) 12 43 45.986 -00 34 31.63 Star Field Main Data Reduction 2009-Fig. 52

Log

  • Used small telescope to see the sunnnn
  • Setup began around 19:45
  • 2600 not working :(((
  • Slewed to Arcturus for pointing and POIFECT
  • Slewed to PG 1407-013
    • Aligned to see B-E
    • Olivia and Connor be sleepy, only doing this target
    • U: 6min exposure
    • B-V: 5min exposure
    • R-I: 1min exposure
  • Slewed to Zenith and took darks
    • Scheduled computer lock for after long darks so that we can leave earlier

ToDo

Notes

Flats:

  1. U: 100ms
  2. B: 20ms
  3. V: 25ms
  4. R: 20ms
  5. I: 40ms

Darks:

  1. 300s
  2. 60s
  3. 100ms
  4. 40ms
  5. 25ms
  6. 20ms

Weather

Data