blog:20240616

20240616

Time

19:00-

Attendance

Olivia, Percy, Sophie

Spaces Occupied

401,433C, Dome

Goals

  1. Taking data reduction data
  2. Work on training modules
  3. Think about SNR

Equipment Used

Scope Camera
Main ASI 432
Finder ASI 2600

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
20240615T2000 Flats U 10x125ms 150 - - - - Flat Main Calib
20240615T2000 Flats B 10x25ms 150 - - - - Flat Main Calib
20240615T2000 Flats V 10x25ms 150 - - - - Flat Main Calib
20240615T2000 Flats R 10x25ms 150 - - - - Flat Main Calib
20240615T2000 Flats I 10x50ms 150 - - - - Flat Main Calib
20240615T2100 Arcturus - – 150 - - - - Star Main Calib
20240616Thhmm PG 1407-013 UBVRI – 150 – 12-15 (V) 14 10 25.915 -01 30 16.61 Star Field Main Magnitude Study 2009-Fig. 76, B-E
20240616Thhmm SA 104 364 UBVRI – 150 – 13-16 (V) 12 43 45.986 -00 34 31.63 Star Field Main Magnitude Study 2009-Fig. 52
20240616Thhmm HD 143454 V 3x15s 150 - 10 16 25 Blaze Star Finder Magnitude Study

Log

  • Arrival around 19:00, startup tasks began
  • Took sky flats ~20;30
    • waiting is annoying :(
  • 2600 still being inconsistent about connection
    • relying on 432 for most of tonight
  • ~21:15, started trying to point at arcturus, finder scope issues
    • reconnected 2600 again again
      • i hope this stops soon lol
  • there are SO MANY CLOUDSSSSS
  • slewed to PG 1407, was not able to see through clouds and find the field
  • slewed to SA 104, same problem as above, clouds rolled in a bit too much to get useful data imo (in my olivia)
  • focusing on training modules at this

ToDo

  • ~21:00 point at Arcturus
  • observe standard star fields PG 1407 and SA 104

Notes

Weather

Data