20240903
Time
1900-2305
Attendance
Connor, Dimitry, John, Isaiah, later Roy
Spaces Occupied
PHYS 401, 433c
Goals
Look at Stars
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 |
Log
- John, Dimitry, & Isaiah does start up procedures.
- Connor arrives.
- Installed camera onto on-axis.
- Observed that telescope slews only north and south but not east and west.
- 2000 - Connor checks to see if there are any obstructions.
- 2001 - No obstructions found.
- 2003 - Connor says, “This is not good.”
- 2014 - Connor filps “External Computer” on Motor Driver Chasis, telescope starts working right???
- 2016 - Went back upstairs to finish camera installation.
- 2018 - Cords for camera missing, Connor left to get them.
- 2021 - John installs cords on camera.
- 2023 - Dimitry slews to Vega.
- 2027 - John connects camera to SharpCap.
- 2028 - Connor and Isaiah go upstairs.
- 2030 - “ ” Manually slew telescope.
- 2035 - Uploaded photo to Astrometry.net.
- 2039 - Calibrated telescope with results from astrometry.net.
- 2040 - Slewed back to Vega.
- 2045 - Finished final calibration, blew up Vega.
- 2047 - Slewed to HD 174260 to observe FWHM Measurment.
- 2100 - Slewed to c12.
- 2110 - Saw nothing.
- 2113 - Slewed to Pegasus Cluster.
- 2119 - Failed to slew.
- 2120 - Tried to slew to Vega but east and west axis is not moving again….
- 2149 - Slewing to zenith to reset, will take a LONG time…
- 2200 - Roy arrived
- 2206 - Had to shut everything down
- 2212 - UPS not turning on
- 2216 - Unplugged UPS completely as well as other stuff
- 2219 - Plugged everything back in
- 2224 - Turned everything back on
- 2226 - East and west movement still not working
- 2230 - Going upstairs to take stuff apart
- 2230-2300 - Removed gear box casing to investigate for the RA motor. When slewing east and west, noticed some twitching of the motor
- 2305 - Started shutdown procedures