20241007
Time
1842
Attendance
Sam, Erik, Sarah, Krishna, Dimitry
Spaces Occupied
PHYS 401, Dome
Goals
Look at Stars(Blazar List), maybe take some pretty images
Equipment Used
| Scope | Camera |
|---|---|
| Main | ASI 2600 |
| Finder | ASI 432 |
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
- Sam, Dimitry started the opening procedures.
- Waiting for Connor's files to unzip .
- We slew at Vega to confirm the pointing .
- Slew to Deneb to re-confirm tracking .
- Started taking frames of blazar list.
- Slew to mkn 501 and took 10 frames of 20s with B filter.
- slew to 3C 454.3 and took 10 frames of 40s with B filter.
- tried to slew to 3C 48 but it was still too low.
- slew to 3C 371 and took 10 frames of 30s with B filter.
- slew to BL Lac and took 10 frames of 30s with B filter (There was a lot of clouds).
- We all went outside to take a look at the clouds.
- A lot of clouds (possible ending session earlier).
- We slew to Saturn and took a couple pictures.
- Attempted to do 1ES 1927+654 but there were too many clouds.
- decide to finish session because of cloud coverage.
- Closing procedures started at 2145
- Finished closing at 2153
ToDo
Notes
Had to end early because of cloud coverage
Weather
Data
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