20250302
Time
17:00 -
Attendance
Meira & Vianne
Spaces Occupied
Dome & Control Room
Goals
Variable Stars
Equipment Used
| Scope | Camera | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Main | AS2600 | 2600 |
| Finder | ASI 482 | 2465 |
Frame Table
| Time Observed | Source Name | Filter | Int Time [s] | Gain | Airmass | Mag (filter) | RA [h] | DEC [deg] | Source Type | Scope | Purpose | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YYYYmmddTHHMM | Object | Filter | time | gain | airmass | mag(V) | HH | DD | type | Scope | Purpose | tracking? Others? |
| 20250302T2120 | HD_278195 | V | 5s | 150 | airmass | 9.75 | 5 | 5 | custom object | main | variable | tracking? Others? |
| 20250302T2123 | HD_277622 | V | 5s | 150 | airmass | 9.00 | 5 | 5 | custom object | main | variable | tracking? Others? |
| 20250302T2139 | HD_31913 | V | 5s | 150 | airmass | 15.30 | 5 | 5 | star | main | variable | tracking? Others? |
| 20250302T2120 | HD_250642 | V | 5s | 150 | airmass | 9.90 | 5 | 5 | custom object | main | variable | tracking? Others? |
Log
Setup: Opened mirror doors, thermalized dome, set up applications, everything went as normal :3
During the set-up, the main telescope was only seeing static and could not view any stars and it was too focused, and at the time of set up we were also being obscured by clouds and could not see that well into the sky. Sky6 was also misaligned with the sky, so when we tried to call the telescope to Capella, it was majorly off.
2200 Start of Midnight shift
- Percy relieves Meira from her shift
- Braydn relieves Vianne at 2300
- Realized that the focus was not the issue, but that that the capture area was too small
- Repointing
- Starting anew with a new set of stars
- There are no stars up right now to look at based on the variable stars observing plan
- tried looking at a few that were outside the range but as expected all too low
- none of the data we have is useful for anything so skipping darks and flats
ToDo
Variable star study
Notes
Midnight shift notes
- There is a very large gap is sidereal times between 7 and 18 hours, 2 of the 3 stars in the 7 hour range are nearly at 30deg altitude, leaving us only one star to observe tonight
- But its SNR is too low
Weather
2308 - 26°F, 57% Humidity