20250509
Time
Attendance
Sarah, Sterling, Saisri, Bhanu, Nick, Percy
Spaces Occupied
401, Control Room, Dome
Goals
Astropol session
Equipment Used
| Scope | Camera | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Main | PICSI2 w/ 178 | |
| 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? |
Log
- Autodome was not matched with the telescope, so we moved the dome manually.
- Tried pointing to the moon but it was very far off.
- Pointed on moon by manually adjusting from the dome.
- Tried to use PHD2 planetary guiding on the moon. Appeared to be connected to the mount with tracking turned on, but kept giving various errors saying it was not able to correct sufficiently. Evidently was not correcting as the moon was drifting off. Tried setting tracking in DFM to 14.693 to match the moon and setting tracking in PHD2 to “lunar” but did not help.
- Finder began dropping frames. Fixed by hitting close camera and then reconnecting it.
- Clouds during OP313 first capture
ToDo
Notes
Astropol session
Weather
1730 - 59F, H 80%