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20250601

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Dylan Williamson, Percy Yu, Jason Fischer, Ian Kirn

401, Control room, dome

1. Train Jason and Dylan on Astropol procedures: changing the camera, data management for the PICSI2 2. Astropol data 3. Implement the “north up” procedure before taking captures

Scope Camera Focus
MainPICSI2 w/ ASI 5332600
FinderASI 4322465
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?

Astropol is implementing a technique to ensure that the detector is “north up” - to decrease the amount of drift that occurs during long exposures. If not “north up”, the RA tracking movements can “leak” into the DEC, and move the target vertically on during captures.