blog:20250822

20250822

2345-0330

pavi,krishna,lynn

PHYS 401, 433C

ASTROPOL

Scope Camera Focus
MainPICSI2 w/ 178
FinderASI 4822465
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?
20250822T0003 Darks u 12ms 0 1.0 n/a n/a n/a Cal Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20250822T0015 LED g 12ms 50 1.0 n/a n/a n/a Cal Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20250822T0151 Gamma Peg g 50ms 50 1.63 2.830.14 15.18 SPB Star Main Purpose Tracking not stable, Because Cloudy
20250822T0205 Gamma Peg g 50ms 50 1.63 2.830.14 15.18 SPB Star Main Purpose Tracking not stable, Because Cloudy
  • 2330 Started setting up the dome
  • 2345 NUC is not connecting initially then tried to reinserting the power cable to the NUC, then it started working
  • 0003 Capture the darks
  • 0015 capture the LED {changed the led level to 6 to capture and later changed to 3}
  • 0035 the sky is cloudy
  • 0120 done with the pointing
  • 0125 slewed to Iota her
  • 0130 Its very cloudy so waiting for the cloud to go
  • 0151 slewed to gamma peg, the exposure 12ms it is very dim due to cloud so sightly increased to 50ms
  • 0205 again slewed to gamma peg because the tracking was not stable and there was lot of clouds. the PHD2 guiding was kept on getting disconnected because of the clouds
  • 0226 still cloudy waiting for cloud go away ,Skybot graph it mention there is a decline in the cloud after 2:30
  • 0320 Closing the session, due to clouds, In the accuweather the cloud cover is showing as 97% but the skybot is showing wrongly.

Skybot graph is showing wrong data, though it is very cloudy, the skybot is showing clear outside.

0000: 64F, H 90%
0000: 63F, H 90%