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20250905

Time

1830 -

Attendance

Krishna, Dylan, Sterling, Jason

Spaces Occupied

401, 433C, Dome

Goals

Astropol

Equipment Used

Scope Camera Focus
MainPICSARR w/ 178
FinderASI 4822465

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?
20250905T1930 Darks u 12s 0 1.0 mag(V) HH DD Cal Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20250905T2016 LED g 12s 50 1.0 mag(V) HH DD Cal Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20250905T2159 Beta Cep g 12s 50 1.221 3.2 21.27 70.42 Target Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 18%
20250905T2226 HD 154445 g 12s 50 1.946 5.6 17.05 -00.53 High Pol Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 11%
20250905T2246 Alpha Lac g 12s 50 1.087 3.77 22.31 50.26 Low Pol Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 4%
20250905T2307 Beta Cep g 12s 50 1.175 3.2 21.27 70.42 Target Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 12%
20250905T2326 Beta Cep g 12s 50 1.175 3.2 21.27 70.42 Target Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 12%
20250905T2347 Phi Cas g 12s 50 1.306 4.98 01.20 58.23 High pol Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 12%
20250906T0010 Alpha Lac g 12s 50 1.024 3.77 22.31 50.26 Low Pol Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 20%
20250906T0030 Beta Cep g 12s 50 1.188 3.2 21.27 70.42 Target Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 20%, dropped frames
20250906T0045 Beta Cep g 12s 50 1.188 3.2 21.27 70.42 Target Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 20% (the redo)
20250906T0103 Beta Cep g 12s 50 1.197 3.2 21.27 70.42 Target Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 20%
20250906T0129 Phi Cas g 12s 50 1.124 4.98 01.20 58.23 High pol Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 18%
20250906T0156 Alpha Lac g 12s 50 1.047 3.77 22.31 50.26 Low Pol Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 26%
20250906T0215 Beta Cep g 12s 50 1.257 3.2 21.27 70.42 Target Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 26%
20250906T0230 Beta Cep g 12s 50 1.257 3.2 21.27 70.42 Target Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 26%
20250906T0256 Alpha Lac g 12s 50 1.112 3.77 22.31 50.26 Low Pol Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 48%
20250906T0315 Phi Cas g 12s 50 1.059 4.98 01.20 58.23 High pol Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 11%
20250906T0334 Beta Cep g 12s 50 1.370 3.2 21.27 70.42 Target Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 11%
20250906T0352 Beta Cep g 12s 50 1.404 3.2 21.27 70.42 Target Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 11%
20250906T0410 Phi Cas g 12s 50 1.065 4.98 01.20 58.23 High pol Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 15%
20250906T0431 Alpha Lac g 12s 50 1.325 3.77 22.31 50.26 Low Pol Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 15%
20250906T0451 Beta Cep g 12s 50 1.537 3.2 21.27 70.42 Target Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 2%
20250906T0508 Beta Cep g 12s 50 1.583 3.2 21.27 70.42 Target Main Purpose tracking is stable, cloud cover 14%

Log

  • 1910 Installed the PICSARR Camera to the telescope
  • 1930 Took Darks
  • 2028 While trying to take LED calibration the Arduino is give this error “No space left on device”, once tried to install updates, then it worked we have changed the LED 6 and took LED, after that when we tried changing the LED level to 3, it is again giving us this error.
  • 2115 The Arduino issue got solved, we have deleted the temp files in the local disk, it was the reason for the error
  • 2125 Done Pointing the telescope
  • 2130 The initial focus is 2623, the star is out of focus, so changed it to 2580
  • 2140 Took beta cep capture but it is saving in the desktop, later changed the saving location to Z:\PICSARR\REV03. So we had to take beta cep capture again
  • 2159 Started Capturing Beta cep
  • 2226 Started capturing HD 154445
  • 2246 Started capturing ALpha Lac
  • 2307 Started capturing Beta cep twice 2(4×4)
  • 2347 Started capturing Phi Cas
  • 0044 Started dropping frames (1596 frames) redoing capture
  • 0222 Clouds in capture
  • 0255 Skip Phi Cas due to cloud cover and not visible at 12ms, went to Alpha Lac
  • 0525 Clouds moving in, shutting down

ToDo

Notes

Weather

21:00 - Temp:76F, Hum:82 | 23:10 - Temp:73F, Hum:97 | 02:12 - Temp:73F, Hum:93 | 04:11 - Temp:71F, Hum:100 |

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