blog:20260220

20260220

Time

1600 - 0220

Attendance

pavi,saisri,Krisman,Bhanu

Spaces Occupied

401, 433C

Goals

astropol session

Equipment Used

Scope Camera Focus
MainPICSI2 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?
20260220T1700 Darks u 12 ms 0 1.00 mag(V) HH DD type Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20260220T1713 LED g 12 ms 50 1.00 mag(V) HH DD type Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20260220T1933 zeta cas g 12 ms 50 1.548 3.69 00 53 Science Main Astropol N/a
20260220T1955 Procyon g 12 ms 50 1.348 0.37 7.39 5.13 Low-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T2015 phi cas g 12 ms 50 1.526 4.98 1.20 58 High-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T2041 zeta cas g 12 ms 50 1.926 3.69 00 53 Science Main Astropol N/a
20260220T2105 Procyon g 12 ms 50 1.226 0.37 7.39 5.13 Low-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T2124 phi cas g 12 ms 50 1.526 1.867 1.20 58 High-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T2149 zeta cas g 12 ms 50 2.596 3.69 00 53 Science Main Astropol N/a
20260220T2208 Procyon g 12 ms 50 1.212 0.37 7.39 5.13 Low-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T2227 phi cas g 12 ms 50 1.526 2.292 1.20 58 High-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T2248 Procyon g 12 ms 50 1.249 0.37 7.39 5.13 Low-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T2310 phi cas g 12 ms 50 2.733 2.292 1.20 58 High-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T2346 Procyon g 12 ms 50 1.376 0.37 7.39 5.13 Low-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T0005 Procyon g 12 ms 50 1.450 0.37 7.39 5.13 Low-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T0024 Procyon g 12 ms 50 1.531 0.37 7.39 5.13 Low-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T0041 Procyon g 12 ms 50 1.627 0.37 7.39 5.13 Low-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T0058 Procyon g 12 ms 50 1.744 0.37 7.39 5.13 Low-Pol Main Astropol N/a
20260220T0115 Procyon g 12 ms 50 1.893 0.37 7.39 5.13 Low-Pol Main Astropol N/a

Log

1600: opened the dome

1630: Completed the cabling and all the setup

1640: setup the NUC

1700: started capturing darks

1710: darks capture is completed

1713: LED setup completed and started capturing LED

1725: LED capture is completed

1730: waiting for the sun to set so we can start the capture

1800: started pointing

1922: pointing completed(we used capella for pointing)

1925: slew to zeta cas

1933: started zeta cas capture

1949: capture completed

1950: slewed to Procyon

1955: started capturing Procyon

2015: capture completed

2015: slewed to Phi Cas

2021: started capturing phi cas

2039: capture completed

2040: slewed to zeta cas

2041: started capturing zeta cas

2059: capture completed

2100: slewed to Procyon

2104:started capturing Procyon

2026: started capturing phi cas

2149: started zeta cas capture

2209: started capturing Procyon

2227: started capturing phi cas

2248:started capturing Procyon

2310: started capturing phi cas

2328:started capturing Procyon

2346:started capturing Procyon

0005:started capturing Procyon

0024:started capturing Procyon

0041:started capturing Procyon

0058:started capturing Procyon

0115:started capturing Procyon

0140: Targets are down below 30 degrees

0147: Was looking into why auto-dome was not working turns out to be the switch that was set to home

0200: Started closing

0220: Closed everything and signed the sheet on door.

ToDo

Notes

1830: pointing was so bad it took us a lot of time to find the correct start

Weather

Time Temp Humidity
1700 46 93
1800 46 93
2000 45 86
2200 41 85
0000 39 82

Data