blog:20260517

20260517

Time

1800 -

Attendance

Bhanu, Saisri, Gabriel

Spaces Occupied

401,433c, dome

Goals

Astropol

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?
20260517T2302 Spica g 12ms 50 2.020 1(V) 13 -11 Target Main Astropol focus: 2527
20260517T2317 Eta Boo g 12ms 50 1.071 1(V) 13 18 Low-pol Cal Main Astropol focus: 2527
20260517T2302 Spica g 12ms 50 1.599 1(V) 13 -11 Target Main Astropol focus: 2527
20260517T2302 HD 154445 g 12ms 50 1.736 7(V) 17 -0 High-pol Cal Main Astropol focus: 2520.4
20260518T0011 Spica g 12ms 50 1.599 1(V) 13 -11 Target Main Astropol focus: 2527

Log

[19:07:44] setting up the dome
[19:08:04] pluggedin the instrument
[19:08:33] No calibrations tonight
[19:14:58] Waiting for the sunset
[20:54:51] Last light at 08:54pm
[21:07:19] Started Pointing, pointing is very off, Calibrating pointing
[21:30:58] Pointing fixed through plate solving. It was very off
[22:47:33] there was an issue with mainscope not seeing anything apart from LED. Could be clouds
[22:47:40] starting captures of Spica
[22:55:02] Restarted captures of Spica
[23:00:03] stopped capture to reset the save location. It was saving to NUC instead of ASTROPOL DATA (Z drive) under PICSARR2
[23:00:10] started captures of spica 2
[23:05:36] obs departure Gabriel
[23:17:41] Started captures of eta boo
[23:34:26] started captures of spica
[23:52:33] Started captures of HD 154445
[00:10:00] Finished captures of HD154445
[00:10:09] Slewing to Spica
[00:12:06] Taking captures of Spica
[00:31:32] Finished captures of Spica
[00:32:32] Since there is no GS, Starting closing procedures for tonight

ToDo

Notes

- Pointing was very off when we came in, solved using plate solving

Weather

Time Temp Humidity
2300 70 78
0000 69 81

Data