20260529

1800-

Jason,Noah,Saisri,Sterling,Percy

401,433c, dome

Astropol and data collection for HS intern Saron

[20:08:33] SESSION START [20:08:33] obs arrival Jason [20:08:33] obs arrival Saisri [20:08:33] obs arrival Noah [20:08:33] Active instrument: PICSARR2 [20:08:54] arrived earlier at 1800 [20:09:19] all calibrations done by Ian ending at 2000 [20:25:31] We are waiting until the sun goes down for pointing. 10~ [20:52:08] Slewing to Arcturus to point [20:59:05] Did not find it, Slewing to Jupiter now [21:07:16] pointing is off trying to use plate solving to get position. [21:24:05] plate solving worked pointing is done [21:24:28] adjusted focus to 2525.1n [21:27:41] Slewed to Beta Vir [21:28:05] adjusted focus to 2519.9 [21:34:10] Started BetaVir_TP_g_012ms capture [21:52:31] Started BetaVir_TP_r_012ms capture [22:09:37] Started BetaVir_TP_i_012ms capture [22:27:48] Started BetaVir_TP_z_012ms capture [22:29:43] Capture dropped a frame, restarting capture [22:33:50] We are also restarting sharpcap as it froze after we canceled the capture [22:38:07] Deleted old files for Z capture [22:41:04] Adjusted focus to 2518.6 and reset LED level and mode to 4 and A respectivly. [22:43:45] Started BetaVir_TP_z_012ms capture [22:57:23] Dropped frame a 2 mins ago. [23:07:46] Slewed to HD154445 [23:09:34] Starting HD154445_TIM_g_012ms capture [23:19:10] droped [23:20:27] *dropped temp is 48.8 [23:29:49] Changed Led level to 5 Mode to B and exposure to 50ms [23:33:02] Started HD154445_TIM_g_50ms capture [23:50:48] Setting exp to 200 ms and mode to C [23:53:55] Started HD154445_TIM_g_200ms capture [00:04:16] obs departure Noah [00:04:22] obs departure Jason [00:04:29] obs arrival Sterling [00:12:22] Frame dropped [00:14:45] Started HD154445_FIL_g_012ms capture [00:30:48] Started HD154445_FIL_r_012ms capture [00:33:01] obs departure Saisri [00:36:22] obs arrival Percy [00:47:23] Started HD154445_FIL_i_012ms capture [01:04:14] Started HD154445_FIL_z_012ms capture [01:21:35] Started HD154445_TIM_g_012ms capture [01:42:15] Dropped frame [01:43:04] Started HD154445_TIM_g_50ms capture [02:01:55] Started HD154445_TIM_g_200ms capture [02:20:02] Finished observing plan for Astropool

[0224] - Beginning data collection for Saron's observing plan [0230] Beginning first capture of NGC 5466 – 5min exposure, 6 frames, b filter [0311] Beginning second capture – 5min exposure, 6 frames, v filter

[0400] Switching instrument to the 2600 for pretty pictures [0530] Switched back to PISCARR2 [0600] Shutdown the dome and completed darks and flats for HS intern research. Signing out

Ian did the calibrations tonight.