blog:20260530

20260530

Time

1800 - 0540

Attendance

Bhanu, Saisri, Sterling, Percy

Spaces Occupied

401, 433C, Dome

Goals

Astropol - PICSI2

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?
20260530T1854 Flats r 45ms 150 1.000 mag(V) 13 62 type Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20260530T1930 Darks r 45ms 150 1.000 mag(V) HH DD type Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20260530T1933 Darks r 10s 150 1.000 mag(V) HH DD type Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20260530T1939 Darks r 600ms 150 1.000 mag(V) HH DD type Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20260530T1940 Darks r 70ms 150 1.000 mag(V) HH DD type Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20260530T1942 Darks r 3s 150 1.000 mag(V) HH DD type Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20260530T1946 Darks r 15s 150 1.000 mag(V) HH DD type Scope Purpose tracking? Others?
20260530T2225 Beta Leo r 70ms 150 1.230 2.13 11 14 Low-pol Main Astropool focus: 2627.4
20260530T2243 HD 154445 r 600ms 150 1.866 5.7(V) 17 -0 High-pol Cal Main Astropool focus: 2623.3
20260530T2301 UCAC4 776-040054 r 3s 150 - 12.5(V) 20 65 High-pol Cal Main Astropool focus: 2623.3
20260530T2325 AM Her r 10s 150 1.229 14.8(V) 18 49 Science Main Astropool focus: 2623.3
20260531T0026 UCAC4 776-040054 r 3s 150 1.387 12.5(V) 20 65 High-pol Cal Main Astropool focus: 2623.3
20260531T0053 AM Her r 10s 150 1.095 14.8(V) 18 49 Science Main Astropool focus: 2623.3
20260531T0140 BL Lac r 15s 150 1.748 14.8(V) 22 42 Science Main Astropool focus: 2623.3
20260531T0310 Eta Boo r 70ms 150 2.159 2.6 13 18 Low-pol Main Astropool focus: 2623.3
20260531T0322 BL Lac r 15s 150 1.257 14.8(V) 22 42 Science Main Astropool focus: 2623.3
20260531T0451 AM Her r 10s 150 1.088 14.8(V) 18 49 Science Main Astropool focus: 2623.3

Log

[18:04:57] SESSION START [18:04:57] obs arrival Bhanu [18:04:57] obs arrival SaiSri [18:04:57] Active instrument: PICSI2 [18:05:13] Setting things up [18:28:06] wiring PICSI 2 done [18:54:29] calibration start [18:54:51] doing Sky flats [19:07:50] Finished Skyflats [19:30:20] Taking Darks with multiple exposures [19:53:56] Finished Flats [19:54:12] calibration end [19:57:27] Waiting for the sunset [21:16:40] It got dark but Clouds rolled by. waiting for them to clear up [22:07:26] Sky cleared, started pointing [22:07:59] Slewed to arcturus [22:17:04] Done pointing [22:22:25] verified pointing and slewed to beta leo [22:28:26] started captures of Beta Leo [22:34:58] Finished captures of Beta leo [22:36:40] slewing to HD 154445 [22:43:00] Started captures of HD 154445 [22:53:00] Finished captures of Hd 154445 [22:59:56] slewed to UCAC4 776-040054 [23:01:13] Started captures of UCAC4 776-040054 [23:01:43] Clouds rolled in [00:01:26] obs arrival Sterling [00:08:11] started captures of AM Her at 22:43 [00:09:53] 23:25* [00:21:45] Finished captures of AM Her [00:25:57] started captures of UCAC4 776-040054 [00:33:43] obs arrival percy [00:45:10] obs departure Saisri [00:45:15] obs departure Bhanu [00:52:50] Started AM Her capture [01:40:19] Started BL Lac capture [03:04:54] Last couple of frames of this capture are a bit blurry because the tracking swtich got hit into AUX tracking rate [03:05:14] shouldnt have done any bad though [03:09:15] Started Eta Boo capture [03:21:33] Started BL Lac capture [04:51:29] Started AM Her capture [05:32:35] Stopping capture due to Sun being up completely oversaturating the capture [0540] Session end

ToDo

Notes

Weather

Time Temp Humidity
1800 66 45
1900 68 40
2000 64 50
2100 61 53
2200 59 57
2300 56 66
0000 54 69
0100 53 71
0200 51 77
0300 48 86
0400 47 89
0500 46 89

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