20260629

1900-0536

Nick, Dylan, Noah, Sterling, Percy

401,433c, dome

PICSI2

[19:42:40] SESSION START
[19:42:41] obs arrival Nick
[19:42:41] obs arrival Dylan
[19:42:41] Active instrument: PICSI2
[19:43:36] Currently telescope is not responding to any inputs. Switches for drives and motor drive chasis being left on could be possible reason
[19:55:51] Telecope input issue seems to be fixed
[20:01:24] Swapping PICSARR2 with PICSI2
[20:28:14] Waiting for camera to drop to temperature of -8. Currently unable to do so as it wont go any lower than -5.8 likely due to weather outside. Will have to wait for it to get slightly cooler.
[20:46:32] Adjusting camera temperature to -4
[20:56:18] calibration start -- Dark frames 10s
[21:01:48] calibration end -- Dark frames 10s completed
[21:01:56] calibration start -- dark frames 15s
[21:08:57] calibration end -- Dark frames 15s completed
[21:09:36] calibration start -- dark frames 600ms
[21:09:52] calibration end -- dark frames 600ms completed
[21:10:02] calibration start -- dark frames 70ms
[21:10:54] calibration end -- dark frames 70ms completed
[21:11:03] calibration start -- dark frames 4s
[21:13:30] calibration end -- dark frames 4s completed
[21:13:40] calibration start -- dark frames 15ms
[21:14:22] calibration end -- dark frames 15ms completed
[21:36:38] Slewed to vega to check pointing. However, it is currently way out of focus but the focus of the telescope isnt able to be changed in TCS or with the paddle
[21:47:38] Adjusted focus to 1730
[21:49:13] Slewing to Eta Boo
[21:52:12] Started captures of Eta Boo
[22:03:05] Captures of Eta Boo completed
[22:03:09] Slewing to HD 154445
[22:06:31] Adjusted focus to 1728
[22:07:16] Started captures of HD 154445
[22:17:20] Captures of HD 154445 completed
[22:19:13] Slewing to OQ 334
[22:34:14] Used source finder script to confirm location
[22:36:25] Adjusted focus to 1726.5
[22:37:01] Started captures of OQ 334
[00:20:57] Captures of OQ 334 completed
[00:21:09] Slewing to HD 154445
[00:24:35] Adjusted focus to 1725.1
[00:37:29] Captures of HD 154445 completed
[00:37:34] Slewing to OQ 334
[00:39:31] Started captures of OQ 334
[02:26:59] Captures of OQ 334 completed
[02:27:23] Slewing to UCAC4 776-040054
[02:27:36] UCAC4 776-040054 acquired, beginning capture
[03:05:09] OQ 334 is too low, we will now begin taking captures of BL Lac in its stead
[03:05:51] We will be taking captures of bl lac at the same exposure and rotations as OQ 334
[03:06:13] Bl lac acquired, beginning captures
[04:52:56] Bl lac captures completed
[04:53:11] Slewing to UCAC4 776-040054
[04:53:17] UCAC4 776-040054 acquired, beginning capture
[05:26:53] UCAC4 776-040054 completed
[05:27:28] Didn't log correctly but Percy and Sterling came in for the graveyard shift earlier
[05:27:56] The detector is now saturating. Beginning shutdown procedures

- Telescope input issue was fixed by hitting the cancel button on the motor chassis. Likely because TCS was stuck doing an action until canceled