20260819

1900 - 0430

Nick, Brayden, Percy

401, 433c, dome

PICSARR2

[19:14:25] SESSION START
[19:14:25] obs arrival Nick
[19:14:25] Active instrument: PICSI2
[19:14:42] Began startup procedure and swapping instruments
[19:55:15] obs arrival Brayden
[19:55:26] instrument change PICSI2 --> PICSARR2
[19:57:49] calibration start -- dark frames started
[20:05:25] calibration end -- dark frames completed
[20:05:31] calibration start -- led frames started
[20:08:44] calibration end -- led frames completed
[20:35:20] Slewing to vega to check pointing
[20:46:37] Slewing to Alpha Lac
[20:48:45] Adjusted focus to 1739.6
[20:49:12] Started captures of Alpha Lac
[21:05:40] Captures of Alpha Lac completed
[21:06:10] Slewing to Iota Her
[21:07:03] Slewing to HD 154445
[21:08:49] Starting captures of HD 154445
[21:25:04] Captures of HD 154445 completed
[21:25:15] Slewing to Iota Her
[21:26:48] Starting captures of Iota Her
[21:42:53] Captures of Iota Her completed
[21:42:58] Slewing to Tau Her
[21:44:19] Starting captures of Tau Her
[22:00:02] Captures of Tau Her completed
[22:00:13] Slewing to Alpha Lac
[22:01:31] Starting captures of Alpha Lac
[22:17:46] Captures of Alpha Lac completed
[22:18:24] Slewing to HD 154445
[22:19:58] Starting captures of HD 154445
[22:36:13] Captures of HD 154445 completed
[22:36:39] Slewing to Iota Her
[22:37:36] Starting captures of Iota Her
[22:52:24] Some clouds passing over in the middle of capture
[22:55:03] Captures of Iota Her completed
[23:01:23] Slewing to Tau Her
[23:01:43] Starting captures of Tau Her
[23:18:00] Captures of Tau Her completed
[23:19:09] Slewing to Alpha Lac
[23:19:31] Starting captures of Alpha Lac
[23:33:32] Clouds possibly passing over towards end of the capture
[23:35:45] Captures of Alpha Lac completed
[23:40:36] Slewing HD 154445
[23:40:46] Starting captures of HD 154445
[23:57:15] Captures of HD 154445 completed
[23:57:49] Slewing to Iota Her
[00:15:22] Captures of Iota Her completed
[00:15:27] Slewing to Zeta Cas
[00:16:26] Starting captures of Zeta Cas
[00:32:50] Captures of Zeta Cas completed
[00:33:37] Slewing to Alpha Lac
[00:33:51] Starting captures of Alpha Lac
[00:50:04] Captures of Alpha Lac completed
[00:51:14] Slewing to Phi Cas
[00:51:31] Starting captures of Phi Cas
[01:04:20] Clouds passing over in the middle of captures
[01:11:24] Slewing to Zeta Cas
[01:12:32] Starting captures of Zeta Cas
[01:16:29] Obs arrival Percy
[01:16:35] at 0100
[01:30:01] Captures of Zeta Cas completed
[01:31:19] Obs departure Nick
[01:31:23] @ 0100
[01:32:34] Captures of Iota Her
[01:32:56] Slewing to Iota Her
[01:33:29] Starting captures of Iota Her
[01:47:47] Clouds have begun to obscure the target
[01:56:01] Captures of Iota Her completed
[01:56:40] Waiting until the target is visible again to brgin next capture
[02:39:29] Alpha lac is visible but is going in and out
[02:39:58] Completely obscured now. Waiting until 0300 to call it
[02:41:16] Starting captures of Alpha Lac
[02:58:26] Getting some semi-consistent visibility on the targets.
[02:58:49] Captures of Alpha Lac completed
[02:59:55] Slewing to Phi Cas
[03:01:24] Starting captures of Phi Cas
[03:19:55] Captures of Phi Cas completed
[03:20:08] Slewed to Zeta Cas
[03:20:36] Expecting this to be the last set of captures. Waiting for better visibility to begin
[03:20:48] Starting captures of Zeta Cas
[03:42:47] Iota Her is too low and Zeta Cas is looking very clear
[03:43:09] Taking another set of Zeta Cas captures
[04:01:46] Starting captures of Alpha Lac
[04:02:20] The clouds have let up significantly. The target is consistently visible
[04:04:55] NOAA is reporting a slight chance of rain. Will close up after this capture - don
[04:05:15] * don't want to take any chances
[04:26:25] Shutdown complete