Fri. May 24 - Sat. May 25
José, Dylan, Eliz, Parker, Matt, Yasin, Ishan
Arrival
Acquired copious amounts of soda from Fred Meyer due to a bizarre buy-two-get-three deal. Arrived at MRO around 7:00 PM, skies clearing up from earlier rain, mid-50s temperature - hoping for clear skies tonight.
Checklist notes: Water level in tank after turning on the pump at 20% - refill next time.
Night - Fri. May 24
Notes:
- Always use the target list to start slewing. Make sure telescope is able to slew from Vega to Arcturus.
- Started the night aligning the finder scope with the 0.8m.
- Started observations around 3:30 AM - see problems log below.
- Nonlabeled flats are sky flats - domeflats are indicated such in header
- Wrote bash script to take domeflats automatically
| Object | Exptime | Filter | File | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M57 | 10 | V | ecam-81 | |
| M57 | 50 | Ha | ecam-82 | |
| M57 | 30 | B | ecam-83 | DUST |
| M57 | 10 | B | ecam-84 | DUST :( |
| GJ 1243 | 35 | r | ecam-(85:105) |
Problems:
- Focus issues early on that we worked on until midnight - emergency stop of Bifrost software meant we lost track of current focus position. Eventually reset.
- Slewing / connection issues with Bifrost
- DUST - see ecam-83
- Same dust particles different filters? ... filter may not have moved or dust on CCDs.
Sat. May 25 - Day
Forgot to disable tracking while doing domeflats - telescope slewed entire night. Spent morning re-acquiring domeflats.
Pulled off CCD to see if dust effects were on it.
| Dusty darling | Better |
|---|---|
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Wish List
Resupply
- AA batteries
- Recycling bin
- Sponges 🙏
Projects
-
Web interface to interface with both
evora-serverandBifrost- Dome control in web interface
- Weather details + webcam in web interface
- Autofocus mechanism - APO-style
-
Multi-filter series exposure planning
- Bash script already set up
- Old raspberry pi w/ wifi to act as an audio server (bluetooth and airplay, spot maybe)