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- Matt opened dome ~1818
- Open mirror doors
- Onkar saw that south was fast
- We closed the mirror doors, then Onkar recorded the re-opening.
- Pointed using Jupiter and Scheat, Katie helped
- Attached Bill's pPICSARR2 to DFM Scope
- Set focus position to 2600, adjusted more to 2608.2
- Issue with DC, the stepper motor and the filter wheel motor weren't connecting to data computer
- Stepper motor software wasn't installed? From ThorLabs
- Filter wheel software should be available through SharpCap
- So we used Bill's laptop to collect data
- Moved to GRW+70 8247 in northern sky
- Polarization calibrations w/ full Stokes
- Moved to NGC 188 also in northern sky
- Astrometric calibrations
- In TheSky6, navigate to Telescope → Motion Controls
- Set coord to RA/DEC
- Set jog amount
- Slew will ask for confirmation as with normal object slewing
- Moved to beta Cass in northern sky
- Polarization Calibration w/ full Stokes
- Moved back to Jupiter
- Polarization Calibration w/ full Stokes
- Noticed that half disc of Jupiter drifted in 300s (20''/300s)
- Not explainable by only Sidereal rate
- Bill notices trailing in northern sky as well
- Moved to Europa
- Moved to Mars
- Moved to Neptune
- Interest in finding Blazars with circular polarization
- 3C 66a Blazar?
Other Notes
Todos
- Send Bill NGC 188 images from 20221109
- Need to install drivers on DC
- Install ThorLabs Kineses
- TheSky10 from SoftwareBisque
- buy cmos to spotter scope adapter