Open House November & Observation Night

Attendance (Open House): 42

Attendance (Observing Group): Bill, Meyer, Roy, Jackson, Onkar, Nathan

Date & Time 11/3/22

Spaces Occupied 401 Control room and Dome

Achievements

1. plugged in all cables from spectro pol apparatus into the remote usb hub

   1. success

   2. to note:

      1. stepper motor only recognized when plugged directly into remote hub, will not work if plugged into extender cable to remote hub or LBD cable

2. consumed hot chocy 

   1. yummy

Notes/ToDo/Wishlist

1. look into getting a pro license for sharpcap

2. look into sick ATX motherboard and maybe case

3. no issues opening/closing mirror doors

   1. gasp

4. full frame 35mm cmos would be excellent -jackson
   
   

   1. or medium format

5. look into longer usb cables from hub to cmos or spectro pol apparatus

   1. usba-usba

   2. usba-stepperthing

      1. ask bill what it is

What Happened

1. Attempted pointing at deneb, couldnt find it

   1. pain

2. pointed at jupiter

   1. success but some reflections within the optical path, probably should install that felt material thingy

   2. focus position = "2607"-jackson "or 2609"-roy

3. got data from:

1.  

   1. jupiter

   2. europa

   3. saturn

   4. hd25443

   5. caph

      1. clouds came in halfway through

   6. pointed at crl2688

      1. too dim, unclear if actually pointed at it

   7. the end

2. closing time

   1. mirror doors seem to have closed properly

      1. nice

   2. slew to zenith in "the sky"

      1. offset to the east, unsure why

   3. slewed in winTCS

      1. success

      2. thinks its pointed to the west

Open House Notes:

1. doing tours in the beginning is clunky, better planning will smooth things out

2. need to create mailing list