Poor Seeing, NINA testing

Time

20230618T1830-2345

People

Onkar and Roy

Spaces

PHYS 401, 433C, Dome

Goals

1. Calibration Frame for pretty objects

Log 

1. Opened Dome

2. Opened Mirror Doors

3. Bundled GAM cables

4. Connected on axis camera (ZWO ASI294MM Pro)

5. Took sky flats in on-axis and spotter scope

6. Moved to Arcturus for pointing and seeing frame

   1. 8.4 +- 0.4 pix FWHM via SharpCap for OA

   2. 7.415 +- 0.1 pix FWHM via SharpCap for Spotter

7. Moved to NGC 6633 in south eastern sky

   1. Used PHD2 for collecting stacking frames and some long exposures (45s)

   2. Saw that PHD2 was still causing short frames to jump around in on axis FoV

8. Moved to M 81 in north western sky

9. Frames all seem sky-dominated

10. PHD2 is also jumping around more than we saw last time

11. SEEEEEE?

    Open

    

12. Tried to see what NINA(Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy)

    1. Is kinda cool

    2. Some bumps wrt shared mounts/COM ports

    3. Onkar will figure out after the GAM is fixed

    4. AFTER

13. Closed up

    1. Scope at Zenith

    2. Mirror doors closed

    3. Dome closed

    4. ASI 294MM stowed in 433C cabinet

Notes

ToDo

1. Investigate finderscope : main scope angular resolution ratios for the purposes of autoguiding

   1. Could this be the issue with PHD2 jumping?

Weather

N/A

Data

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