M101 and Astrometric Fields

Time

1830-

People

Connor, Onkar, Roy

Spaces

PHYS 401, 433C, Dome

Goals

1. Aim near horizon for sky flats
2. Point at Arcturus, collect seeing frame
   1. Alkaid, collect seeing frame
   2. Dubhe, collect seeing frame
3. Go to M101
   1. Frames
      1. Light frame: 20000-50000 COUNTS
      2. Darks: for above exp time
      3. Flats from sky before
      4. Biases
   2. Color
      1. With ZWO filter set
         1. Calibration frames
            1. Flats
      2. Change to color camera
4. Astrometric Fields
   1. M5, M10, M12
   2. For each:
      1. Expose to nominal exposure
      2. Wait 5 mins
      3. Expose again
      4. Wait 5 mins
      5. Expose again
      6. Save with good headers/fileNames
5. Onkar works with NINA?

Log

1. Could not find filter wheel
2. Found some adapters after 20 minutes
3. Slewed to west for some attempts at sky flats
4. Took 10x flat frames in 20230601_skyFlats_
5. Pointed at Venus
   1. Adjusted focus to 2100
6. Slewed to Arcturus
7. Closed hatch
8. Adjusted focus to 2104
9. Used sharpcap FWHM monitor to get FWHM to 10.2 +-0.4
10. Arcturus: Magnitude 0.15 (reduced to 0.29)
11. Alkaid: Magnitude 1.85 (reduced to 1.98)
12. Slewed to Alkaid
13. ShapCap FWHM monitor showed ~9.9-10.3 +-0.3
14. Slewed to

Notes

ToDo

Weather

Data