Log Book Entry No.89

Created: 10 Feb 2016 17:13:27

Last Revised: 10 Feb 2016 22:03:31

ElenaCukanovaite

20160210 Observation

• Present:Professor Boogert, David Hadden, Elena Cukanovaite.
• Turned on camera at 16:55 to begin cooling before observations at -15 degrees.
• The cooler was reset to -10 degrees.
• At 17.57 we noticed that Maxim DL was off (cooler controlling software) and we turned it back on. Cooler power on 69%
• ALigned to Alderbaran.
• Took frame at sprial (http://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/985002#original)
• 19:06 cooler changed to -15 degrees
• lum 50k, red 15k, green 15k, blue 10k
• multiplication factors 1, 3, 3, 4
• loc1; 30s, 90s, 90s, 120s
• in second run of loc1 stars blurry, took 3 exposures of each filter
• loc 2 same exposure times, otherwise the times would be too long.
• loc 3 same exposures.
• before loc4 realigned scope, as in loc1 stars had now moved.
• also in loc4, some objects do not match stellarium.
• realigned for loc5, one star in image saturated in red and lum, plan to ignor this star
• 21:45 cloud moved in and covered future locations, observations ended.
• Map:

• Collage with locatiohns aligned

• Finished at 22.00pm.

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