David's Astronomy Pages Notes - Session 758 (2020-03-03)

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	Session Aims & Highlights
	- Observing Result  - Night Summary Plot  - Session Event Log
	Operational Issues
	- Critical Issues (0),  Major Issues (0),  Minor Issues (1),  Continuous Improvement (0)
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Session Aims & Highlights (2020-03-03)

Main aims

1. Targets: Acquire images of a number of comets and deep sky objects
   

Equipment & Software

• 12" LX200 and ST-10XME
• 80mm APO and ZWO ASI 178MC
• CCDApp2, TheSky6, CCDSoft5, PHD2,  POTH Hub
• Pegasus UPB & Motor Focus, TCF-S
• SharpCap 3.2, PHD2  2.6.6dev3
   
• AstroMain 3.20.3 ,  Astroguard 1.2.11,   AstroPlan 1.14,  AstroShCap 1.2.15, AstroVOE 1.3.5, UPB 1.4.17  (AstroWeather 1.8.4, AstroAllSky 3.5.1)
  

Highlights

• Good Conditions.  Good seeing / good condition enabled productive session with good guiding
• Targets.  x targets successfully imaged

Lowlights

•   T.d

Summary Plots & Logs

Observing Plan

Observing Result

Dome & Scope Slewing Performance

Slew/Centering Performance

Guiding Performance

Sky Conditions (Locate Frames)

Night Sky Summary Plot Top axis: Sky Brightness at Zenith (in ADU/s) Lefthand axis: Local Time (hh LT). Righthand axis: Sun Altitude (degs)

Pre-Session Weather Forecast (API data from darksky.net) Forecast not saved/archived due to technical issue. In the event skies were ...

Session Event Log

Time     Event Detail 21:14:27 Session Created Live Session Created (2020-03-03 S00758, ImageSaveNum: 758001) 21:16:02   Services Stopped Observatory Services stopped 21:16:13   Obs.Manager Started Obs.Manager started 21:16:15   Obs.Overseer Started Obs.Overseer started 21:16:20   Services Started Observatory Services started 21:16:37   Scope Switched On Telescope power has been switched on via UPB Powerbox. 21:18:39   Services Started Observatory Services started 21:19:05   Telescope Connected Telescope Connected (TheSky6) 21:19:35   Camera1 Connected SBIG Camera Connected (set point -20°C) 21:20:30   Shutter Opened Shutter opened (opening time 46s) 21:22:35       Focusing Started Foc2 Focusing Started (Secondary Scope, using ShCap) 21:24:46       Focusing Failed Foc2 Focusing Failed - failed QC check (Quadratic) 21:24:52       Focusing Started Foc2 Focusing Started (Secondary Scope, using ShCap) 21:26:50       Focusing Completed Foc2 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 2) 21:29:27       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 21:30:46       Focusing Aborted Foc1 Focusing Aborted 21:31:52       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 21:35:41       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 4) 21:36:24 Observatory (Auto) Observatory placed in Fully-Automated Mode 21:36:27 Session Pending Session pending (2020-03-03) 21:36:29 Session Initiating Session initiating (2020-03-03) 21:36:31   Plan Requested Observing Plan requested from AstroPlan (1.14) 21:37:02   Plan Loaded Observing Plan loaded to queue (2020-03-03 V1 BEST PLAN, Plan ID: 478) 21:37:06   Camera1 Connected SBIG Camera Connected (set point -20°C) 21:37:09   Telescope Connected Telescope Connected (TheSky6) 21:37:26 Session Equilibration Session ready for dome & camera equilibration 21:37:29   Equilibration Started Dome Equilibration started 21:37:31   Equilibration Skipped Dome Equilibration skipped by user 21:37:33 Session Running Session running 21:37:35   Queue Started Observing Queue started (34 targets selected) 21:42:27     Target Started (1/34) Target started (1/34, GCVS FU Ori) 21:46:11       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 21:49:16       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 5) 21:51:56     Target Completed Target completed (1/34, GCVS FU Ori) 21:51:58     Target Started (2/34) Target started (2/34, GCVS U Mon) 21:55:04       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 21:57:50       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 6) 22:03:27     Target Completed Target completed (2/34, GCVS U Mon) 22:03:29     Target Started (3/34) Target started (3/34, GCVS DX Cnc) 22:06:17       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 22:09:18       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 7) 22:13:40     Target Completed Target completed (3/34, GCVS DX Cnc) 22:13:42     Target Started (4/34) Target started (4/34, GCVS ER UMa) 22:16:36       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 22:20:07       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 8) 22:23:47     Target Completed Target completed (4/34, GCVS ER UMa) 22:23:49     Target Started (5/34) Target started (5/34, GCVS SY Cnc) 22:26:03       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 22:29:06       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 9) 22:31:58     Target Completed Target completed (5/34, GCVS SY Cnc) 22:32:09     Target Started (6/34) Target started (6/34, GCVS CN Leo) 22:35:20       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 22:38:33       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 10) 22:45:45     Target Completed Target completed (6/34, GCVS CN Leo) 22:45:47     Target Started (7/34) Target started (7/34, 114P/Wiseman-Skiff) 22:49:08       Focusing Failed Foc1 Focusing Failed - star is too dim (TCF-S) 23:00:41     Target Completed Target completed (7/34, 114P/Wiseman-Skiff) 23:01:51     Target Started (8/34) Target started (8/34, Basel 7) 23:04:39       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 23:07:30       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 11) 23:13:07     Target Completed Target completed (8/34, Basel 7) 23:13:51     Target Started (9/34) Target started (9/34, 289P/Blanpain) 23:16:40       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 23:19:42       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 12) 23:29:52     Target Completed Target completed (9/34, 289P/Blanpain) 23:30:21     Target Started (10/34) Target started (10/34, LAMOST-HVS1) 23:32:33       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 23:35:45       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 13) 23:38:55     Target Completed Target completed (10/34, LAMOST-HVS1) 23:40:07     Target Started (11/34) Target started (11/34, GCVS RZ LMi) 23:42:46       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 23:45:27       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 14) 23:50:32     Target Completed Target completed (11/34, GCVS RZ LMi) 23:51:55     Target Started (12/34) Target started (12/34, 155P/Shoemaker) 23:53:50       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 23:57:22       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 15) 00:07:27     Target Completed Target completed (12/34, 155P/Shoemaker) 00:08:25     Target Started (13/34) Target started (13/34, GCVS AM CVn) 00:10:30       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 00:13:29       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 16) 00:16:14     Target Completed Target completed (13/34, GCVS AM CVn) 00:17:58     Target Started (14/34) Target started (14/34, GCVS U Gem) 00:20:06       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 00:23:17       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 17) 00:26:09     Target Completed Target completed (14/34, GCVS U Gem) 00:27:32     Target Started (15/34) Target started (15/34, C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs)) 00:30:04       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 00:32:53       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 18) 00:40:35     Target Completed Target completed (15/34, C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs)) 00:41:46     Target Started (16/34) Target started (16/34, GCVS U Her) 00:45:44       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 00:48:35       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 19) 00:56:03     Target Completed Target completed (16/34, GCVS U Her) 00:56:06     Target Started (17/34) Target started (17/34, NGC 4700) 00:59:50       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 01:03:52       Focusing Failed Foc1 Focusing Failed - failed QC check (Quadratic) 01:19:29     Target Completed Target completed (17/34, NGC 4700) 01:19:31     Target Started (18/34) Target started (18/34, GCVS R CrB) 01:22:27       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 01:25:04       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 21) 01:27:55     Target Completed Target completed (18/34, GCVS R CrB) 01:27:57     Target Started (19/34) Target started (19/34, C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)) 01:31:26       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 01:34:42       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 22) 01:42:34     Target Completed Target completed (19/34, C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)) 01:42:36     Target Started (20/34) Target started (20/34, IC 3608) 01:45:01       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 01:48:09       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 23) 02:04:03     Target Completed Target completed (20/34, IC 3608) 02:04:05     Target Started (21/34) Target started (21/34, IC 3799) 02:06:11       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 02:07:24       Focusing Failed Foc1 Focusing Failed - star lost 02:23:39     Target Completed Target completed (21/34, IC 3799) 02:23:42     Target Started (22/34) Target started (22/34, NGC 5073) 02:25:28       Focusing Failed Foc1 Focusing Failed - star is too dim (TCF-S) 02:43:10     Target Completed Target completed (22/34, NGC 5073) 02:45:46     Target Started (23/34) Target started (23/34, GCVS AM Her) 02:49:15       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 02:52:05       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 25) 02:57:00     Target Completed Target completed (23/34, GCVS AM Her) 02:57:02     Target Started (24/34) Target started (24/34, Basel 13) 02:59:01       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 03:01:48       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 26) 03:07:29     Target Completed Target completed (24/34, Basel 13) 03:08:27     Target Started (25/34) Target started (25/34, GCVS S Cyg) 03:11:27       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 03:14:16       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 27) 03:24:07     Target Completed Target completed (25/34, GCVS S Cyg) 03:24:09     Target Started (26/34) Target started (26/34, Biur 2) 03:28:14       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 03:33:30       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 28) 03:39:13     Target Completed Target completed (26/34, Biur 2) 03:39:15     Target Started (27/34) Target started (27/34, 61 Cyg) 03:41:55       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 03:44:44       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 29) 03:46:09     Target Completed Target completed (27/34, 61 Cyg) 03:46:11     Target Started (28/34) Target started (28/34, GCVS SS Cyg) 03:49:57       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 03:52:46       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 30) 03:56:26     Target Completed Target completed (28/34, GCVS SS Cyg) 03:57:32     Target Started (29/34) Target started (29/34, SHK 360) 04:00:40       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 04:03:29       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 31) 04:19:12     Target Completed Target completed (29/34, SHK 360) 04:19:54     Target Started (30/34) Target started (30/34, GCVS SS Her) 04:21:53       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 04:24:43       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 32) 04:27:57     Target Completed Target completed (30/34, GCVS SS Her) 04:28:50     Target Started (31/34) Target started (31/34, IC 4461) 04:32:06       Focusing Failed Foc1 Focusing Failed - unable to find a star (TCF-S) 04:49:40     Target Completed Target completed (31/34, IC 4461) 04:51:12     Target Started (32/34) Target started (32/34, Rose 25) 04:54:17       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 04:57:28       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 33) 05:13:20     Target Completed Target completed (32/34, Rose 25) 05:13:34     Target Started (33/34) Target started (33/34, HIP 87937) 05:16:07       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 05:18:54       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 34) 05:21:29     Target Completed Target completed (33/34, HIP 87937) 05:21:31     Target Started (34/34) Target started (34/34, WDS GRB 34) 05:25:31       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 05:28:18       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 35) 05:30:07     Target Completed Target completed (34/34, WDS GRB 34) 05:30:10   Queue Completed Job Queue completed 05:30:12 Session Closing Session closing 05:31:07   Shutter Closed Shutter closed (closing time 50s) 05:31:32   Dome Parked Dome parked (parking time 25s) 05:31:45   Telescope Parked Telescope parked (parking time 9s) 05:33:03   Services Stopped Night Services stopped 05:33:05 Session Housekeeping Housekeeping Started (Cleanup FITS, Create Fits Summary, Transfer Files) 05:33:26 Session Finished Session Finished

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Operational Issues (2020-03-03, S758)

• Critical Issues (0)
• Major Issues (0)
• Minor Issues (1)
• Continuous Improvement (0)

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Critical Issues

• None

Major Issues

• None

Minor Issues

• Scope power not turned off at end of session. This was caused by a UPB Lost connection / glitch. The issue caused knock-on problems at start of next session as scope was still on when it was thought that it was off.
  Closed but monitor for any future incidents (Observatory)

Continuous Improvement

• None

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