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Notes - Session 816 (2020-10-06)

 
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Session Aims & Highlights (2020-10-06)

Main aims

  1. AstroMain 3.30  Check stability of new major release of AstroMain with several changes/fixes
  2. Targets.  Acquire images of a selection of deep sky targets
  3. TS80 Motor Focus. Check that fixes to Secondary Scope's Motor Focus carry through to successful night time autofocusing.

Equipment & Software

Summary Plots & Logs

Observing Plan
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Observing Result
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Dome & Scope Slewing Performance
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Slew/Centering Performance
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Guiding Performance
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Sky Conditions (Locate Frames)
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Night Sky Summary Plot
Top axis: Sky Brightness at Zenith (in ADU/s)
Lefthand axis: Local Time (hh LT). Righthand axis: Sun Altitude (degs)
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Pre-Session Weather Forecast (API data from darksky.net)
Pre-Session Weather forecast showed dry and partly to moderately cloudy conditons for the entire night ( 33-84% cloud cover)
with minimum temperature of 10 °C and steadily increasing wind speed (12mph increasing to 23 mph by dawn

In the event conditions were dry with cloudy intervals separately clear intervals
 Wind was moderate for most of the night and temperatures were 10°C (min) increasing to 12°C by dawn.
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Session Event Log
Time     Event Detail
23:47:06 Session Created Live Session Created (2020-10-06 S00816, ImageSaveNum: 816001)
23:47:08   Scope Switched On Telescope Power has been switched on via UPB Powerbox.
23:48:16   Services Started Observatory Services started
23:48:18 Observatory (Manual) Observatory placed in Manual Mode
23:58:04   Services Stopped Observatory Services stopped
23:58:25 Program Closed Program closed by User
23:58:27 Program Closed Program closed by User
00:03:47 Session Resumed Live Session Resumed (2020-10-06 S00816, ImageSaveNum: 816001)
00:04:45   Obs.Manager Started Obs.Manager started
00:04:47   Obs.Overseer Started Obs.Overseer started
00:04:51   Services Started Observatory Services started
00:05:19   Services Started Observatory Services started
00:16:36   Services Stopped Night Services stopped
00:16:44   Telescope Switched Off Telescope Power has been switched off via UPB Powerbox.
00:17:28   Scope Switched On Telescope Power has been switched on via UPB Powerbox.
00:18:40   Services Started Observatory Services started
00:20:34   Telescope Switched Off Telescope Power has been switched off via UPB Powerbox.
00:23:14   Scope Switched On Telescope power has been switched on via UPB Powerbox.
00:36:23   Telescope Switched Off Telescope Power has been switched off via UPB Powerbox.
00:37:19   Scope Switched On Telescope power has been switched on via UPB Powerbox.
00:41:54   Telescope Switched Off Telescope Power has been switched off via UPB Powerbox.
00:43:50   Scope Switched On Telescope Power has been switched on via UPB Powerbox.
00:44:55   Services Started Observatory Services started
00:46:29   Telescope Switched Off Telescope Power has been switched off via UPB Powerbox.
00:53:49   Services Stopped Observatory Services stopped
00:53:53 Program Closed Program closed by User
00:53:55 Program Closed Program closed by User
00:55:51 Session Resumed Live Session Resumed (2020-10-06 S00816, ImageSaveNum: 816001)
00:56:00   Obs.Manager Started Obs.Manager started
00:56:02   Obs.Overseer Started Obs.Overseer started
00:56:06   Services Started Observatory Services started
00:56:22   Scope Switched On Telescope Power has been switched on via UPB Powerbox.
00:57:56   Services Started Observatory Services started
00:58:17   Telescope Connected Telescope Connected (TheSky6)
00:58:30   Camera1 Connected SBIG Camera Connected (set point -15°C)
00:59:04 Observatory (Auto) Observatory placed in Fully-Automated Mode
00:59:05 Session Pending Session pending (2020-10-06)
00:59:07 Session Initiating Session initiating (2020-10-06)
00:59:09   Plan Requested Observing Plan requested from AstroPlan (1.16.4)
00:59:57   Plan Loaded Observing Plan loaded to queue (2020-10-06 V1 BEST PLAN, Plan ID: 551)
01:00:01   Camera1 Connected SBIG Camera Connected (set point -15°C)
01:00:09   Telescope Connected Telescope Connected (TheSky6)
01:00:21 Session Equilibration Session ready for dome & camera equilibration
01:00:23 Wait On Weather Waiting For acceptable conditions
01:00:25 Session Suspended Session suspended
01:00:27   Dome Closed Dome already closed (closure time is unknown)
01:00:29   Queue Started Observing Queue started (23 targets selected)
01:06:36 Session Resuming Session resuming
01:07:22   Dome Opened Dome opened (opening time 45s)
01:07:24 Session Running Session running
01:07:26   Queue Resumed Observing Queue resumed
01:09:10       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S)
01:13:23       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 1)
01:16:04       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 1)
01:16:07       Focusing Started-Foc2 Foc2 Focusing Started (Secondary Scope, using ShCap)
01:18:56       Focusing Failed Foc2 Focusing Failed - failed QC check (Range)
01:18:58     Target Started (1/23) Target started (1/23, GCVS Z And)
01:20:52       Focusing Started-Foc2 Foc2 Focusing Started (Secondary Scope, using ShCap)
01:23:41     Target Completed Target partially completed (1/23, GCVS Z And)
01:23:43     Target Started (2/23) Target started (2/23, GCVS HH And)
01:29:52     Target Completed Target completed (2/23, GCVS HH And)
01:29:55     Target Started (3/23) Target started (3/23, GCVS RX And)
01:32:07       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S)
01:34:59       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 2)
01:37:37     Target Completed Target completed (3/23, GCVS RX And)
01:37:40     Target Started (4/23) Target started (4/23, GCVS U And)
01:39:48       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S)
01:42:36       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 3)
01:52:18     Target Completed Target completed (4/23, GCVS U And)
01:52:20     Target Started (5/23) Target started (5/23, GCVS TT Ari)
01:54:11       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S)
01:57:16       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 4)
02:03:32     Target Completed Target completed (5/23, GCVS TT Ari)
02:03:34     Target Started (6/24) Target started (6/24, NGC 514, ToO)
02:05:25       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S)
02:08:17       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 5)
02:19:03     Target Completed Target completed (6/24, NGC 514, ToO)
02:19:05     Target Missed (7/24) Target's time slot was missed (7/24, C/2019 L3 (ATLAS))
02:19:07     Target Started (8/24) Target started (8/24, GSC 1224:29)
02:27:06     Target Completed Target completed (8/24, GSC 1224:29)
02:27:08     Target Started (9/24) Target started (9/24, NGC 7722)
02:29:11       Focusing Failed Foc1 Focusing Failed - star is too dim (TCF-S)
02:41:33     Target Completed Target completed (9/24, NGC 7722)
02:41:35     Target Started (10/24) Target started (10/24, GCVS DY Per)
02:45:15       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S)
02:48:07       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 6)
02:52:30     Target Completed Target completed (10/24, GCVS DY Per)
02:52:33     Target Started (11/24) Target started (11/24, GCVS CM Tau)
02:54:31       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S)
02:57:20       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 7)
03:01:37   SoftSuspend Called Soft Suspend is called due to Deteriorating Conditions (too few stars)
03:04:28   SoftSuspend Cancelled Soft Suspend is cancelled due to Improved Conditions
03:06:53   SoftSuspend Called Soft Suspend is called due to Deteriorating Conditions (too few stars)
03:11:08   SoftSuspend Cancelled Soft Suspend is cancelled due to Improved Conditions
03:11:48     Target Completed Target completed (11/24, GCVS CM Tau)
03:11:50     Target Started (12/24) Target started (12/24, GCVS SS Cyg)
03:13:28   SoftSuspend Called Soft Suspend is called due to Deteriorating Conditions (too few stars)
03:15:27       Focusing Failed Foc1 Focusing Failed - star is too dim (TCF-S)
03:20:16     Target Completed Target completed (12/24, GCVS SS Cyg)
03:20:18   Queue Paused Queue paused for SoftSuspend
03:20:20 Session Suspended Session suspended
03:21:09   Dome Closed Dome closed (closing time 49s)
03:33:46     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (13/24, WDS GRB 34) due to cloud
03:53:13     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (14/24, NGC 2782) due to cloud
04:11:35     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (15/24, UGC 6930) due to cloud
04:22:01     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (16/24, GCVS GK Per) due to cloud
04:31:07     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (17/24, GCVS CN Ori) due to cloud
04:41:46     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (18/24, GCVS RR Tau) due to cloud
04:54:27     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (19/24, Nova AT2020bfc) due to cloud
05:21:14     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (20/24, C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)) due to cloud
05:30:47     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (21/24, GCVS U Gem) due to cloud
05:42:04     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (22/24, GCVS DX Cnc) due to cloud
05:51:08     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (23/24, GCVS SY Cnc) due to cloud
06:11:19     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (24/24, LAMOST-HVS1) due to other condition
06:11:24   Queue Completed Job Queue completed
06:11:30 Session Closing Session closing
06:11:35   Dome Closed Dome already closed (closed at 03:21, closing time 49s)
06:12:47   Dome Parked Dome parked (parking time 71s), Az: 90.0 deg
06:13:41   Telescope Parked Telescope parked (parking time 48s)
06:14:11   Telescope Switched Off Telescope Power has been switched off via UPB Powerbox.
06:15:01   Services Stopped Night Services stopped
06:15:03 Session Housekeeping Housekeeping Started (Cleanup FITS, Create Fits Summary, Transfer Files)
06:15:20 Session Finished Session Finished
   
Session Alerts
Time     Alert Detail
23:48:18 Telescope Alert ASCOM Telescope not connnected
02:43:23 Dome Discrepency Difference between Telescope Az and Dome Az is > 8 deg (GCVS DY Per)

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