Date:
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Telescope:
CTIO 1.5-m
Submitter:
Jacqueline Seron
Submitter Email:
Observer Support:
None
Night Assistant:
Jackie Seron
Problems:
22:20 LT telescope's tracking lost.
5:55 UT I sent the telescope to a target to the north, dec +24 to the East, HA 2:10, within the limits (for this declination the table says HA limit is 2:29). However the telescope reached its limits. It took a while to get it out of the limits and then telescope’s pointing was lost, in total 30 minutes lost.
If I may suggest, it would be great to measure and have in hand the real limits of the telescope.
Program:
Target of Oportunity:
No
Time Observed:
0.0
Time Engineering:
0.0
Time lost technical:
0.5
Time lost weather:
9.5
Time lost other:
0.0
Primary Investigator:
Todd Henry
Email:
Institution:
SMARTS
Instrument:
CTIO 1.5m Echelle
Organization:
SMARTS
Total Program Time:
10
| Total Times | Time Observed | Time Engineering | Time lost technical | Time lost weather | Time lost other | Total Program Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 10 |
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Mostly clear night, just at the beginning cirrus towards horizon, very far.
DIMM didn’t work most of the night. So seeing values from RINGSS.
HD105004: I’m not sure about the pointing, please check, moonlight hid some stars in the field.
GAI1746+2439_gap : I shortened the exposure from 1200 to 900 seconds because there was no more time. Also in the finding chart from DSS it’s not clear which star is, please check. Thanks!