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.
| 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 |
Links
[1] mailto:thenry@astro.gsu.edu
[2] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/42244/delete?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-15-m-2023-03-11
[3] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/42244/edit?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-15-m-2023-03-11
[4] http://www.ctio.noao.edu/noao/field-collection/field-nr-prog/add/node/20137?destination=print/content/enr-ctio-15-m-2023-03-11
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!