David's Astronomy Pages Notes - Session 970 (2022-02-12)

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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 (0),  Small Defects (1),  Continuous Improvement (3)
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Session Aims & Highlights (2022-02-12)

Main aims

1. Targets.  Acquire images of a selection of variable stars, nearby stars, comets & deep sky targets as allowed by time & conditions.
2. AstroMain.  Check bug fixes associated with AstroMain 3.49.4

Equipment & Software

• 12" LX200 and ST-10XME
• 80mm APO and ZWO ASI 178MC
• CCDApp2, TheSky6, CCDSoft5, DeviceHub 6.5.1.9,  MeadeGeneric 1.3.3.373, UPB 1.5, ASCOM 6.5 SP1
• Pegasus UPB & Motor Focus, TCF-S
• SharpCap 3.2, PHD2  2.6.10
   
• AstroMain 3.49.4,  AstroPlan 1.29.9,   AstroShCap 1.3.12, AstroGuard 1.6.3
  AstroVOE 1.9.2  AstroSN 1.7.3,  AstroProtect 1.6
  (AstroWeather 1.15.3, AstroAllSky 3.14.6,  AstroObsCam 1.8, AstroLaunch 1.8.2)

Highlights

•  Targets.  x targets acquired.
•  Sky Condition.  Conditions generally clear for the whole night. Whilst passing cloud , cloud near horizons affected some images/some targets, the dome remained open the whole night and all targets were recorded as 'Completed'.
•  Obs.Monitor.  No problems with Obs.Monitor freezing in the S969 session (It had been concerning that the last two sessions have without apparent reason seen the ObsMonitor loop freezing in the section 'Monitor TheSky6 Scope' for periods of 37s (S967) and 4.5mins (S968) )

Notes:

• Aurora activity observed from 2022-02-10 23:10 UT and 2022-02-11 03:25 UT.  See Aurora Images/Video from 2022-02-10
  
  

  Summary Plots & Logs

Observing Plan

Observing Result

Dome & Scope Slewing Performance

Slew/Centering Performance

Guiding Performance Reasons for poor Dec guiding : Black point (4) - Cloud / lost star during Frame 2

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)

Actual Weather vs Pre-Session Weather Forecast

Session Event Log

Time     Event Detail 20:17:15 Session Monitoring AutoStart monitoring for Live Session opportunity between 20:17 & 05:36 20:17:19 Session AutoStarting Session autostarting (20:17) 20:17:47 Session Created Live Session Created (2022-02-12 S00970, ImageSaveNum: 970001) 20:17:50   Scope Switched On Telescope Power has been switched on via UPB Powerbox. 20:19:31   Services Started Observatory Services started 20:19:37 Observatory (Auto) Observatory placed in Fully-Automated Mode 20:19:39 Session Pending Session pending (2022-02-12) 20:19:41 Session Initiating Session initiating (2022-02-12) 20:19:43   Plan Requested Observing Plan requested from AstroPlan (1.29.9) 20:20:26   Plan Loaded Observing Plan loaded to queue (, Plan ID: 728) 20:20:49   Camera1 Connected SBIG Camera Connected (set point -20°C) 20:20:56   Telescope Connected Telescope Connected (TheSky6) 20:21:20 Session Equilibration Session ready for dome & camera equilibration 20:22:05   Dome Opened Dome opened (opening time 45s) 20:22:45 Session Running Session running 20:22:48   Queue Started Observing Queue started (33 targets selected) 20:22:51     Target Started (NrZen) Target started (Focus Field 6, HIP 28634) 20:24:32       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 20:27:43       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 1, wide) 20:29:49       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 1) 20:30:14       Focusing Started-Foc2 Foc2 Focusing Started (Secondary Scope, using ShCap) 20:32:25       Focusing Completed Foc2 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 2, wide) 20:34:13       Focusing Completed Foc2 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 2) 20:34:31     Target Completed Target completed (Focus Field 6, HIP 28634) 20:34:47     Target Started (1/33) Target started (1/33, UGC 522 w/SN2022bqt) 20:38:16       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 20:40:42       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 3) 20:56:50     Target Completed Target completed (1/33, UGC 522 w/SN2022bqt) 20:56:54     Target Started (2/33) Target started (2/33, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko) 21:00:32       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 21:02:53       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 4) 21:05:56   SoftSuspend Called Soft Suspend is called due to Deteriorating Conditions (too few stars) 21:16:21     Target Completed Target completed (2/33, 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko) 21:16:23   Queue Paused Queue paused for Session Suspension 21:16:25 Session Suspended Session suspended 21:17:07   Dome Closed Dome closed (closing time 45s) 21:34:18     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (3/33, NGC 2922 w/SN2022bdu) due to cloud 21:50:18     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (4/33, Nova Cas 2021) due to cloud 22:10:03     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (5/33, UGC 6014 w/AT2022bil) due to cloud 22:32:03     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (6/33, NGC 3628 w/AT2022brm) due to cloud 22:46:05     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (7/33, GCVS RR Leo) due to cloud 23:05:50     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (8/33, IC 635 w/AT2022bqu) due to cloud 23:27:50     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (9/33, NGC 5117 w/SN2022abq) due to cloud 23:49:50     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (10/33, NGC 1233 w/SN2022bqi) due to cloud 00:01:52     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (11/33, GCVS GK Per) due to too few stars 00:12:33 Session Resuming Session resuming 00:13:18   Dome Opened Dome opened (opening time 45s) 00:13:20 Session Running Session running 00:13:22   Queue Resumed Observing Queue resumed 00:13:25     Target Started (12/33) Target started (12/33, NGC 4348 w/SN2022fw) 00:27:06     Target Completed Target partially completed (12/33, NGC 4348 w/SN2022fw) 00:27:10     Target Started (13/33) Target started (13/33, SN 2022bvh) 00:30:34       Focusing Skipped Foc1 focusing skipped - star is lost (TCF-S) 00:34:56   SoftSuspend Called Soft Suspend is called due to Deteriorating Conditions (too few stars) 00:37:06   SoftSuspend Cancelled Soft Suspend is cancelled due to improved conditions 00:47:13     Target Completed Target completed (13/33, SN 2022bvh) 00:47:17     Target Started (14/33) Target started (14/33, AT2021kmb) 00:50:15       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 00:52:13       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 5) 01:08:11     Target Completed Target completed (14/33, AT2021kmb) 01:08:15     Target Started (15/33) Target started (15/33, M61 w/AT2021ilb) 01:11:30       Focusing Skipped Foc1 focusing skipped - star is too dim (TCF-S) 01:27:22     Target Completed Target completed (15/33, M61 w/AT2021ilb) 01:30:11     Target Started (16/33) Target started (16/33, 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann) 01:34:09       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 01:36:22       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 6) 01:42:09     Target Completed Target completed (16/33, 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann) 01:42:13     Target Started (17/33) Target started (17/33, 100P/Hartley) 01:45:49       Focusing Skipped Foc1 focusing skipped - star is lost (TCF-S) 01:51:40     Target Completed Target completed (17/33, 100P/Hartley) 01:54:11     Target Started (18/33) Target started (18/33, GCVS AM CVn) 01:56:54       Focusing Started-Foc1 Foc1 Focusing Started (TCF-S) 01:58:52       Focusing Completed Foc1 AutoFocus Completed (Profile No 7) 02:01:55     Target Completed Target completed (18/33, GCVS AM CVn) 02:03:32     Target Started (19/33) Target started (19/33, NGC 4774 w/AT2021cjd) 02:07:03   SoftSuspend Called Soft Suspend is called due to Deteriorating Conditions (too few stars) 02:08:21       Focusing Skipped Foc1 focusing skipped - unable to find a star (TCF-S) 02:25:22     Target Completed Target completed (19/33, NGC 4774 w/AT2021cjd) 02:25:24   Queue Paused Queue paused for Session Suspension 02:25:27 Session Suspended Session suspended 02:26:10   Dome Closed Dome closed (closing time 45s) 02:44:28     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (20/33, MCG +6-30-84 w/SN2021K) due to cloud 03:06:28     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (21/33, LEDA 1614458 w/AT2022ed) due to cloud 03:18:30     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (22/33, GCVS R CrB) due to cloud 03:37:45     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (23/33, NGC 6184 w/SN2021wkv) due to cloud 03:59:45     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (24/33, UGCA 258 w/SN2022mm) due to cloud 04:21:45     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (25/33, NGC 4227 w/SN2021biz) due to cloud 04:40:46     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (26/33, GCVS SS Cyg) due to cloud 04:50:07     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (27/33, GCVS BL Lac) due to cloud 05:10:07     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (28/33, UGC 10566 w/SN2022aab) due to cloud 05:26:15     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (29/33, C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)) due to cloud 05:38:00     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (30/33, AT2021agpw (CV)) due to cloud 05:50:00     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (31/33, AT2022jw (CV)) due to cloud 06:00:12     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (32/33, GCVS SS Her) due to cloud 06:18:00     Target Cancelled Target cancelled (33/33, HIP 87937) due to too few stars 06:18:05   Queue Completed Job Queue completed 06:18:08 Session Closing Session closing 06:18:13   Dome Closed Dome already closed (closed at 02:26, closing time 45s) 06:18:54   Dome Parked Dome parked (parking time 32s), Az: 90.0 deg 06:20:11   Telescope Parked Telescope parked (parking time 71s) 06:20:26   Telescope State Scope parked Turn scope off. (Handbox) 06:20:48   Telescope Switched Off Telescope Power has been switched off via UPB Switch. 06:21:40   Services Stopped Night Services stopped 06:21:42 Session Housekeeping Housekeeping Started (Cleanup FITS, Create Fits Summary, Transfer Files) 06:21:49 Session Finished Session Finished

Session Alerts

Time     Alert Detail -- No Alerts                --

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Operational Issues (2022-02-12, S970)

• Critical Issues (0)
• Major Issues (0)
• Minor Issues (0)
• Small Defects (1)
• Continuous Improvement (3)

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Critical Issues

• None

Major Issues

• None

Minor Issues

• None

Small Defects

• When re-linking Image in Analysis/ImageSets the Target & Centre XY coords should be updated on the Images sub-tab.  At present the XY coords are only updated when an Image bitmap is imported or the legacy  'Mid' button is pressed. 
  Fixed 2022-02-14 (AstroMain 3.49.5)

• When calling Aladin or AstroImageTool, bring the relevant application to the front if it is already running.  At present the application only comes to front if the application isn't open and is being newly started. 
  Done 2022-02-14 (AstroMain 3.49.5)
   
• Target coordinates should be copied to clipboard when clicking Aladin button and the target type is 'Comet' .
  Done  2022-02-14 (AstroMain 3.49.5)
   
• Make further streamlining of buttons on Analysis/ImageSets/Reduced tab
  Done  2022-02-14 (AstroMain 3.49.5)

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