Crew 271 Sol 1 Astronomy Report 19-12-2022
Astronomy Report
Name: Cesare Guariniello
Crew: 271
Date: 12/19/2022
NOTE
Before the beginning of the mission, on December 18th, the crew astronomer, with remote guidance from the MDRS Chief Astronomer Peter Detterline, performed maintenance of the MDRS-14 telescope. The operations consisted in tightening the mounts of the filter wheel and the camera and cleaning the corrector plate with the use of optics cloth, compressed air, and a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and distilled water.
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M2, M74, (Mars, Jupiter quick shots)
Images submitted with this report: M1 (Crab nebula), M31 (Andromeda galaxy), NGC6946 (Fireworks galaxy)
Problems Encountered: 8 images out of 10 in blue filter of M31 were very misaligned with the rest of the blue, red, and green images (these misaligned images were just discarded)
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Not used