Astronomy Report
Name: Dylan Dilger
Crew: 236
Date: 12/29/2021
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one): Montana Learning Center
Objects Viewed: IC434 (Horsehead Nebula), M95, M96, NGC2244 (Rosette Nebula), M51, M42, M78, Almach
Problems Encountered: None
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: None
Problems Encountered: None
Astronomy Report
Name: Dylan Dilger
Crew: 236
Date: 12/24/2021
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) Montana Learning Center
Objects Viewed: M35, IC434 (Horsehead Nebula), M95, M96, NGC2244 (Rosette Nebula)
Problems Encountered: Observatory live view showed clear skies when observation requests were submitted and about 1/4 cloudy skies confined to the horizon 2 hours later. Looking at the sample JPG of all observations shows no stars and no detail, so clouds likely interfered with all observations. On Skynet, it said the weather was good, but I don’t think it’s very all-encompassing or sensitive.
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: None
Problems Encountered: None
Crew 236 Astronomy Report 23 Dec 2021
Crew Astronomer:
Name: Dylan Dilger
Crew: 236
Date: 12/23/2021
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: Montana Learning Center
Objects Viewed: None, but processed M37 images taken 2 days ago
Problems Encountered: The same steady wind that affected the Crab nebula images taken the same night elongated the stars
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: None
Problems Encountered: Still troubleshooting observatory dome controls, communicating with Astronomy Team about this.
Crew 236 Astronomy Report Dec 22 2021
Name: Dylan Dilger
Crew: 236
Date: 12/22/2021
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: Montana Learning Center
Objects Viewed: NGC 2244 (Rosette Nebula), also enhanced the M1 crab nebula picture from yesterday now that Lum and Halpha data files have been downloaded. This picture is attached.
Problems Encountered: Is there any update on the MDRS observatory?
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: None
Problems Encountered: Still troubleshooting observatory dome controls, communicating with Astronomy Team about this.
Crew 223 Astronomy Report Mar 13 2020
Name: Florian Delpech
Crew: 223
Date: 3/13/2020
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: N/A because of the bad weather
Images submitted with this report: 1 picture of the California nebula to celebrate our come back on Earth! It was a pleasure working with you, thanks a lot for this opportunity!
Problems Encountered: N/A
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: N/A
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
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Crew 223 Astronomy Report Mar 12 2020
Name: Florian Delpech
Crew: 223
Date: 3/12/2020
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: NGC 4254 ; M100 ; NGC 6503 ;NGC 5248 ; NGC 4038 ; GC 3521. This is part of the research project
Images submitted with this report: 3 pictures of galaxies (NGC2403 ; NGC3344 and NGC 3368)
Problems Encountered: For some observations, one, two or three WCS registration failed. As a consequence, I cannot process the alignement of the pictures with AstroImageJ. Is there another way to align them?
I also don’t have credits anymore on my Skynet account. Would it be possible to have more in order to finish my research project?
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: N/A
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
Crew 223 Astronomy Report Mar 11 2020
Name: Florian Delpech
Crew: 223
Date: 3/11/2020
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: NGC 1961, NGC 4490, NGC 3368, NGC 3115, NGC 2403, NGC 4618, NGC 4559, NGC 3521, NGC 4569, NGC 4725, NGC 3675. This is part of the research project.
Images submitted with this report: 1 picture of NGC 3031
Problems Encountered: N/A
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: Maybe a small sunspot or a large granule. I only could observe it a few seconds with the camera before clouds hide the sun so I don’t have image to submit.
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
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Crew 223 Astronomy Report Mar 10 2020
Name: Florian Delpech
Crew: 223
Date: 3/10/2020
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: NGC 4621 ; NGC 2655 ; NGC 3032 ; NGC 3344 ; NGC 4450 ; NGC 2775 ; NGC 4449 ; NGC 4254 ; NGC 4125 ; NGC 3338 ; NGC 2683 ; NGC 6503 ; NGC 5248 ; NGC 4038 ; IC 342 ; M100. Let’s back to the research project aimed at tacking supernovae!
Images submitted with this report: 1 picture of the cluster M35 and 1 picture of the galaxie NGC 2403
Problems Encountered: N/A
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: N/A
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
Crew 223 Astronomy Report Mar 08 2020
Name: Florian Delpech
Crew: 223
Date: 3/8/2020
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: IC1805; M35; NGC 2237 with little hope due to the weather
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: For the observations of yesterday, all WCS registration failed.
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: N/A
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
Crew 223 Astronomy Report Mar 07 2020
Name: Florian Delpech
Crew: 223
Date: 3/7/2020
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: 6 galaxies for the research project
(2 that were not taken well and 4 that were forgotten yesterday): NGC
4621 ; NGC 5047 ; NGC 2655 ; NGC 3031 ; NGC 3344 ; NGC 4450
Images submitted with this report: A picture of M106 for the
astrophotography project.
Problems Encountered: For NGC 4621 two WCS files were missing and for
NGC 5047 just one.
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: N/A
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
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