Category: Astronomy Report

Name: Tom Baldwin

Crew: 207

Date: 24-MAR-2019

No activity in the solar observatory, nor in the remote observatory.

Problems encountered : None.

Astronomy Report

Name: Tom Baldwin

Crew: 207

Date: 23-MAR-2019

No solar observations due to cloud cover.

Processed MDRS remote observatory capture of Messier 81.

Astronomy Report

Name: Tom Baldwin

Crew: 207

Date: 23-MAR-2019

No solar observations due to cloud cover.

Processed MDRS remote observatory capture of Messier 81.

Name: Tom Baldwin

Crew: 207

Date: 18-MAR-2019

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY

Robotic Telescope Requested MDRS-WF

Objects Viewed: Hersehend Nebula

Problems Encountered: Working on completing image from Crab Nebula. For some reason, using AstriImage, the calibration for each group of filter selections were processed at the 16 bit level. The Luminosity group, though set for 16 bit, ends up being processed at 32, though set at 16. I’ll try again, and either set all to 32, or delete the Luminosity filter PNG.

MUSK OBSERVATORY : Viewed Sun through eyepiece.

Solar Features Observed: Sun

Problems Encountered: When the camera was installed and the ICap program opened, the following message was displayed: “The device “Skyrus 236M, (30614267} is in live mode, but does not seem to deliver images. Try to choose a different video format, or try reconnecting your device in the computer.”

The computer was shut down, the camera was reconnected, the computer was restarted, and the ICap program was restarted. The following message was displayed: Live mode could not be started. Please make sure no other program uses the device and that there is enough bandwidth on your firewire available. When “OKAY” was selected, a window appeared with the following: “Skyrus 236M (30614217}

VIDEO FORM -NA

VIDEO FORMAT RGB 4 (640/968)

INPUT CHANNEL -NA

FRAME RATE: 112.5

A different VIDEO FORMAT was selected, but a similar fault window was displayed.

Following another telescope alignment, reconnection of the camera, and another restart of both the computer and ICap program, a fuzzy grey picture was displayed. Selection of the DEVCE TAB, then PROPERTIES, in order to adjust theexposure and the gaindid not change the picture.

Astronomy Report

Name: Tom Baldwin

Crew: 207

Date: 22-MAR-2019

No solar observations due to cloud cover.

Requesting remote observatory WF capture of PGS 25915.

Astronomy Report

Name: Tom Baldwin

Crew: 207

Date: 20-MAR-2019

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY

Robotic Telescope MDRS-WF: processed images of Horsehead Nebula, (attached)

Objects Viewed: none

Problems Encountered: none

MUSK OBSERVATORY : Viewed Sun through eyepiece and camera

Solar Features Observed: Sun

Problems Encountered: none

Captures to be processed

Astronomy Report

Name: Tom Baldwin

Crew: 207

Date: 19-MAR-2019

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY

Robotic Telescope MDRS-WF: downloaded captured images of Horsehead Nebula

Objects Viewed: Horsehead Nebula

Problems Encountered: none

Processed Crab Nebula photo, attached JPEG

MUSK OBSERVATORY : Viewed Sun through eyepiece and camera

Solar Features Observed: Sun

Problems Encountered: Captured images did not download into Solar Image folder. Steps listed on pages 21 through 23 followed.

Astronomy Report

Name: Tom Baldwin

Crew: 207

Date: 17-MAR-2019

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY

Robotic Telescope Requested MDRS-WF

Objects Viewed: Crab Nebula

Problems Encountered:

MUSK OBSERVATORY Dry run on set-up only

Solar Features Observed: none

Problems Encountered: Power bar was intermittent. Seems normal now. Mentioned to David Mateus.

Astronomy Report, Sol 20

Name: Aurélien Mure

Crew: 206
Date: 03/16/2019

ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY

Object observed: M81 and M82, seems to be really good, but not enough time to process it.

Telescope requested: MDRS WF for Tom, 207 astronomer

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Astronomy Report, Sol 19

Name: Aurélien Mure

Crew: 206
Date: 03/15/2019

MUSK OBSERVATORY

Closing procedures done

Problem encountered : None

ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY

Object observed : Various Messier objects, including:

M100
M98
M104
M81
M66
M51
M101
M65
M82

Problems encountered : Clouds on most of the images, low exposure for
other ones, I will use MDRS WF and 14 tonight.