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
Crew 223 Astronomy Report Mar 06 2020 Name: Florian Delpech Crew: 223 Date: 3/6/2020 MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14 Objects to be Imaged this Evening: The last 6 galaxies for the research project: NGC 4579 ; NGC 4636 ; NGC 4621 ; NGC 4666 ; NGC 5047 ; NGC 3992. I am happy to see that I am lucky with the weather! Images submitted with this report: 4 very different galaxies where supernovae could maybe be fine (they have to be compared to the reference image and the ones taken during Eishi's mission). I am impressed to see how diverse the galaxies are! Problems Encountered: The calibration file MDRS14_mfalt_V is missing, I used an older one MUSK OBSERVATORY Solar Features Observed: N/A Images submitted with this report: N/A Problems Encountered: N/A
Crew 223 Astronomy Report Mar 05 2020
Name: Florian Delpech
Crew: 223
Date: 3/5/2020
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: NGC 1961 ; NGC 4490 ; NGC 4450 ; 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 aiming at
observing about 30 galaxies per week to try to find a supernovae.
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: Granules
Images submitted with this report: A picture of the Sun
Problems Encountered: N/A
Crew 223 Astronomy Report Mar 04 2020
Name: Florian Delpech
Crew: 223
Date: 3/4/2020
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: Same as yesterday : IC 342 ; NGC 2775; NGC 4449 ; NGC 4254 ; NGC 4125 ; NGC 3338 ; NGC 2683 ; M100 ; NGC 6503; NGC 5248 ; NGC 4038. This is part of the research project aiming at observing about 30 galaxies per week to try to find a supernovae.
Images submitted with this report: A picture of M81.
Problems Encountered: When I wanted to calibrate images with AstroImageJ for M81 and IC1805, I used calibration files (MDRS-WF_mbias, MDRS-WF_mdark, etc.) taken from Skynet on March, 3rd. However, when I launched CCD Data Processor, the following error message appeared : "Fileinfo parameter error. Offset + image size > file length".
To solve the problem, I took calibration files from a previous observation (a week ago) and it worked. So maybe the calibration files from yesterday were too heavy.
Also, I don’t know if it is linked but the image with Halpha filter for both objects was very noised and so unusable.
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: N/A
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
Crew 223 Astronomy Report Mar 03 2020
Name: Florian Delpech
Crew: 223
Date: 3/3/2020
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: IC 342 ; NGC 2775 ; NGC 4449 ; NGC
4254 ; NGC 4125 ; NGC 3338 ; NGC 2683 ; M100 ; NGC 6503 ; NGC 5248 ; NGC
4038. This is part of the research project aiming at observing about 30
galaxies per week to try to find a supernovae.
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: I took some images of the Sun following the
Quick guide. I did not observe any particular feature.
Images submitted with this report: A picture of the Sun
Problems Encountered: When I follow the Quick Guide, it seems that using
the different knobs should lead to see granules on the surface of the
Sun. However, I just see a quite smooth grey surface. Do I have to
adjust something?
Crew 223 Astronomy Report Mar 02 2020
Name: Florian Delpech
Crew: 223
Date: 3/2/2020
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M81, M106, NGC2403, NGC6946, IC1805. This is part of the astrophotography project
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: I used for the first time the observatory today following the quick guide. I tried to observe visually some solar features but I did not notice any special phenomenon.
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
Crew 222 Astronomy Report 28 Feb 2020
Crew Astronomer: Eishi Kim
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: Back to the research project, the
following targets are in the queue despite a cloudy sky: NGC 1961, NGC
925, NGC 4490, NGC 3368, NGC 3115, NGC 598, IC 342, NGC 5248, NGC 4038,
NGC 6503, NGC 2403.
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: N/A
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
Astronomy Report
Name: Eishi Kim
Crew: 222
Date: 2/27/2020
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: The pending observation of M43 should
be completed tonight.
Images submitted with this report: The final image of M51 was rendered
today and is attached to this report.
Problems Encountered: The red filter seems to be particularly affected
by the bad pixels issue. However, this has been mitigated so far by
using the Dust&scratches tool in Photoshop.
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: The observatory was used today for solar
imaging, but no interesting feature is to be reported.
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None
Astronomy Report
Name: Eishi Kim
Crew: 222
Date: 2/26/2020
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M34, M43 and M51 will be imaged as part of the astrophotography project.
Images submitted with this report: You will find the final images of M45 and NGC 281 as attachments.
Problems Encountered: None
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: Visual observation was done today with crewmates, but no interesting feature is to be reported.
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None
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