Astronomy Report
Name: Amanda Manget
Crew: 208
Date: 01-APR-2019
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one): MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening:
Submitted March 27th: Pinwheel
Submitted April 1st: Crab Nebula, Whirlpool Galaxy, Dumbbell Nebula
Objects Already Imaged: Pinwheel with MDRS-14
Problems Encountered:
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A
Crew 207 Astronomy Report 25 Mar 2019
Crew Astronomer: Tom Baldwin
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: None
Objects Viewed:
Remote observatory used to image M 65. Image processing not yet complete.
Problems Encountered: None
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: None.
Observatory closed, and photos of telescope, Laptop, and Solar Astronomy box sent to Peter.
Problems Encountered: None.
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.
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