[category astronomy-report]
Astronomy Report
Name: Léa BOURGELY
Crew: 293
Date: 03/06/2024
SOLAR OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: MLC-RCOS16
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: None
Images submitted with this report: Sunspots
Additional Notes:
The lower part of the dome was stuck.
[category astronomy-report]
Astronomy Report
Name: Léa Bourgély
Crew: 293
Date: 07/03/2024
MDRS SOLAR OBSERVATORY
Telescope Requested: Solar Observatory
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: None
Images submitted with this report: None
Additional Notes:
1. I spent the morning in the solar observatory : the upper dome opened completely, I was able to observe.
2. I took many pictures of sunspots, I am working on them to see how to stack them.
3. I am improving my code : I prepared a MatLab code to follow sunspots precisely and get their velocity, but I need to change many things because I don’t have a full image of the Sun. It’s a lot of mathematical work, but it is improving.
4. I tried to process NGC3587 using AstroImageJ but there were many issues with the WCS for the stacking. Any idea of how to solve that ?
[category astronomy-report]
Astronomy Report
Name: Léa Bourgély
Crew: 293
Date: 08/03/2024
MDRS SOLAR OBSERVATORY
Telescope Requested: Solar Observatory
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: None
Images submitted with this report: None
Additional Notes:
1. The lower part of the shutter is stuck. We have oriented it away from the wind and taped a big tarp on it to prevent sand from entering. The telescope is covered with its aluminium tarp, and closed. Everything is turned off.
[category astronomy-report]
Astronomy Report
Name: Léa BOURGELY
Crew: 293
Date: 03/02/2024
MLC-RCOS16
Robotic Telescope Requested: MLC-RCOS16
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: NGC2268 and NGC2525
Images submitted with this report: Example of wrongly stacked NGC2525
Additional Notes:
I tried to process the images but it seems like there are calibration issues with the star tracking : I am not able to stack them with the WCS. I sent an e-mail to ask Peter about it.
[category astronomy-report]
Astronomy Report
Name: Léa BOURGELY
Crew: 293
Date: 03/05/2024
MLC-RCOS16
Robotic Telescope Requested: MLC-RCOS16
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: NGC3597, NGC1952, Orion Nebula
Images submitted with this report: M42
Additional Notes:
First try in processing, I am not sure that the colors are right, and it is a bit blurry.
[category astronomy-report]
Astronomy Report
Name: Léa Bourgély
Crew: 293
Date: 22/02/2024
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: MDRS WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: NGC 2268
Images submitted with this report: None
Additional Notes:
It was a first try just to run a test. The settings are wrong and the image is not exploitable.
[category astronomy-report]
Astronomy Report
Name: Aditya Krishna Karigiri Madhusudan
Crew: 292
Date: 13/02/2024
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: None
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: None
Images submitted with this report: NGC 1952 Crab Nebula captured with MDRS WF
Additional Notes:
1. Skynet shows that the MDRS WF telescope’s dome is open and is down with a camera error. Should I visually go and check if the dome is open?
2. I did the photometric observation of AG DRA in BVR filters on February 10th and as you suggested submitted the observations of NGC 1952 and M51 in RCOS 16 with LRGBHalpha filters. But When I checked the data of all three observations, they were not proper and were as follows in all filters. Can you please help me with this? Should I repeat my observations? Did I miss something while setting the observation? Feel free to log into my account and check the submission. It’s the same username and password as I sent you before!
[category astronomy-report]
Astronomy Report
Name: Aditya Krishna Karigiri Madhusudan
Crew: 292
Date: 12/02/2024
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: MDRS WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: NGC 1952 Crab Nebula
Images submitted with this report: M51 Whirlpool galaxy
Additional Notes:
1. Skynet shows MDRS WF telescope is down with a camera error.
2. Kindly provide your feedback on the attached image. I know the galaxy is too far (30 million light years) to image, so not many details of the galaxy are visible. I just wanted to try out and experiment with the telescope.
3. I think the image with the luminous filter is overexposed. Please find the final image with the luminous layer attached below. Some details of the galaxy are not visible with this layer added.
[category
astronomy-report]
Name: Aditya Krishna Karigiri Madhusudan
Crew: 292
Date: 08/02/2024
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
Images submitted with this report: NGC 5904 Globular Cluster.
Problems Encountered:
1. Only a single bias calibration frame was generated in Skynet. No dark and flat calibration frames for the filter were generated.
2. The images were initially calibrated using the single bias calibration frame, aligned, and stacked using AstroImageJ. Later they were processed and stacked once again into a color image using Photoshop. MDRS astronomy laptop was used to carry out the analysis. However, I could not find the camera raw option in the filter menu. As a result, I could not make fine adjustments to the image.
3. The images obtained through the luminous filter seem to be more noisy. The final image with and without the luminous layer is attached to this email. Maybe due to the lack of calibration frames?
[category
astronomy-report]
Name: Aditya Krishna Karigiri Madhusudan
Crew: 292
Date: 09/02/2024
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: RCOS 16
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: AG DRA
Images submitted with this report: None
Additional Notes:
1. Further photometric observations on AG DRA with BVR filter are planned to be submitted tonight.
2. Skynet shows the RCOS 16 telescope is down with a camera error.
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