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Name: Luis Diaz
Crew: 285
Date: 11/02/2023
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: Helix Nebula and maybe others.
Images submitted with this report: Pleiades (M45)
Problems Encountered: –
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: –
Images submitted with this report: –
Problems Encountered: –
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Name: Luis Diaz
Crew: 285
Date: 11/01/2023
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: NGC 281 (Pacman nebula) and maybe others.
Images submitted with this report: Orion Nebula (M41)
Problems Encountered: Just the same problems with the "Mount error" and "Camera error"; however, Peter is helping me to fix it.
IMPORTANT!!!!!!!! : Out of the entire sequence of photographs of the 5 bands, I found an anomaly in one of the photographs of the green band where 3 bright points are visible in a 3-MINUTE exposure photograph. Due to the exposure time, it doesn’t seem to be a meteor or satellites. I hope that Mission Support can assist me in delving into this and finding a possible explanation. If further information is needed on this matter, please let me know. Attached is a comparison between a photograph similar to all the others where the 3 points are not visible and the particular photo I mentioned earlier.
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: –
Images submitted with this report: –
Problems Encountered: I couldn’t use the observatory due the clouds.
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Name: Luis Diaz
Crew: 285
Date: 10/30/2023
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested: MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: NGC6960
Images submitted with this report: Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
Problems Encountered:
– I’m unable to properly complete the photo capture due to errors such as ‘CAMERA ERROR’ and ‘MOUNT ERROR,’ resulting in very few hours of light accumulation for each target.
– I had to crop the square-format photo to the specified resolution of 800×600. In case you require the high-resolution size and format, please feel free to ask me for it.
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: –
Images submitted with this report: –
Problems Encountered: –
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Name: Jason Trump
Crew: 284
Date: Oct 23rd, 2023
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Sky Conditions: Partly cloudy
Wind Conditions: Medium
Observation Start Time: 12:30pm
Observation End Time: 2:30pm
Summary: Crew visual observations which identified a large prominence near 7 o’clock. Solar imaging followed.
Objects Viewed: Sun
Images Submitted With This Report: Sun 231023 Prominence
Problems Encountered: Camera was left attached to telescope at start of mission. Confusion using Sharp Cap program because software update has caused user interface to differ from Quick Guide.
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Crew 279 Astronomer Report 10April2023
Dear Mr Detterline and MDRS support,
Today, I’ve also used the ZWO camera to capture the sun’s chromosphere and prominence. I think that I managed to capture more details in the sun chromosphere. However, there were no big prominences and I struggled a bit to blend the two exposures (chromosphere + prominence). Maybe I could use more time on this step.
Pictures settings :
Chromosphere : Gain=50, Exposure= 0.014, Gamma=1
Prominence : Gain= 210, Exposure=0.014, Gamma= 100
Flat : Gain=50, Exposure=0.014, Gamma=1
Concerning the green and blue frames of M51, tonight I will lunch again those to complete my observation.
I also attached a picture of my stargazing yesterday night.
Here is my report :
Astronomy Report
Name: le Bussy Gwenaël
Crew: 279
Date: 10/04/23
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14 (MLC-RCOS16) MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M51
Images submitted with this report: /
Problems Encountered: /
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: Sun’s chromosphere and prominence
Images submitted with this report: Sun_23_04_10_chromosphere_and_prominence
Problems Encountered: blending exposure prominence+chromosphere
Best regards,
Gwen.
Astronomy Report
Name: Alexandre VINAS
Crew: 275
Date: 03/03/2023
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14 MDRS-WF
Objects Viewed: /
Problems Encountered: /
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: Sun 230303 sunspots
Problems Encountered: /
Astronomy Report
Name: Alexandre VINAS
Crew: 275
Date: 03/02/2023
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14 MDRS-WF
Objects Viewed: /
Problems Encountered: /
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: Sun 230302 sunspots
Problems Encountered: My prominence capture was not very satisfying. The surrounding of the Sun was not black but very bright (Does it depend on the hour of the day ? I made this photo at about 12:00 pm). There was no prominence during my observation so that was not a problem as I did not use the prominence capture for the photo, but I would like to understand why, in order to fix the problem for the next times.
Astronomy Report
Name: Alexandre VINAS
Crew: 275
Date: 02/28/2023
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14 MDRS-WF
Objects Viewed: /
Problems Encountered: /
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: Sunspot
Problems Encountered: Two attempts to observe the Sun. The first one, the sky was too cloudy. The second one, at the sunset, I could visually observe the Sun but I did not have time to take any pictures.
Astronomy Report
Name: Alexandre VINAS
Crew: 275
Date: 02/27/2023
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14 MDRS-WF
Objects Viewed: /
Problems Encountered: /
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: /
Problems Encountered: The dome has not been open because of the high winds. I only made a « solar alignment », and tested the camera and the equipment, in order to prepare the next solar observation day.
Astronomy Report
Name: Alexandre VINAS
Crew: 275
Date: 02/17/2023
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14 MDRS-WF
Objects Viewed: Asteroid Eos (see picture attached)
Problems Encountered: /
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: /
Problems Encountered: /
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