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| ======= Observational Run Logs for TMO ======== | ======= Observational Run Logs for TMO ======== |
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| | === SSP Time frame June 25th through July === |
| | ^ Date ^ Observer ^ Notes ^ Other ^ |
| | | 6-25-2024 | SSP TA (Zach in the background) | Cloudy / Lightening - Didn't open / no AAVSO | SSP calibration files | |
| | | 6-26-2024 | SSP TA (Zach in the background) | Cloudy / Lightening - Didn't open / no AAVSO| SSP calibration files | |
| | | 6-27-2024 | SSP TA (Zach in the background) | Cloudy / Lightening - Didn't open / no AAVSO | SSP calibration files | |
| | | 6-26-2024 | SSP TA (Zach in the background) | Cloudy / Lightening - Didn't open / no AAVSO | An error popped up that Zach had never seen before. When students were taking images with the camera, an error "No memory available on system". Despite TMO's computer still having ~350 GB of storage left. Zach restarted all the applications and this seemed to fix the issue. ACP in the past has seemed to have memory leakage issues if not restarted regularly. I suspect this might have been the case for tonight's issue. | |
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| | == June === |
| | ^ Date ^ Observer ^ Notes ^ Other ^ |
| | | 6-17-2024 | Zach | Perfect! Ran without any critical issues! | "Trailing" at >60 second exposures? Weather station said it was 'cloudy' despite being clear | |
| | | 6-18-2024 DAYTIME | Zach | Weather station against building, readjusted weather station | | |
| | | 6-18-2024 | Zach | Started it, after flats the weather station prompted "unknown" and thus triggered the unsafe weather station. About 5 mins later the weather station started reading 'clear' again (swapping between cloudy and clear). Zach was tired and just closed it down. This morning it seemed to read "clear." Checking the clarity logs, it looks like wind got up there in various part of the night. In the past, it seems like "unknown conditions" is triggered when the weather is at an extreme. | | |
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| | === ** April 13th thru June 17th** === |
| | **TMO Down for maintenance -> Dome issue and Power Supply Issue.** |
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| | === April === |
| | ^ Date ^ Observer ^ Notes ^ Other ^ |
| | | 4-1-2024 | Zach | Clouds / wind / dust | Rain and wind advisory. | |
| | | 4-12-2024 | Zach | Clear in evening - clouds in morning | Found dome at 3am stopped. Too cloudy to reopen. AAVSO said it ran for about ~200 mins. | |
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| | === March === |
| | ^ Date ^ Observer ^ Notes ^ Other ^ |
| | | 3-01-2024 | Zach | Didn't run | Concerns about camera connection | |
| | | 3-02-2024 | Zach | Didn't run | | |
| | | 3-02-2024 | Zach | Didn't run | | |
| | | 3-04-2024 | Zach | Didn't run | | |
| | | 3-05-2024 | Zach | Clouds | | |
| | | 3-06-2024 | Zach | DAY TIME | Updated TMO control computer -checked camera connection - the method I used to secure the head of the USB extender to the side of the tube didn't work. Tried to refasten it - will run it on a clear night to test this method. | |
| | | 3-07-2024 | Zach | Clouds / rain | | |
| | | 3-08-2024 | Zach | Clouds | | |
| | | 3-09-2024 | Zach | Clouds / wind | | |
| | | 3-10-2024 | Zach | Opened up | around 3am zach found a dome roation error - just closed down - was with dome slit in the west. AAVSO schedular said it ran for about 250 mins | |
| | | 3-11 to 3-28-2024 | Zach | Clouds / wind / not opened | Not opened | |
| | | 3-29-2024 | Zach | Clear | Opened - Stopped in middle of the night due to shutter error. Restarted around 3am. Got ~350 mins of data according to AAVSO scheduler report. Seems like there is 'trailing' present in exposures greater than 60 seconds. | |
| | | 3-30-2024 | Zach | Clouds / wind | Dust warning | |
| | | 3-31-2024 | Zach | Clouds / wind | Dust warning | |
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| === Feb === | === Feb === |
| | 2-16-2024 | Zach | DAY TIME MAINTENICE LOG | Updated TMO Desktop. Reconnected camera USB. Pulled cable out of metal housing and provided as much slack as possible. | | | 2-16-2024 | Zach | DAY TIME MAINTENICE LOG | Updated TMO Desktop. Reconnected camera USB. Pulled cable out of metal housing and provided as much slack as possible. | |
| | 2-17-2024 | Zach | Presence of dark / grey clouds - rather cloudy and windy, keeping closed for the night| | | | 2-17-2024 | Zach | Presence of dark / grey clouds - rather cloudy and windy, keeping closed for the night| | |
| | 2-18-2024 | Zach | Opened - seemed to have quite a few issues with the dome. | Opened. It seemed to run for a couple hours till I stoped monioring it around 9pm. When I found it at 3:30am, it had an ACP run time error due to a hardware error (dome / shutter error). Restarted it at 3:30am. At 4:45am there was another dome / shutter error (in same location near scoop's park)When i tol the dome to go 'home', when it was about 4/5 th's done, it gave a shutter error and stopped (near dome's park position). Tried to go 'home' again and immediately gave an error for the shutter. Leaving closed for now. AAVSO reported 399 mins observed. | | | 2-18-2024 | Zach | Opened - seemed to have quite a few issues with the dome. | Opened. It seemed to run for a couple hours till I stoped monioring it around 9pm. When I found it at 3:30am, it had an ACP run time error due to a hardware error (dome / shutter error). Restarted it at 3:30am. At 4:45am there was another dome / shutter error (in same location near scoop's park) When i told the dome to go 'home', when it was about 4/5 th's done, it gave a shutter error and stopped (near dome's park position). Tried to go 'home' again and immediately gave an error for the shutter. Leaving closed for now. AAVSO reported 399 mins observed. | |
| | 2-18-2024 | Silvis | Looking at issue of no flats for "open" | | | | 2-18-2024 | Silvis | Looking at issue of no flats for "open" | | |
| | 2-19-2024 | Zach | Looks to be cloudy for tonight| | | | 2-19-2024 | Zach | Looks to be cloudy for tonight| | |
| | | 2-20-2024 | Zach | looks clear, opened at ~6pm. | Stopped monitoring at 8pm. Found desktop at log-in screen around 2:45am (unsure of why it shut down - reliability monitor just showed vnc server had an issue?) Reopening at 3am. Scope was below horizon limit. Checked at 4am I found that ACP had stopped due to ""HARDWARE OR DRIVER ERROR Source: MaxDome.Dome.1. Bad rotation sensor or stalled motor. This is not an ACP problem" Dome was open. Leaving closed for the night since I suspect there are checks that need to be done - going up to TMO tomorrow to check. | |
| | | 2-21-2024 | Zach | DAYTIME | Maintenance - the wheel was not making firm contact with the track (especially when the dome slit was in the west). Zach tightened the screw which increases tension with the track. | |
| | | 2-21-2024 | Zach | NIGHT TIME - Clear | Was clear - ACP ran the schedular without any issues! AAVSO scheduler reported 451 mins. | |
| | | 2-22-2024 | Zach | Clear - opened up. | Around 3am I found ACP thinking there was a shutter error - however ACP had reported a 'stalled motor' or similar. Once I closed the slit and reopened it - I was able to restart ACP fine. According to AAVSO Scheduler report, it ran for ~440 mins. last night. | |
| | | 2-23-2024 | Zach | Opened late due to public night - ran without issues | Ran for 410 mins according to AAVSO Scheduler. | |
| | | 2-24-2024 | Zach | Clouds | | |
| | | 2-25-2024 | Zach | Clouds | | |
| | | 2-26-2024 | Zach | Clouds | | |
| | | 2-27-2024 | Zach | Clouds and winds | Added open filter flats to /Users/admin/Documents/ACP Astronomy/Plans/SchedulerDawnFlats as per Arne's request. Looks to be cloudy tonight and Wed night. | |
| | | 2-28-2024 | Zach | Clouds | | |
| | | 2-29-2024 | Zach | Should clear up - turned on dispatcher at 5pm - will monitor after in person Campus Obs. | | |
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