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'''What do (d) and (e) refer to? Where are (a)-(c)?  Are there illustrations that go here?--[[User:Weehler|Weehler]] 05:37, 3 August 2007 (PDT)'''
 
  
'''Are electrons involved in fusion?--[[User:Weehler|Weehler]] 05:48, 3 August 2007 (PDT)'''
 
 
== Meeting from 10/9/2007 at Oil City High School ==
 
 
We are going to get started monitoring our brighter T-Tauri candidates and generating light curves for them in the R and I band.
 
 
I (S. Weiser) have selecetd two targets to monitor:
 
 
SSTiau Name is 050511.5-064346, RA = 5h 5m 11.6s, DEC = -6d 43m 46.9s, Rmag = 15.3
 
 
SSTiau Name is 050517.4-063734, RA = 5h 5m 17.5s, DEC = -6d 37m 34.3s, Rmag = 16.7
 
 
Estimated exposure time - 180sec
 
 
Using http://heavens-above.com and The Sky planetarium software I've estimated we will want to be on the telescope in Perth Australia sometime between 3:00 PM and 5:00 PM EST throughout October and November.  Does everyone else agree?
 
 
Using the New Mexico Sky telescope (near El Paso, Texas), we will need to be on the telescope between 6:00 AM and 7:30 AM EST.  Does everyone agree?
 
 
== Meeting 10/17/07 At OCHS ==
 
 
 
These are the Targets I have chosen to monitor.-Nick_
 
 
SSTiau Name is 050730.1-061015, RA=05:07:30.2 DEC= -06:10:15.9
 
 
SSTiau Name is 050730.6-061059, RA=05:07:30.6 DEC= -06:10:59.7
 
 
Exposure time of 180secs, Viewing time from Oil City 2:00pm-5:00pm Est, will be using the Perth Telescope.
 
 
== Telescope Time Reserved ==
 
 
FROM Tim Spuck
 
 
Sandy, I agree with you about the times for Perth and New Mexico Skies.  I've reserved the following time in Perth.  We can get time on New Mexico Skies as well from the folks at NOAO.  Thanks, Mr. Spuck
 
 
October 22      18:00 UT – 20:00 UT
 
 
October 23      18:00 UT – 20:00 UT
 
 
October 24      18:00 UT – 20:00 UT
 
 
October 25      18:00 UT – 20:00 UT
 
 
October 26      18:00 UT – 20:00 UT
 
 
October 27      18:00 UT – 20:00 UT
 
 
October 28      18:00 UT – 20:00 UT
 
 
October 29      18:00 UT – 20:00 UT
 
 
October 30      18:00 UT – 20:00 UT
 
 
October 31      18:00 UT – 20:00 UT
 
 
November 1    17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 2    17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 3    17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 4    17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 5    17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 6    17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 7    17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 8    17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 9    17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 10  17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 11  17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 12  17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 13  17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 14  17:30 UT – 19:30 UT
 
 
November 15  17:00 UT – 19:00 UT
 
 
November 16  17:00 UT – 19:00 UT
 
 
November 17  17:00 UT – 19:00 UT
 
 
November 18  17:00 UT – 19:00 UT
 
 
November 19  17:00 UT – 19:00 UT
 
 
November 20  17:00 UT – 19:00 UT
 
 
== Failed attempt ==
 
 
-Nick-
 
    First attempt to take an image using Perth Failed Due to Weather. 10/17/07
 
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''X-Dani-''
 
 
My targets are
 
      : 409 RA- 76.854562 5hr7min25.1sec  DEC- -6.238076 -6d14m17.1s R Mag17.3
 
      : 412 RA- 76.869411 5hr7min28.7sec  DEC- -6.223835 -6d16m36.9s R Mag16.4
 
      : 414 RA- 76.872387 5hr7min29.4sec  DEC- -6.276916 -6d16m36.9s R Mag17.3
 
 
== TUTORIAL QUESTIONS ==
 
''X-Dani-''
 
 
1) is it giong to be interactive or informational?
 
    a) are people going to be able to "plug in" the information and it's going to spit out a light curve?
 
  b) is it just going to be a "follow along paper" telling them how to do it step by step?
 
 
== Perth Observing results 10/22/2007 ==
 
 
From Dani ... we tried observing T-Tauri targets using the telescope.  Weather looked good at 3:32 PM EST, but telescope stated "Conditions were not sufficient for Observing".    Nick K also tried earlier, but got the same results.
 
 
== Observing Results 10/23/2007 ==
 
 
FROM DANI.... Tried to image at 13:31 EST and this is what it gave me...
 
"Process Completed
 
There was a problem with the JPEG preview. See the console log for details. You can go to the logs area to look at or download the run log for this acquisition.
 
Current Status
 
RA Dec Az Alt
 
09:26:55 -60°00'03" 146° 27°
 
 
Run Journal/Log Output
 
The script failed. Reasons may include.......
 
 
1) Its daytime!!! (Perth is GMT + 8 hours)
 
2) The weather conditions are not sufficient for observing
 
3) The script was aborted by the user
 
4) The slew coordinates drifted below the horizon
 
5) The scope, camera or both are not connected
 
6) REQUEST ABORTED BY ACP
 
 
You can see the dome through our sky camera at .....
 
http://www.perthobservatory.wa.gov.au/information/po_sky_camera.html
 
 
TRY - AGAIN  ..... TRY AGAIN  ..... TRY AGAIN" .... this seems to happen alot. it happened to nick also when he tried to image just a few minutes before I did. is something wrong with the telescope? When I checked whether conditions it was clear and the windspeed was at 6.7, so the conditions should have been fine....... i tried again at 13:37 and it stated the same thing. pattern? okay, so it just toldme at 13:39 that the whether conditions were insuffecient or something along those lines... ''what exactly are the ideal conditions?'' [end of Dani post.]
 
 
== Perth failure ==
 
 
From Nick, today I attempted to image my targets at 13:15 est and again at 15:31est.        Both times the imaging failed due to some internal problem with the Perth Telescope. I then tried at 16:20est.
 
 
 
 
From Matt H, I also attempted to image my targets at 16:00 est. At this time the imaging failed for some reason that has to do with Perth Telescope
 
 
 
FROMDANI... I also attempted to image and got the same results as Nick and Mattheath
 
 
== Targets for IC2118 ==
 
 
MATTHEATH... #ID  SSTiaum Name        RA        DEC      RA      DEC        R MAG      G,S,?
 
            269  050557.8-064232  76.490978 -6.708933 5 5 57.8 -6 42 32.2    14.6      ?
 
            283  050608.4-063917  76.535202 -6.654822 5 6 8.4  -6 39 17.4    15.3      ?
 
 
CENTER -- RA : 5h 6m 3.4s  DEC : -6d 41m 00s
 
 
 
SANDYWEISER....
 
          192  050511.5-064346  76.298234 -6.72965 5 5 11.7 -6 37 34.3    16.7        S
 
          200  050517.4-063734 76.322813 -6.626197 5 5 17.5 -6 23 8.5    16.8        ?
 
 
CENTER -- RA : 5h 5m 14.6s  DEC : -6d 40m 45s
 
 
ALEXISMCCOOL...
 
        401  050711.5-061509 76.798211 -6.252738 5 5 7 11.6 -6 15 9.9    15.1        ?
 
        408  050723.3-061538 76.847362 -6.260664 5 7 23.4 -6 15 38.4    17.0        ?
 
 
CENTER -- RA : 5h 7m 17.6s  DEC : -6d 15m 24s
 
 
 
DANIYEAGER...
 
      409  050725.0-061417 76.854562 -6.238076 5 7 25.1 -6 14 17.1  17.3        S
 
      412  050728.6-061325 76.869411 -6.22385 5 7 28.7 -6 13 25.8    16.4        S
 
      414  050729.3-061636 76.872387 -6.276916 5 7 29.4 -6 16 36.9  17.3        S
 
 
CENTER -- RA : 5h 7m 28.7s  DEC : -6d 13m 25.8s
 
 
NICKKELLEY...
 
      415  050730.1-061015 76.8757 -6.171072 5 7 30.2 -6 10 15.9  12.2        S
 
      416  050730.6-061059 76.87754 -6.183262 5 7 30.6 -6 10 59.7  13.5        S
 
 
CENTER -- RA : 5h 7m 44.6s  DEC :  -6d 9m 54.0s
 
 
CALEMCCLINTOCK...
 
    430  050800.4-062047 77.001885 -6.346496 5 8 0.5 -6 20 47.4  17.3      S
 
    434  050809.5-061412 77.039924 -6.236934 5 8 9.6 -6 14 13    16.8      S
 
 
CENTER -- RA : 5h 8m 5s  DEC : -6d 17m 30s
 
 
== Perth ==
 
 
-Nick- Once again today Perth was unable to take images, while trying to firgure out the problem with the telescope we e-mailed Perth. They responded saying that there weather sensor had goon bad and they were having trouble with the new one.
 
 
== Failure ==
 
 
Once again today i attempted to image using perth and it is not working due to clouds and wind. Nick-11/08/08
 

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