Observing Log for Mike Durkin
8/24/2011 about 9:30-10:30PM
College Point, NY
Transparency: 8/10, Seeing 3/5
Temperature: about 70-80 degrees
Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT
Took some images of P Cyg for photometry measurements. Initialresults look reasonable.
8/20/2011 about 10:00PM-12:30AM
Locust Valley, NY
Transparency: 6/10, Seeing 3/5
Temperature: about 70 degrees
Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT
Attempted to detect exoplanet around HD 189733. However it clouded over just before midnight. In the future I think for doing photometry for longer than 2 hours, I should piggy back on top of the SCT rather than using the AstroTrac.
8/17/2011 about 10:00PM-11:00PM
Mansfield, Massachusetts
Transparency: 8/10, Seeing 3/5
Temperature: about 70 degrees
Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT
Photometry observation of P Cyg with my DSLR camera. There did seemed to be some wispy clouds. Even though my mesaurements of the calibration stars were excellent, the check star was off by about 0.03-0.05. The plotted value however is agreeing with previous values rather well so far.
8/12/2011 about 10:00PM-1:00AM
Robert Moses State Park, NY
Transparency: 7/10, Seeing 3/5
Temperature: about 70 degrees
Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT, AstroTrac
Went to the beach for the Perseid meteor shower. When I got there, I would estimate there were at least 50 cars in the lot, and a couple of AOS members in the usual spot. The sky started out fairly cloudy, but the evening improved a little bit before midnight. Throughout the evening, I saw 4 meteors myself, with maybe another 5-10 based on other people's reactions. Not too bad considering that there was a full moon and too much cloud cover.
With the sky clearing for a brief period, I took some wide angle pictures of Cassiopeia and the area around the Elephant Trunk Nebula in Cepheus. The light pollution caused some annoying gradients, which I had a hard time dealing with.
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Location: Robert Moses State Park Camera: Hutech Modified Canon Rebel XT on an AstroTrac Lens: 50mm lens, f/3.2 Exposure: 11x45 seconds. ISO: 200 Processed with MaxDSLR and Photoshop |
Location: Robert Moses State Park Camera: Hutech Modified Canon Rebel XT on an AstroTrac Lens: 50mm lens, f/3.2 Exposure: 45x20 seconds ISO: 1600 Processed with MaxDSLR and Photoshop |
8/6/2011 about 10:30PM-2:30AM
Locust Valley, NY
Transparency: 8/10, Seeing 3/5
Temperature: about 60-70 degrees
Equipment: Hutech modified Canon Rebel XT, zoom lens, AstroTrac
Some DSLR photometry, δ Sco, γ Cas, and P Cyg.
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