Astronomy Report – December 28th

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Name: Gabriel Skowronek
Crew: 289
Date: 28 Dec 2023
MONTANA LEARNING CENTER
Robotic Telescope Requested RCOS-16
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: SW Tauri
Images submitted with this report: Profile of SW Tau as taken from AstroImageJ

Problems Encountered: Attempted to use AstroImageJ for photometry measurements and it seems that the images I’ve captured may be overexposed.

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M1 (Crab Nebula)
Images submitted with this report: None

Problems Encountered: None

MUSK OBSERVATORY

Solar Features Observed: N/A

Images submitted with this report: N/A

Problems Encountered: N/A

Additional comments: I will submit tonight’s observations of SW TAU to have an exposure time of 20.0s, 17.0s, 15.0s instead of 30.0s to see which is better. Furthermore, M1 images are beginning to come through.

Astronomy Report – December 27th

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Name: Gabriel Skowronek
Crew: 289
Date: 27 Dec 2023
MONTANA LEARNING CENTER
Robotic Telescope Requested RCOS-16
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: SW Tauri
Images submitted with this report: None

Problems Encountered: None

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M1 (Crab Nebula)
Images submitted with this report: None

Problems Encountered: Photos of M1 have still not been completed. Their status reads ‘Ready’. How should I proceed?

MUSK OBSERVATORY

Solar Features Observed: N/A

Images submitted with this report: N/A

Problems Encountered: N/A

Astronomy Report – December 29th

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Name: Gabriel Skowronek
Crew: 289
Date: 27 Dec 2023
MONTANA LEARNING CENTER
Robotic Telescope Requested RCOS-16
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: SW Tauri
Images submitted with this report: None

Problems Encountered: None

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M1 (Crab Nebula)
Images submitted with this report: None

Problems Encountered: Photos of M1 have still not been completed. Their status reads ‘Ready’. How should I proceed?

MUSK OBSERVATORY

Solar Features Observed: N/A

Images submitted with this report: N/A

Problems Encountered: N/A

Astronomy Report – December 26th

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Astronomy Report

Name: Gabriel Skowronek
Crew: 289
Date: 26 Dec 2023
MONTANA LEARNING CENTER
Robotic Telescope Requested RCOS-16
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: SW Tauri
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M1 (Crab Nebula)
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: Request for observing M1 put into SkyNet last night but no images have yet been taken. Their status is ‘Ready’. Total observing time was about 1 hour.

MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: N/A
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A

Astronomy Report – December 25th

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Name: Gabriel Skowronek
Crew: 289
Date: 25 Dec 2023

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M1 (Crab Nebula)
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None

MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: N/A
Images submitted with this report: N/A
Problems Encountered: N/A

Astronomy Report – December 22nd

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Astronomy Report
Name: Cesare Guariniello
Crew: 288
Date: 21 Dec 2023

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one): MDRS-WF.
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: Cloudy weather
Images submitted with this report: Leo Triplet (Spiral galaxies M65, bottom left; M66, bottom right; NGC 3628, top), imaged with MDRS-WF.
Problems Encountered: None

MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: None (cloudy weather)
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None

Astronomy Report – December 21st

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Astronomy Report
Name: Cesare Guariniello
Crew: 288
Date: 21 Dec 2023

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one): MDRS-WF.
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: Cloudy weather
Images submitted with this report: Leo Triplet (Spiral galaxies M65, bottom left; M66, bottom right; NGC 3628, top), imaged with MDRS-WF.
Problems Encountered: None

MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: None (cloudy weather)
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None

Astronomy Report – December 20th

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Name: Cesare Guariniello
Crew: 288
Date: 20 Dec 2023

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one): MDRS-WF.
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: Leo Triplet 50/120 exposures taken. Cloudy weather
Images submitted with this report: M1 (Crab Nebula, remnants of the Supernova SN 1054), imaged with MDRS-WF.
Problems Encountered: None

MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: None (cloudy weather)
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None

Astronomy Report – December 18th

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Astronomy Report
Name: Cesare Guariniello
Crew: 288
Date: 18 Dec 2023

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one): MDRS-WF.
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: Leo Triplet 50/120 exposures takes, M1 (Crab Nebula) in list. Cloudy weather
Images submitted with this report: NGC2174 (Monkey Head Nebula), imaged with MDRS-WF.
Problems Encountered: None

MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: None (cloudy weather)
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None

Astronomy Report – December 16th

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Astronomy Report
Name: Cesare Guariniello
Crew: 288
Date: 16 Dec 2023

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one): MDRS-WF.
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M42
Images submitted with this report: B33 (Horsehead Nebula) and NGC2023, imaged with MDRS-WF.
Problems Encountered: None

MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: None
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None

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