Observation by Grant Privett: JWST 4th Jan 2022

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Grant Privett

Observer

Grant Privett

Observed

2022 Jan 04 - 22:44

Uploaded

2022 Jan 06 - 18:39

Objects

Spacecraft

Equipment

300mm f/4 Newtonian
Starlight Trius 694
NEQ6

Exposure

65x30s

Location

Near Salisbury

Target name

JWST

Title

JWST 4th Jan 2022

About this image

I'm trying to think of something that didn't go wrong that night - at least the cloud held off until midnight.

Network broke. CCD decided to suddenly turn off its cooler. I had to redo the TPoint model. TSX threw a tantrum. A Windows update interfered. Mirror moved in its cell (so recollimation now needed)....

Anyway, I took the images hoping I was looking in the right place but uncertain and, truthfully, too tired to care. Looks now like I got lucky. Interesting how it changed in brightness during the 30 or so minutes.

Files associated with this observation

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Comments

Nick James, 2022 Jan 06 - 20:51 UTC

Good that you got it JWST but it sounds like a nightmare experience. Observing should be fun! I never, ever, allow my observatory computer anywhere near the internet. It has been running the same unpatched OS for 8 years and that is just how I like it. All it has to do is point the telescope and download images from the camera to a NAS. It seems to be able to manage that night after night without fail. In fact, I've just checked and it was last rebooted in 2019 and that was to install a USB3 card. It was full of spiders last time I looked though.

Dr Paul Leyland

Dr Paul Leyland, 2022 Jan 10 - 16:49 UTC

Nick: sound advice.

Far too many people, myself included, tend to follow the rule: if it aint broke, fix it until it is.

I have to try really, really hard not to fiddle with my La Palma kit from Cambridge and vice versa.

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