May 8th, 2021 480 Shenanigans Observing Trip

Post date: May 08, 2021 7:12:32 PM

Who: Aidan, Cyrus, Maria, Oliver, (and Audrey, remotely)

Issues:

• • Evora is buggy (GUI), see #software things

  • Cleats need replacing, probably

What was done: 

• • We replaced the TelescopePi with the real TelescopePi--worked great!

  • We observed successfully (with new TelescopePi)!

  • Filter wheel had a blank, replaced it with i filter

  • Found a bunch of Evora bugs

  • Tested water:

    • FCl- 0.5 ish

    • Alk- 40-80 range

    • pH- around 8.4

Groceries: 

• • copious amounts of pasta

  • salted butter/ margarine

  • a big block of cheese

  • 7 eggs

  • ketchup

  • seltzer water

  • one root beer

Water levels:

Wallerstein at 85" (!)

Inside tank started at 23", ended at 21"

3 blue jugs left + 1 under sink