Exoplanet - Qatar-1b Directions
Review the Unistellar Exoplanet Observation Guide
For Saturday night, October 7, 2023, pacific time zone.
Set up at 10 pm
-Secure tripod, make sure it is level
-Orient telescope
-Find a bright star and use Bahtinov mask to fine tune focusIn the Unistellar app science mode, click on “Exoplanet transits”
Do a test GoTo with the following coordinates:
Ra: 20h 13m 32s
Dec: +65° 09' 44''
The star field you see may look similar to the image below (finder chart), but it may be hard to tell since the image may be rotated based on when/where you’re viewing it. Trust the coordinates, but the finder chart can be helpful.Close to 10:30 pm do another GoTo to recenter the target star and then at 10:30 pm set the recording parameters to the following:
Record duration: 00h 60m 00s
Exp: 3970
Gain: 30
Cadence: 3970Once the recording finshes, repeat this process until about 1:20 am. You may have to adjust the last recording session to be less than 60 min—that’s fine
Once you finish recording, take darks by:
-putting lens cap on
-using the same recording setting above, EXCEPT change recording duation to
Recording duration: 00h 02m 00sNext week, we’ll upload the data in class