diff --git a/CAMPAIGN.md b/CAMPAIGN.md index 06717ba..4f1c54e 100644 --- a/CAMPAIGN.md +++ b/CAMPAIGN.md @@ -23,30 +23,9 @@ Update after every run: date, scope, target, imaging minutes, points charged | Date | Scope | Target | Plan file | Imaging | Est. pts | Actual pts | Notes | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| -| 2026-07-19 | T33 | 47 Tuc | ngc104-test.txt | 17 min | 0 (free) | DID NOT RUN | reservation 749228 expired unused: no images, no logs on T33 (checked 20 Jul); grid shows reschedule=No despite the flag being set at booking | -| 2026-07-19 | T59 | NGC 6744 | ngc6744-t59.txt | 180 min | ~240 (0% moon disc. until 21 Jul) | **381** | SUCCESS (txn 851148): ran 00:05:22-03:29:56 SSO, Time Used 3h24m32s, 0% moon disc. Full dataset on scope server: L 15x300s BIN1, RGB 7x300s each BIN2; previews checked, round stars, galaxy clean: no refund case. Effective rate ~112 pts/hr of WALL time (not the 80/hr imaging-time estimate: see NOTES rate correction) | -| 2026-07-20 | T33 | NGC 6752 | ngc6752.txt | 17 min | 0 (free) | DID NOT RUN | reservation 749229 expired unused: no images, no logs (checked 20 Jul 20:30 UTC, after window) | -| 2026-07-21 | T32 | Centaurus A | cena-t32.txt | 120 min | ~350 (x1.6 model) | **160** | SUCCESS (txn 851344): ran 18:50:24-21:16:19 SSO local (08:50-11:16 UTC), Time Used 2h25m55s, 25% moon discount. Images present: /images/qisback/T32/NGC5128 on t32.itelescope.net:8032. Came in at 0.46x the x1.6 model, i.e. LESS than the original estimate: see the rate correction below | - -Cumulative spend: 541. Balance after (verified GetAccountStatus 2026-07-21 -11:40 UTC): **2,097**. - -**Rate correction (2026-07-21, supersedes the 2026-07-20 x1.6 warning).** Two -paid runs now bracket the question, and both bill EXACTLY the plan's imaging -minutes, not wall-clock: - -| Scope | Plan imaging | Wall (Time Used) | Billed | Points per imaging hour | -|---|---|---|---|---| -| T59 | 180 min (36x300s) | 3h24m32s | 381 | **127** (0% moon) | -| T32 | 120 min (24x300s) | 2h25m55s | 160 | **80** (25% moon) | - -381 = 3.00 h x 127 and 160 = 2.00 h x 80, both to the point. So billing is on -imaging time as originally documented, and the wall-clock theory is dead. What -is wrong is the rate card in NOTES.md: it lists T59 at 80/hr (actual 127) and -T32 at 146/hr (actual 80 even after the 25% moon discount, so a base near -107/hr). The two look transposed, but two samples cannot prove that. **Do not -apply a blanket multiplier.** Derive each scope's effective rate from its first -actual bill, and treat any not-yet-observed scope's card rate as +/-60%. +| 2026-07-19 | T33 | 47 Tuc | ngc104-test.txt | 17 min | 0 (free) | | first-light test | +| 2026-07-19 | T59 | NGC 6744 | ngc6744-t59.txt | 180 min | ~185 (25% moon disc.) | | first paid run; must clear scope by 17:45 UTC (astrosharp reservation 17:50-19:40 UTC) | +| 2026-07-20 | T33 | NGC 6752 | ngc6752.txt | 17 min | 0 (free) | | | ## Planned allocation (~2,600 points, adapt as scopes/weather allow) @@ -70,145 +49,13 @@ actual bill, and treat any not-yet-observed scope's card rate as +/-60%. Chile scopes (T71 106/hr, T73 224/hr) if they return from maintenance: Tarantula and NGC 1313 preferred. Aim to land the balance under ~50 points. -## Booked reservations (all with plan attached + reschedule flag) - -| ID | Scope | Night of (SSO/obs local) | Slot | Plan | Est. pts | Status (2026-07-20) | -|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| -| 749227 | T59 | 19 Jul | 00:05-03:45 | ngc6744-t59.txt | ~240 | COMPLETED, billed 381 | -| 749228 | T33 | 19 Jul | 00:05-00:50 | ngc104-test.txt | 0 | EXPIRED unused (no run, no auto-reschedule) | -| 749229 | T33 | 20 Jul | 00:05-00:50 | ngc6752.txt | 0 | EXPIRED unused (no run, no auto-reschedule) | -| 749230 | T8 | 26 Jul | 21:35-23:55 | catspaw-t8.txt | ~146 (25% moon disc.) | still booked | -| 749302 | T32 | 21 Jul | 18:50-21:50 | cena-t32.txt | ~350 (x1.6 rate, 25% moon disc.) | COMPLETED, billed 160. EVENING slot: T32 has a 35 deg elevation floor and Cen A culminates ~17:10 before dark, sinking to 11 deg by the old 00:35 slot (which could never have run). Ran 18:50-21:16, finishing 34 min early (plan complete, not a fault); images landed under /images/qisback/T32/NGC5128 | -| (id not captured) | T8 | 22 Jul | 21:45-00:45 | cra-t8.txt | ~250 | booked + MySummary-verified 2026-07-21 11:45 UTC. This is queue #2 finally placed: see the resolution note below. Runs 11:45-14:45 UTC 22 Jul | -| (id not captured) | T32 | 22 Jul | 18:50-19:50 | hdrcore-t32.txt | ~25 | **CANCELLED 2026-07-21 ~15:00 UTC, never ran, 0 points spent.** Booked to fix a saturated Cen A nucleus; the nucleus is not saturated (see the correction below). Deleted from MySummary with the other three reservations verified intact afterwards; quota back to 6:05/8:00 | -| 749314 | T33 | 21 Jul | 00:05-00:50 | ngc104-test.txt | 0 (free) | booked + grid-verified 2026-07-21 08:55 UTC. 47 Tuc first-light retry, third attempt. Runs 14:05-14:50 UTC 21 Jul. Reschedule flag again No (free scopes never rebook) | - -The T33 first-light test is now on its THIRD booking (749314); the two prior free -reservations expired unused. If this one also fails to run, the problem is not the -booking but the auto-start on free scopes: escalate to walk-in (POST plan.asp per -plans/README.md) or drop the free-imaging objective. - -## Booking queue (blocked by the rolling 8-hour reservation allowance) - -Book in order as quota frees (a session completing releases its hours). Exact -New.aspx parameters; all plans already uploaded and verified on their scopes. -Verify every booking via Edit.aspx?id= probing (sequential ids), NOT the grid. - -| # | Scope id | start | end | start sel | end sel | Plan | Est. pts | -|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| -| 1 | BOOKED as 749302 (see table above); the original 00:35 slot was an error, Cen A is an EVENING target (35 deg floor on T32) | | | | | cena-t32.txt | ~350 | -| 2 | BOOKED 2026-07-21 for the night of 22 Jul, 21:45-00:45 (see table above); the 01:35 slot was blocked by hajo and low anyway | | | | | cra-t8.txt | ~250 | -| 3 | GRAS059 | 2026-07-25T20:35:00 | 2026-07-25T23:55:00 | 8:35 PM | 11:55 PM | ngc6188-haoiii-t59.txt | ~120 (disc.) | -| 4 | GRAS059 | 2026-07-27T20:35:00 | 2026-07-27T23:05:00 | 8:35 PM | 11:05 PM | ngc6188-sii-t59.txt | ~90 (disc.) | -| 5 | GRAS008 | 2026-08-08T02:35:00 | 2026-08-08T06:05:00 | 2:35 AM | 6:05 AM | smc47tuc-t8.txt | ~390 | -| 6 | GRAS032 | 2026-08-09T03:05:00 | 2026-08-09T06:05:00 | 3:05 AM | 6:05 AM | tarantula-t32.txt | ~365 | -| 7 | (T70, blocked: server unreachable) | night TBD before 5 Aug | ~2.5h | | | scorpius-t70.txt (in scratch, re-upload needed) | ~238 | -| 8 | WITHDRAWN: booked then cancelled 2026-07-21, premise was wrong (see below) | | | | | hdrcore-t32.txt | 0 | - -### CORRECTION (2026-07-21): the Cen A nucleus was never saturated - -An earlier entry here claimed the 21 Jul Cen A data came back with a saturated -nucleus, and booked a short-exposure core set on that basis. **The claim was -wrong and the booking has been cancelled without running, at a cost of zero -points.** - -The 65313 ADU figure came from taking the maximum pixel inside a 300 x 300 px -box centred on the frame. That measures the brightest thing near the middle of -the image, which is not the same as measuring the galaxy: it was a foreground -star 128 px (69 arcsec) from the nucleus, sitting inside the box. Median -filtering the inner 800 x 800 px to remove stars leaves the galaxy peaking at -**1944 ADU**, about a thirtieth of the clip level, with **not one star-free -pixel above 30000 ADU**. The core looked blown in the first processed image -because of the display stretch, whose white point was set by field stars, and -re-rendering the same data with a second tone curve scaled to the galaxy -recovered it fully. - -**The habit that IS worth keeping, in corrected form:** before booking extra -time to fix a saturated core, *measure whether it is saturated* - median-filter -the inner region to remove stars first, and check where the frame's bright -pixels actually are. The check costs a minute. 47 Tuc and the SMC (queue #5) -may still genuinely saturate, a dense cluster core being the fastest thing there -is to clip, so run the same measurement on their data before assuming either -way. plans/hdrcore-t32.txt stays in the repo (and on T32) as a ready-made -ladder if one of them turns out to need it. - -### Session 2026-07-21 ~08:55 UTC (booking round run early, before Cen A ran) - -Done this session: free T33 47 Tuc retry booked as 749314 (grid-verified). NOT -done, both correctly deferred: -- **Cen A verify**: 749302 had not run yet (starts 08:50 UTC, this session ran at - 08:48). Verify after 11:50 UTC. -- **cra-t8 (#2)**: blocked twice over. (1) Quota: Cen A holds 3h until it - completes ~11:50 UTC; with Cat's Paw (2h20m) + Cen A (3h) + T33 (45m) held, - under ~1h55m is free, not enough for a 3h slot. (2) Conflict: user hajo holds - T8 00:25-02:25 SSO local (res 749207), overlapping our planned 01:35-04:35. - -**cra-t8 resolution options** (pick with a live grid re-check when quota frees): -- (a) Shift to 02:25-05:25 after hajo. Downside: Corona Australis culminates - ~22:30 SSO local, so by 02:25-05:25 it is 4-6.5h past meridian and low; poor. -- (b) PREFERRED: move cra-t8 to the NEXT night, 2026-07-23T01:35-04:35 (night of - 22 Jul SSO), same clock time, avoids hajo, keeps decent altitude. Re-check that - night's T8 grid first. One night's slip is fine inside the drain window. -- (c) Earlier slot 21:25-00:25 (before hajo) is astronomically best but starts - 11:25 UTC, before Cen A releases quota at 11:50; not bookable in time. - -The scheduled 12:13 UTC job (ae3af497) fires after Cen A completes: it should -verify Cen A + bill, then book cra-t8 by option (b) unless the grid has changed -(hajo may cancel, opening option (a)/original). At corrected (x1.6) rates the -full remaining queue runs ~2,530 vs 2,257 balance (~270 over): once actual bills -for Cen A and CrA land, trim Phase 3 (shorten Tarantula #6 or the SMC slot) -to land the balance near zero. - -### Session 2026-07-21 ~11:40 UTC (Cen A verify + cra-t8 booked) - -Ran ahead of the 12:13 UTC scheduled job, after Cen A had finished at 11:16 UTC. - -- **Cen A verified**: completed, billed 160, NGC5128 images on the scope server. - Ledger and rate model updated (the x1.6 model is withdrawn: see the rate - correction above). -- **cra-t8 booked**, but on a better slot than the deferred option (b). Probing - New.aspx for the original 01:35-04:35 returned "Conflicting reservation. Start - time must be later than 2:25 AM" (hajo, as predicted), confirming that option - (a) was all that remained on the night of 21 Jul, and it puts Corona Australis - 3.5-6.5 h past the meridian. Instead the run went to the EVENING of the next - night: **2026-07-22T21:45 - 2026-07-23T00:45 SSO local**, which brackets the - ~22:30 culmination, so the whole 115 min of imaging happens near the zenith. - This is option (c)'s geometry on option (b)'s night; the reason (c) was - unbookable earlier (quota held by Cen A) had expired by the time Cen A - completed. Grid probing showed no conflict on either side of the slot. - Verified in Reservation/MySummary.aspx; quota now 6:50 / 8:00. -- Moon on the night of 22 Jul is ~57% illuminated, the last usable night before - the bright-week narrowband phase. LRGB on a dust complex under a half moon is - a compromise, but the alternative is slipping a Phase 1 broadband target into - the bright week, which is worse. -- Reservation id NOT captured: the confirm response carries only - `ModalStatic.result("OK")` and MySummary does not print ids. Nothing depends - on the id unless the booking must be edited or deleted, in which case find it - by probing Edit.aspx?id= around the current sequence (749314 was issued - ~08:55 UTC on 21 Jul). -- Budget: 2,097 left, 19 nights to 10 Aug. Remaining queue at card rates is - roughly 1,300, which UNDER-spends by ~800. With the x1.6 model withdrawn, the - next planning session should add work rather than trim it: candidates are a - second narrowband night on T59 (observed 127/hr, the only scope with a - trustworthy rate), or extending the Phase 3 SMC and Tarantula runs, both of - which have the sky time to absorb longer plans. - -Substitution rules: if T71 returns to service, move #2 and #7 to T71 (faster -f/2.8 optics, cheaper 106 pts/hr; re-cut the plans for 1.55"/px). If T70's -server returns, book #7 as-is. Check the go.itelescope.net status line before -each booking round. After #6, allocate the remaining balance (~450 pts) to a -final deep session on the best-performing scope, sized to land under 50 pts. - **10 Aug: verify balance is near zero, download ALL data from data.itelescope.net, then (with explicit user confirmation) cancel via MyAccount/Cancel.aspx.** ## Operational notes -- Sessions are now RESERVED, not walk-in: upload the plan to the scope, then book - it at reservations.itelescope.net with the plan attached (procedure in - plans/README.md); iTelescope auto-starts the plan at reservation start and the - reschedule flag retries weather losses. Claude sessions monitor rather than - drive. T59 moon discount correction: 0% until 21 Jul, 25% from 22 Jul. +- Every paid session follows plans/README.md (walk-in when idle; same ACP flow as + the free scopes). Upload plans the day before where possible. - Cron jobs live only in an open Claude session; if a day's session has no live session to fire it, the user prompts "run today's drain session" and any session picks it up from this file plus state/TODO.md. diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md index 27134d8..6a35dc1 100644 --- a/CLAUDE.md +++ b/CLAUDE.md @@ -1,14 +1,3 @@ -> [!IMPORTANT] -> **This repository has moved.** Since 2026-07-21 it lives on as the -> `itelescope/` directory of -> **[astrophotography](https://git.discworld.casa/laurence/astrophotography)**, -> merged with the processing pipeline. Both histories were preserved. -> -> **Do new work there, not here.** This copy is kept read-only-in-spirit until -> the drain campaign closes (10-12 Aug 2026), because sessions are running most -> nights and nothing should break mid-campaign. Anything committed here after -> the merge will be stranded. - # Default Workflow This file is the entry point for any Claude Code session working under the Default diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index bb46ee9..1007f33 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,14 +1,3 @@ -> [!IMPORTANT] -> **This repository has moved.** Since 2026-07-21 it lives on as the -> `itelescope/` directory of -> **[astrophotography](https://git.discworld.casa/laurence/astrophotography)**, -> merged with the processing pipeline. Both histories were preserved. -> -> **Do new work there, not here.** This copy is kept read-only-in-spirit until -> the drain campaign closes (10-12 Aug 2026), because sessions are running most -> nights and nothing should break mid-campaign. Anything committed here after -> the merge will be stranded. - # itelescope Reference and review of the [iTelescope.net](https://www.itelescope.net/) remote diff --git a/plans/README.md b/plans/README.md index 71c823e..a55f277 100644 --- a/plans/README.md +++ b/plans/README.md @@ -63,38 +63,3 @@ stop well before dawn. Abort path if something looks wrong: the web UI exposes an abort on the console page; locate it live before starting exposures (not yet mapped). - -## Reservations (verified working 2026-07-18) - -Reservations live at http://reservations.itelescope.net ("Reservations Pilot"), -reached from each scope's /ac/MenuItems/reservation-edit.asp iframe as -`?t=&u=` (scope ids look like GRAS059 for T59, GRAS033 for -T33; full list in the resources JSON on go.itelescope.net/Reservation/Overview.aspx, -whose embedded DayPilot events also show everyone's bookings, roof/sun times, and -the moon discount per night). No separate login: it trusts the u= parameter once a -session cookie exists. - -Creating one is a three-step WebForms dance against -`New.aspx?start=&end=&r=` (times are OBSERVATORY -LOCAL): (1) GET the form, (2) POST tokens + DropDownStartTime/DropDownEndTime -(e.g. "12:05 AM"/"3:45 AM") + PlanToRunListBox= + RescheduleCheckbox -+ ButtonRefreshPlans=Refresh Plans, which re-renders with Confirm enabled, -(3) re-POST the fresh tokens with the same fields + ReservationOKButton=Confirm -Reservation. Success = response script `ModalStatic.result("OK")` AND the booking -appearing in the grid: the modal also says "OK" on silent failure, so ALWAYS -re-fetch the grid and look for the reservation id + username. - -Availability probing (2026-07-21): a plain GET of -`New.aspx?start=...&end=...&r=...` is a cheap, side-effect-free conflict check. -The form comes back with the two time dropdowns populated for +/-60 min around -the requested times, and if the slot collides with someone else's booking it -also renders "Conflicting reservation. Start time must be later than H:MM AM". -No message plus a full pair of dropdowns means the window is clear. This beats -reading the DayPilot grid, whose event divs do not survive a plain -Invoke-WebRequest fetch (they are rendered client-side). - -Rules learned: maximum reservation length 4:00; recommended duration 1.5x total -imaging time; the attached plan is auto-started by iTelescope at reservation -start (no walk-in POST needed); RescheduleCheckbox auto-rebooks the identical -timeslot on the first available night of the next 30 if the run does not happen. -Delete/edit via Edit.aspx?id= from the grid. diff --git a/plans/catspaw-t8.txt b/plans/catspaw-t8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c541cfb..0000000 --- a/plans/catspaw-t8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -; -; Cat Paw NGC 6334 in Ha on T8 - phase 2 narrowband -; Ha 9x600s Bin1. 90 min imaging. Bright moon OK. -; -#largepreviews -#tiff -#count 9 -#interval 600 -#binning 1 -#filter Ha -NGC6334 17.340000 -36.116667 -#shutdown diff --git a/plans/cena-t32.txt b/plans/cena-t32.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 94e44c3..0000000 --- a/plans/cena-t32.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -; -; Centaurus A (NGC 5128) on T32 for qisback - drain campaign phase 1 -; L 12x300s, RGB 4x300s each. 120 min imaging. -; -#largepreviews -#tiff -#count 12,4,4,4 -#interval 300,300,300,300 -#binning 2,2,2,2 -#filter Luminance,Red,Green,Blue -NGC5128 13.424333 -43.019139 -#shutdown diff --git a/plans/cra-t8.txt b/plans/cra-t8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 03663b3..0000000 --- a/plans/cra-t8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -; -; Corona Australis dust complex on T8 for qisback - drain campaign phase 1 -; L 8x300s Bin1, RGB 5x300s each Bin2. 115 min imaging. -; -#largepreviews -#tiff -#count 8,5,5,5 -#interval 300,300,300,300 -#binning 1,2,2,2 -#filter Luminance,Red,Green,Blue -CrA-complex 19.030000 -36.955000 -#shutdown diff --git a/plans/hdrcore-t32.txt b/plans/hdrcore-t32.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 908c510..0000000 --- a/plans/hdrcore-t32.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -; -; Centaurus A (NGC 5128) HDR core set on T32 for qisback - drain campaign -; Companion to cena-t32.txt (2026-07-21, 24x300s LRGB BIN2), whose nucleus is -; saturated: the core reaches 65313 ADU in a single 300s luminance sub. -; This is the short-exposure ladder to blend under that core. -; L 8x60s, 8x15s, 8x5s spans a 60x range below 300s; RGB 5x30s gives the -; nucleus colour. BIN2 throughout so the frames register to the deep stack -; without rescaling. 18.2 min imaging total. -; -#largepreviews -#tiff -#count 8,8,8,5,5,5 -#interval 60,15,5,30,30,30 -#binning 2,2,2,2,2,2 -#filter Luminance,Luminance,Luminance,Red,Green,Blue -NGC5128 13.424333 -43.019139 -#shutdown diff --git a/plans/ngc6188-haoiii-t59.txt b/plans/ngc6188-haoiii-t59.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4299bdd..0000000 --- a/plans/ngc6188-haoiii-t59.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -; -; NGC 6188 Fighting Dragons on T59, session A: Ha + OIII - phase 2 narrowband -; Ha 6x600s, OIII 6x600s. 120 min imaging. Bright moon OK. -; -#largepreviews -#tiff -#count 6,6 -#interval 600,600 -#binning 1,1 -#filter Ha,OIII -NGC6188 16.669167 -48.796667 -#shutdown diff --git a/plans/ngc6188-sii-t59.txt b/plans/ngc6188-sii-t59.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 864d194..0000000 --- a/plans/ngc6188-sii-t59.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -; -; NGC 6188 on T59, session B: SII + extra Ha - phase 2 narrowband -; SII 6x600s, Ha 3x600s. 90 min imaging. Bright moon OK. -; -#largepreviews -#tiff -#count 6,3 -#interval 600,600 -#binning 1,1 -#filter SII,Ha -NGC6188 16.669167 -48.796667 -#shutdown diff --git a/plans/scorpius-t70.txt b/plans/scorpius-t70.txt deleted file mode 100644 index f74ed3d..0000000 --- a/plans/scorpius-t70.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -; -; Scorpius tail super-wide (Prawn/Cat Paw region) on T70 for qisback - phase 1 -; L 10x300s, RGB 4x300s each. 110 min imaging. -; -#largepreviews -#tiff -#count 10,4,4,4 -#interval 300,300,300,300 -#binning 1,1,1,1 -#filter Luminance,Red,Green,Blue -Scorpius-tail 16.916667 -40.000000 -#shutdown diff --git a/plans/smc47tuc-t8.txt b/plans/smc47tuc-t8.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 05dd554..0000000 --- a/plans/smc47tuc-t8.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -; -; SMC + 47 Tucanae in one T8 frame - phase 3 signature shot -; L 8x300s Bin1, RGB 6x300s each Bin2. 130 min imaging. Dark of moon. -; -#largepreviews -#tiff -#count 8,6,6,6 -#interval 300,300,300,300 -#binning 1,2,2,2 -#filter Luminance,Red,Green,Blue -SMC-47Tuc 0.650000 -72.500000 -#shutdown diff --git a/plans/tarantula-t32.txt b/plans/tarantula-t32.txt deleted file mode 100644 index cf70646..0000000 --- a/plans/tarantula-t32.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,12 +0,0 @@ -; -; Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070 on T32 - phase 3 -; L 10x300s, RGB 5x300s each. 125 min imaging. Pre-dawn rising target. -; -#largepreviews -#tiff -#count 10,5,5,5 -#interval 300,300,300,300 -#binning 2,2,2,2 -#filter Luminance,Red,Green,Blue -NGC2070 5.643333 -69.100000 -#shutdown diff --git a/state/NOTES.md b/state/NOTES.md index 3a4323c..12a6266 100644 --- a/state/NOTES.md +++ b/state/NOTES.md @@ -52,28 +52,6 @@ T73 224, T74 295, T75 202, T80 119. Standouts: T59 at 80/hr is the value big scope (20" CDK, square 37 arcmin field, 900 s subs); T5 at 68/hr the cheapest paid; T26 at 394/hr the dearest. Billing is per minute of imaging (exposure) time, so overhead is not billed. - -**RATE CORRECTION (2026-07-20, from the first real bill):** the paragraph above -underestimates. T59 session 851148: 180 min of exposure, wall clock 00:05:22 to -03:29:56 (3h24m34s), history "Time Used" 3h24m32s = WALL time, billed 381 points -at 0% moon discount. That is ~112 pts/hr of wall time or ~127 pts/hr of exposure -time, vs the 80/hr the card predicted. So either Time Used (wall clock) is what -gets billed, or the card's data-default-rate is stale. Consequence: estimate -sessions at rate x reserved-slot-length (slots run ~1.15-1.5x imaging time), i.e. -multiply old exposure-based estimates by ~1.6 until more bills confirm the model. - -**RATE CORRECTION 2 (2026-07-21, second bill; SUPERSEDES the x1.6 rule above).** -T32 session 851344: 120 min of exposure, Time Used 2h25m55s, 25% moon discount, -billed 160. 160 = 2.00 h x 80 exactly, and the T59 bill is 381 = 3.00 h x 127 -exactly. Both land on the plan's IMAGING minutes to the point, and neither lands -on wall time. So the wall-clock theory is dead and the original "billed per -minute of exposure" documentation was right; what is wrong is the card's -per-scope numbers. Observed effective rates: **T59 127/hr** (card said 80), -**T32 80/hr even after a 25% moon discount**, implying a base near 107/hr (card -said 146). The pair looks transposed, but two samples cannot prove it. Rules: -do NOT apply any blanket multiplier; derive each scope's rate from its first -real bill; until then treat a card rate as +/-60%; and compute estimates from -the plan's exposure total, never from the reserved slot length. Paid imaging needs no reservation when a scope is idle: same walk-in ACP flow as the free scopes, points just deduct. Reservations (to guarantee a slot) go through lookup.itelescope.online, which is Cloudflare-protected: Playwright diff --git a/state/TODO.md b/state/TODO.md index 13a5890..2ba756f 100644 --- a/state/TODO.md +++ b/state/TODO.md @@ -13,68 +13,22 @@ from lat 51.5°N), matched to Q62/X07 scopes, seasonal booking calendar, and a July-August starter campaign (T33 free, T71 narrowband, T73 galaxy, T8 LMC later). -## Done (recent) - -- 2026-07-20: NGC 6744 on T59 SUCCEEDED (reservation 749227, txn 851148): full - LRGB dataset on the scope server (L 15x300s BIN1, RGB 7x300s each BIN2), - previews verified clean. Billed 381 pts (est was ~240: see the rate - correction in NOTES.md). Balance now 2,257. Ledger updated in CAMPAIGN.md. - -## Done (recent) - -- 2026-07-21 ~08:55 UTC: free T33 47 Tuc retry booked as reservation 749314 - (grid-verified), third attempt at the first-light test, runs 14:05-14:50 UTC - 21 Jul, costs 0. - -## Done (recent) - -- 2026-07-21 11:40 UTC: Cen A on T32 verified COMPLETE (billed 160, NGC5128 - images on the scope server), and queue #2 (Corona Australis on T8) booked for - the night of 22 Jul, 21:45-00:45 SSO local, which brackets the target's - culmination instead of chasing it down the western sky. Rate model rebuilt - from two actual bills. Details in the CAMPAIGN.md session note. - ## In progress -- T33 first-light test on its THIRD booking (749314), which had NOT yet run as of - 11:40 UTC 21 Jul: it starts 14:05 UTC. Verify after 14:50 UTC (images and logs - on t33.itelescope.net:8033 were still empty/stale at 11:40, as expected). The - two prior free reservations (749228, 749229) expired unused with reschedule=No; - if 749314 also fails to run, stop rebooking and either walk it in (POST - plan.asp per plans/README.md) or drop the free objective. -- The T32 HDR core set (plans/hdrcore-t32.txt) was booked and then CANCELLED on - 2026-07-21 without running: the Cen A nucleus is not saturated, the earlier - claim having measured a foreground star. See the correction in CAMPAIGN.md. - Zero points spent. The plan file remains available on T32 if a genuinely - saturated target turns up. -- The 21 Jul Cen A data has been fully processed off-repo, in the user's - Downloads\NGC5128\20260721\stacked folder: masters, plate solution (0.27 - arcsec on 237 stars), an LRGB composite, a globular cluster survey (289 - candidates, 62% catalogue-confirmed, density falling 10.5x outward), surface - photometry (Sersic n = 4.27, Re = 400 arcsec, total G = 6.56, which matches - the catalogued brightness and so validates the photometric chain), and a - transient/moving-object search (both null, with measured limits). METHODS.md - there documents the lot. Nothing from that analysis needs to come back into - this repo, but two results affect FUTURE sessions and are recorded here: - **(a)** measure saturation properly before buying short subs, and **(b)** the - faint outer halo in that stack is limited by the sky-plane subtraction - (-17.9 ADU/px of real halo light absorbed), not by exposure time, so more - integration alone would not have gone deeper. -- CrA on T8 runs 11:45-14:45 UTC 22 Jul. Verify after 14:45 UTC: images under - /images/qisback/T8/ on t8.itelescope.net:8008, then the actual bill from - account/history.aspx into the ledger. This is the first T8 bill, so it also - fixes T8's effective rate (card says 130/hr; trust nothing until observed). +- T33 first-light test: ngc104-test.txt (47 Tuc, ~24 min LRGB) uploaded to + /plans/qisback/ on T33 and verified. Run window: 2026-07-19 roughly 14:00-19:30 + UTC when 47 Tuc clears the 20 degree limit. Procedure in plans/README.md. + Remaining: live-run the plan (confirm the plan.asp POST and any scope-connect + step), monitor via console, pull images/logs, record outcome in NOTES. +- Second free session scheduled for 2026-07-20 same window: runs + plans/ngc6752.txt (uploaded to T33, verified) if the 47 Tuc test succeeded, + otherwise retries ngc104-test.txt. Whichever session runs must record its + outcome here and in NOTES so the other knows. - DRAIN CAMPAIGN ACTIVE (see CAMPAIGN.md): spend the full balance by 10 Aug, then cancel before the 12 Aug renewal (user confirmation required for the - cancel itself). 541 of 2,638 spent; 2,097 remain. The x1.6 estimate multiplier - is WITHDRAWN: billing is on plan imaging minutes, and per-scope rates must come - from actual bills (T59 127/hr, T32 80/hr observed; the NOTES rate card is - unreliable). On current numbers the campaign UNDER-spends by ~800: plan extra - or longer runs, do not trim. Reschedule flag never sticks (grid always shows - No): treat every reservation as one-shot and verify the morning after. - Download the NGC 6744 and NGC 5128 data from data.itelescope.net before the - 10 Aug cancellation sweep. Update the CAMPAIGN.md ledger after every session - from account/history.aspx. + cancel itself). First paid run: NGC 6744 on T59 (plans/ngc6744-t59.txt, + uploaded and verified), scheduled 2026-07-19 after the free test, ~240 pts. + Update the CAMPAIGN.md ledger after every session from account/history.aspx. ## Pending