diff --git a/CAMPAIGN.md b/CAMPAIGN.md index 4f1c54e..06717ba 100644 --- a/CAMPAIGN.md +++ b/CAMPAIGN.md @@ -23,9 +23,30 @@ 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) | | 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) | | | +| 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%. ## Planned allocation (~2,600 points, adapt as scopes/weather allow) @@ -49,13 +70,145 @@ Update after every run: date, scope, target, imaging minutes, points charged 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 -- 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. +- 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. - 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/plans/README.md b/plans/README.md index a55f277..71c823e 100644 --- a/plans/README.md +++ b/plans/README.md @@ -63,3 +63,38 @@ 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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c541cfb --- /dev/null +++ b/plans/catspaw-t8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +; +; 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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..94e44c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/plans/cena-t32.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +; +; 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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..03663b3 --- /dev/null +++ b/plans/cra-t8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +; +; 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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..908c510 --- /dev/null +++ b/plans/hdrcore-t32.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +; +; 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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4299bdd --- /dev/null +++ b/plans/ngc6188-haoiii-t59.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +; +; 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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..864d194 --- /dev/null +++ b/plans/ngc6188-sii-t59.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +; +; 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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f74ed3d --- /dev/null +++ b/plans/scorpius-t70.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +; +; 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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..05dd554 --- /dev/null +++ b/plans/smc47tuc-t8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +; +; 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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf70646 --- /dev/null +++ b/plans/tarantula-t32.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +; +; 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 12a6266..3a4323c 100644 --- a/state/NOTES.md +++ b/state/NOTES.md @@ -52,6 +52,28 @@ 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 2ba756f..13a5890 100644 --- a/state/TODO.md +++ b/state/TODO.md @@ -13,22 +13,68 @@ 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: 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. +- 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). - 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). 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. + 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. ## Pending