Night Summary

Night Summary Report

Session Date: 2026-05-09

Session Start: 21:41:09    Session End: 03:36:01

Duration: 5.9 hours

Profile: Starfront - Redcat 91

Equipment
CameraZWO ASI2600MM Pro TelescopeRedcat 91 WIFID MountASI Mount Filter WheelEFW FocuserEAF RotatorZWO CAA GuiderPHD2 Flat PanelASCOM DeepSkyDad FP SwitchUPBv3 UPBv32C7C80

Session Timeline

30° 60° 90° Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 22:03 – 22:37 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 22:59 – 00:19 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 3 00:25 – 03:27 Moon Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 3 AF: AutoFocus completed — Filter: Luminance, Temp: 28.0°C, Position: 37978 @ 21:56:54 AF AF: AutoFocus completed — Filter: Luminance, Temp: 27.0°C, Position: 37984 @ 23:17:40 AF AF: AutoFocus completed — Filter: Luminance, Temp: 26.0°C, Position: 37992 @ 01:11:00 AF 21:41 03:36 23:00 01:00 03:00
Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 3 AutoFocus

Session Overview

140
Total Images
1 aborted
Luminance64
Red25
Green26
Blue25
4.2h
Total Exposure
Luminance2h 8m
Red37m 30s
Green39m
Blue50m
2
Targets
2.27px
Avg HFR
0.69"
Avg Guiding RMS
4.51"
Avg FWHM
79%
Yield
42% ↓
Moon
Yield and Imaging Overhead Analysis
1h 6m
Total Overhead
78.7%
Overhead Accounted
17m 57s
Unaccounted
Dither
Guiding
Filter Change
Wait

Category totals may exceed the overall overhead because some operations run concurrently.

Category Count Total Avg % of Overhead
Dither 63 20m 37s 19.6s 30.5%
Guiding 7 16m 14s 139.3s 24.1%
Filter Change 104 8m 56s 5.2s 13.2%
Autofocus 4 5m 17s 79.4s 7.8%
Camera Temp 1 4m 31s 271.1s 6.7%
Image Save 140 3m 17s 1.4s 4.9%
Wait 5 3m 36.1s 4.4%
Camera Download 140 1m 45s 0.8s 2.6%
Centering 3 1m 37s 32.6s 2.4%
Plate Solve 76 1m 15s 1.0s 1.9%
Flat Panel 5 42s 8.4s 1.0%
Mount 2 17s 8.7s 0.4%

Targets Imaged

Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 — Start: 22:04  →  End: 00:19  ·  R.A. 12h 17m 52s  ·  Dec. +27° 17′ 25″  ·  ↻ 270°  ·  🌙 ↔ 142°

Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1
30° 60° 90° Min Alt 30° Moon Position Start: 22:04 Start End: 00:19 End ▼ Sunset 20:25 Sunrise 06:45 ▲ 20:25 06:45 22:00 00:00 02:00 04:00 06:00
FilterImagesExposureTotal Time
Luminance29120s58m
Red790s10m 30s
Green990s13m 30s
Blue7120s14m
Total521h 36m

Star Count Consistency

Broadband CVNarrowband CV
28%
Image Quality
Metric
Min
Max
Mean
CV
HFR
1.97px
2.62px
2.40px
8%
FilterMinMaxMeanCV
Luminance (29)2.49px2.62px2.55px1%
Red (7)1.97px2.18px2.13px3%
Green (9)2.03px2.24px2.18px3%
Blue (7)2.25px2.35px2.30px2%
FWHM
4.12"
4.65"
4.35"
3%
FilterMinMaxMeanCV
Luminance (29)4.34"4.65"4.45"2%
Red (7)4.17"4.24"4.21"1%
Green (9)4.14"4.31"4.21"1%
Blue (7)4.12"4.47"4.27"3%
Eccentricity
0.35
0.43
0.37
5%
Guiding RMS
0.33"
1.11"
0.71"
28%
Session History (2 previous sessions)
DateIntegrationAvg HFRAvg FWHMAvg Guiding RMS
May 2, 20262.2h1.60px4.47"0.66"
Apr 24, 20262.4h1.69px4.54"0.65"

Target Scheduler Progress

BB_L_180s (120s)
66/60 accepted (110%)
BB_R_180s (90s)
25/25 accepted (100%)
BB_G_180s (90s)
25/25 accepted (100%)
BB_B_180s (120s)
25/25 accepted (100%)

Total integration (all sessions, estimate): ~4.3h

Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 3 — Start: 00:26  →  End: 03:27  ·  R.A. 12h 25m 6s  ·  Dec. +27° 18′ 6″  ·  ↻ 270°  ·  🌙 ↔ 142°

Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 3
30° 60° 90° Min Alt 30° Moon Position Start: 00:26 Start End: 03:27 End ▼ Sunset 20:25 Sunrise 06:45 ▲ 20:25 06:45 22:00 00:00 02:00 04:00 06:00
FilterImagesExposureTotal Time
Luminance35120s1h 10m
Red1890s27m
Green1790s25m 30s
Blue18120s36m
Total882h 38m

Star Count Consistency

Broadband CVNarrowband CV
26%
Image Quality
Metric
Min
Max
Mean
CV
HFR
1.87px
2.70px
2.20px
6%
FilterMinMaxMeanCV
Luminance (35)2.01px2.70px2.27px8%
Red (18)2.03px2.21px2.13px2%
Green (17)1.87px2.24px2.10px4%
Blue (18)2.01px2.39px2.21px4%
FWHM
4.16"
5.95"
4.60"
7%
FilterMinMaxMeanCV
Luminance (35)4.44"5.95"4.85"6%
Red (18)4.26"4.63"4.41"3%
Green (17)4.16"4.76"4.38"4%
Blue (18)4.24"4.95"4.50"4%
Eccentricity
0.32
0.77
0.38
15%
Guiding RMS
0.33"
1.23"
0.68"
26%
Session History (1 previous session)
DateIntegrationAvg HFRAvg FWHMAvg Guiding RMS
May 4, 202656m1.85px5.16"2.31"

Target Scheduler Progress

BB_L_180s (120s)
43/60 acquired (72%)
BB_R_180s (90s)
25/25 accepted (100%)
BB_G_180s (90s)
25/25 accepted (100%)
BB_B_180s (120s)
25/25 accepted (100%)

Total integration (all sessions, estimate): ~3.5h

Session Image Quality

Metric
Min
Max
Mean
CV
HFR
1.87px
2.70px
2.27px
8%
FilterMinMaxMeanCV
Luminance (64)2.01px2.70px2.40px8%
Red (25)1.97px2.21px2.13px3%
Green (26)1.87px2.24px2.13px4%
Blue (25)2.01px2.39px2.23px4%
FWHM
4.12"
5.95"
4.51"
6%
FilterMinMaxMeanCV
Luminance (64)4.34"5.95"4.67"7%
Red (25)4.17"4.63"4.35"3%
Green (26)4.14"4.76"4.32"4%
Blue (25)4.12"4.95"4.44"5%
Eccentricity
0.32
0.77
0.38
12%
Guiding RMS
0.33"
1.23"
0.69"
26%

Guiding RMS and HFR Vs. Time

Tonight's Preview

Generated by Target Scheduler — actual imaging may differ based on conditions

Planned schedule for May 10, 2026 — 21:58 to 03:21

30° 60° 90° Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 3 21:58 – 23:58 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 4 23:58 – 03:21 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 3 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 4 21:58 03:21 23:00 01:00 03:00
Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 3 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 4
TargetWindowImagesTotal Time
Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 3 21:58 - 23:58 60 2h
Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 4 23:58 - 03:21 114 3h 23m
Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 3 - Filter Breakdown
FilterImagesExposureTotal Time
Luminance 60 120s 2h
Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 4 - Filter Breakdown
FilterImagesExposureTotal Time
Luminance 39 120s 1h 18m
Red 25 90s 37m 30s
Green 25 90s 37m 30s
Blue 25 120s 50m

CV (Coefficient of Variation) measures consistency as a percentage of the mean. Lower values indicate more stable conditions. Star count CV is calculated per target and filter type.

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