Night Summary

Night Summary Report

Session Date: 2026-05-02

Session Start: 21:34:22    Session End: 04:54:00

Duration: 7.3 hours

Profile: Starfront - Redcat 91

Equipment
CameraZWO ASI2600MM Pro TelescopeRedcat 91 WIFID MountASI Mount Filter WheelEFW FocuserEAF RotatorZWO CAA GuiderPHD2

Session Timeline

30° 60° 90° Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 2 21:56 – 23:04 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 2 23:28 – 01:02 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 01:08 – 03:49 Moon Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 2 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 AF: AutoFocus completed — Filter: Luminance, Temp: 20.0°C, Position: 38048 @ 21:50:14 AF AF: AutoFocus completed — Filter: Luminance, Temp: 19.0°C, Position: 38053 @ 22:45:08 AF AF: AutoFocus completed — Filter: Luminance, Temp: 19.0°C, Position: 38057 @ 23:27:59 AF AF: AutoFocus completed — Filter: Luminance, Temp: 18.0°C, Position: 38068 @ 00:31:38 AF AF: AutoFocus completed — Filter: Luminance, Temp: 17.0°C, Position: 38068 @ 00:40:34 AF AF: AutoFocus completed — Filter: Luminance, Temp: 17.0°C, Position: 38076 @ 01:46:42 AF AF: AutoFocus completed — Filter: Luminance, Temp: 16.0°C, Position: 38080 @ 02:20:41 AF AF: AutoFocus completed — Filter: Luminance, Temp: 16.0°C, Position: 38086 @ 03:20:55 AF 21:34 04:54 23:00 01:00 03:00
Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 2 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 AutoFocus

Session Overview

147
Total Images
Luminance63
Red27
Green26
Blue31
4.5h
Total Exposure
Luminance2h 6m
Red40m 30s
Green39m
Blue1h 2m
2
Targets
1.62px
Avg HFR
0.65"
Avg Guiding RMS
4.43"
Avg FWHM
76%
Yield
99% ↓
Moon
Yield and Imaging Overhead Analysis
1h 24m
Total Overhead
54.1%
Overhead Accounted
1h 11m
Unaccounted
Dither
Guiding
Autofocus
Filter Change

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

Category Count Total Avg % of Overhead
Dither 63 21m 46s 20.7s 25.4%
Guiding 9 17m 43s 118.2s 20.6%
Autofocus 9 14m 43s 98.2s 17.2%
Filter Change 117 10m 24s 5.3s 12.1%
Camera Temp 1 7m 19s 439.3s 8.5%
Image Save 147 4m 36s 1.9s 5.4%
Wait 5 3m 36.1s 3.5%
Camera Download 147 1m 53s 0.8s 2.2%
Centering 3 1m 42s 34.3s 2.0%
Plate Solve 77 1m 33s 1.2s 1.8%
Flat Panel 5 42s 8.6s 0.8%
Mount 2 25s 12.6s 0.5%

Targets Imaged

Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 2 — Start: 21:58  →  End: 01:02  ·  R.A. 12h 18m 1s  ·  Dec. +24° 53′ 15″  ·  ↻ 270°  ·  🌙 ↔ 71°

Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 2
30° 60° 90° Min Alt 30° Moon Position Start: 21:58 Start End: 01:02 End ▼ Sunset 20:20 Sunrise 06:55 ▲ 20:20 06:55 22:00 00:00 02:00 04:00 06:00
FilterImagesExposureTotal Time
Luminance44120s1h 28m
Red790s10m 30s
Green790s10m 30s
Blue12120s24m
Total702h 13m

Star Count Consistency

Broadband CVNarrowband CV
72%
Image Quality
Metric
Min
Max
Mean
CV
HFR
1.56px
1.82px
1.64px
4%
FilterMinMaxMeanCV
Luminance (44)1.56px1.81px1.62px3%
Red (7)1.74px1.82px1.77px2%
Green (7)1.57px1.62px1.60px1%
Blue (12)1.58px1.82px1.62px4%
FWHM
4.04"
5.74"
4.38"
5%
FilterMinMaxMeanCV
Luminance (44)4.25"5.74"4.45"5%
Red (7)4.11"4.25"4.17"1%
Green (7)4.04"4.52"4.27"4%
Blue (12)4.06"4.57"4.33"4%
Eccentricity
0.31
0.47
0.37
8%
Guiding RMS
0.30"
1.08"
0.65"
26%
Session History (3 previous sessions)
DateIntegrationAvg HFRAvg FWHMAvg Guiding RMS
Apr 26, 20262.3h1.57px4.77"0.69"
Apr 24, 20262.7h1.67px4.47"0.72"
Apr 22, 20261.4h1.80px4.33"0.82"

Target Scheduler Progress

BB_L_180s (120s)
60/60 accepted (100%)
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): ~4.1h

Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 — Start: 01:09  →  End: 03:49  ·  R.A. 12h 17m 52s  ·  Dec. +27° 17′ 25″  ·  ↻ 270°  ·  🌙 ↔ 74°

Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1
30° 60° 90° Min Alt 30° Moon Position Start: 01:09 Start End: 03:49 End ▼ Sunset 20:20 Sunrise 06:55 ▲ 20:20 06:55 22:00 00:00 02:00 04:00 06:00
FilterImagesExposureTotal Time
Luminance19120s38m
Red2090s30m
Green1990s28m 30s
Blue19120s38m
Total772h 14m

Star Count Consistency

Broadband CVNarrowband CV
91%
Image Quality
Metric
Min
Max
Mean
CV
HFR
1.52px
2.55px
1.60px
8%
FilterMinMaxMeanCV
Luminance (17)1.53px2.55px1.64px15%
Red (19)1.53px1.72px1.64px3%
Green (19)1.54px1.64px1.57px1%
Blue (18)1.52px1.62px1.56px1%
FWHM
3.96"
5.01"
4.47"
5%
FilterMinMaxMeanCV
Luminance (16)4.32"4.89"4.63"3%
Red (19)3.96"4.59"4.30"4%
Green (19)4.01"4.83"4.44"5%
Blue (18)4.21"5.01"4.52"4%
Eccentricity
0.29
0.62
0.36
14%
Guiding RMS
0.31"
1.87"
0.66"
34%
Session History (1 previous session)
DateIntegrationAvg HFRAvg FWHMAvg Guiding RMS
Apr 24, 20262.4h1.69px4.54"0.65"

Target Scheduler Progress

BB_L_180s (120s)
19/60 acquired (32%)
BB_R_180s (90s)
18/25 accepted (72%)
BB_G_180s (90s)
19/25 accepted (76%)
BB_B_180s (120s)
18/25 accepted (72%)

Total integration (all sessions, estimate): ~2.2h

Session Image Quality

Metric
Min
Max
Mean
CV
HFR
1.52px
2.55px
1.62px
6%
FilterMinMaxMeanCV
Luminance (61)1.53px2.55px1.63px8%
Red (26)1.53px1.82px1.68px4%
Green (26)1.54px1.64px1.58px2%
Blue (30)1.52px1.82px1.58px4%
FWHM
3.96"
5.74"
4.43"
5%
FilterMinMaxMeanCV
Luminance (60)4.25"5.74"4.50"5%
Red (26)3.96"4.59"4.27"4%
Green (26)4.01"4.83"4.40"5%
Blue (30)4.06"5.01"4.44"5%
Eccentricity
0.29
0.62
0.36
12%
Guiding RMS
0.30"
1.87"
0.65"
30%

Guiding RMS and HFR Vs. Time

Tonight's Preview

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

Planned schedule for May 3, 2026 — 21:51 to 03:47

30° 60° 90° Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 21:51 – 00:24 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 4 00:24 – 03:47 Moon Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 4 21:51 03:47 23:00 01:00 03:00
Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 4
TargetWindowImagesTotal Time
Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 21:51 - 00:24 80 2h 33m
Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 4 00:24 - 03:47 114 3h 23m
Coma Berenices Cluster Panel 1 - Filter Breakdown
FilterImagesExposureTotal Time
Luminance 60 120s 2h
Red 7 90s 10m 30s
Green 6 90s 9m
Blue 7 120s 14m
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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