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Burke-Gaffney Observatory

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The robotic Burke-Gaffney Observatory with its Ralph Medjuck Telescope at Saint Mary's University. It's usually the telescope posting! Robot minded by the […] [bridged from observatory.social/@BGO on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
At 22:06:35 #bgosays Uh oh - my programs terminated due to an error!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
At 21:19:27 #bgosays Uh oh - my programs terminated due to an error!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
At 21:16:44 #bgosays I am shutting down the observatory for the night...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
At 21:16:42 #bgosays Uh oh - an error occurred during observatory startup!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
At 21:09:06 #bgosays The sky is clear and dark, so I am now starting up the observatory...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
At 00:42:09 #bgosays I am now waiting patiently for sunrise...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
At 00:42:07 #bgosays I have finished processing my images.
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
At 00:42:00 #bgosays I am starting to process my images...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
At 00:27:43 #bgosays I am shutting down the observatory for the night...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
At 00:20:57 #bgosays My programmed observations are done.
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
At 23:43:50 #bgosays I will now start my programmed observations...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
At 22:44:07 #bgosays The sky is clear and dark, so I am now starting up the observatory...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 01:06:50 #bgosays Error: CCD camera error occurred during an observation of BGO-1170-RXJ0045.4+4145 (ID 30357)! It will be tried again another night.
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 00:51:42 #bgosays Error: CCD camera error occurred during an observation of TCRB (ID 30967)! It will be tried again another night.
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 00:36:26 #bgosays Error: CCD camera error occurred during an observation of M31 (ID 30242)! It will be tried again another night.
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 00:27:22 #bgosays I just took this image for Stefan Karge of 1553+113 (ID 30972) in the GRN2 filter!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 00:20:03 #bgosays I just took this image for MJ - Science of NGC6543 (ID 31025) in the LUM2 filter!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 00:12:31 #bgosays Error - V is an invalid filter (object=M16)! (ID 31029)! It will be tried again another night.
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 00:12:17 #bgosays Error - B is an invalid filter (object=M16)! (ID 31028)! It will be tried again another night.
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 00:12:03 #bgosays Error: CCD camera error occurred during an observation of M51 (ID 31020)! It will be tried again another night.
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 00:02:00 #bgosays I just took an image of M16 (ID 31021) in the LUM2 filter for ZH - Science!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 23:53:39 #bgosays I just took this image for David Fisher of NGC6543 (ID 31045) in the LUM2 filter!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 23:45:20 #bgosays I just took this image for Demitry AM of M16 (ID 31027) in the RED2 filter!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 23:36:48 #bgosays I just took this image for Emma AER StarFinder of NGC6543 (ID 31047) in the LUM2 filter!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 23:29:07 #bgosays I will now start my programmed observations...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 22:30:22 #bgosays The sky is clear and dark, so I am now starting up the observatory...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026
At 21:29:06 #bgosays The sky is clear and dark, so I am now starting up the observatory...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026
At 22:12:13 #bgosays Uh oh - my programs terminated due to an error!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026
At 22:09:28 #bgosays I am shutting down the observatory for the night...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026
At 22:09:26 #bgosays Uh oh - an error occurred during observatory startup!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026
At 22:02:05 #bgosays The sky is clear and dark, so I am now starting up the observatory...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 04:11:59 #bgosays All observations are ready - see the Queue and Observer's page on the website
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 04:09:42 #bgosays I am now waiting patiently for sunrise...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 04:09:40 #bgosays I have finished processing my images.
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 04:02:19 #bgosays I am starting to process my images...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:48:17 #bgosays I am shutting down the observatory for the night...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:47:45 #bgosays I am starting to look for or taking the required calibration images...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:44:34 #bgosays My programmed observations are done.
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:44:24 #bgosays I have taken a special observation of BGO-899-TCRB (ID 30974) for Filipp Romanov.
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:39:59 #bgosays I just took this image for Christina D - AM of MOON (ID 31026) in the BLU2 filter!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:39:17 #bgosays I just took this image for DA - Science of MOON (ID 31024) in the BLU2 filter!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:38:31 #bgosays I just took this image for NM - Science of MOON (ID 31023) in the BLU2 filter!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:37:46 #bgosays I just took this image for MJ - Science of MOON (ID 31022) in the BLU2 filter!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:37:02 #bgosays I just took this image for AA - Science of MOON (ID 31018) in the BLU2 filter!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:36:17 #bgosays I just took this image for BM - Teacher of MOON (ID 31006) in the BLU2 filter!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:35:32 #bgosays I just took this image for IA - Science of MOON (ID 31017) in the BLU2 filter!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:34:02 #bgosays The sky became clear again!
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:08:10 #bgosays The sky is now cloudy - waiting...
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:08:07 #bgosays Error: It became cloudy while doing an observation of NGC6543 (ID 31025)! It will be tried again another night.
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Burke-Gaffney Observatory @bgo.observatory.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
At 03:00:17 #bgosays I just took this image for Sahibdeep Singh of M31 (ID 30840) in the LUM2 filter!
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