2013 April Technical Observing Plan

Observers

Daytime Tasks

• Make flat fields and/or bad pixel files for AGW1 and AGW2 (JCG)

Nighttime Tasks

TCS Pre-Release Tests for 2013B

Adaptive Optics Related Tasks (not including AO Commissioning tasks)

• AO Pyramid stage transformation data collection on DX with IRTC (DLM) priority=medium
• CentOS 6 upgrade to adaptive optics software (LF) priority=medium, sky=flexible, time=5 hours
• More Data for 2D astigmatism look-up table on SX or DX (any) priority=medium, sky=flexible

Front Bent Gregorian Binocular Tasks (requires 2 functioning AGw units, but not W)

• Measure leaking rates with guiding blocked (JMH) priority=medium, sky=good seeing, time=1 hour
• Measure leaking performance with guiding running (JMH) priority=low, sky=good seeing, time=2 hours
• Measure practical dither range with the new models (JMH) priority=low, sky=flexible, time=1 hour

Other Binocular Tasks

Calibration Task

• Measure photometric properties of AGW guide cameras (JCG) priority=medium, sky=photometric, time=5 hours