Plans for UT 26-Oct - 01-Nov 2020 E/D Nights

Engineering Tasks

1. AO Engineering test observations - entire half night
   1. Mars
      1. 2020-Oct-26 06:45 - 07:45 UT -local: 23:45-00:45
      2. 2020-Oct-27 05:45 - 06:45 UT -local: 22:45-23:45
      3. 2020-Oct-28 UT 04:30 for 1:30min : 01 05 04.16 +04 44 40.3
      4. 2020-Oct-29 UT 07:25 for 1:10min : 01 04 07.36 +04 43 57.4 - This would overlap with LBTI, not an option
      5. 2020-Nov-01 UT 04:20 for 1:10min: 01 02 32.31 +04 42 58.3
      6. Take sievemask (opticsieve) with the N30 to map distortions - daytime calibration
   2. Uranus
      1. Ariel R~14 (Bin 3)
      2. Miranda R~16 (Bin 4)
   3. Neptune - too close to the Moon?
2. UT Oct 27 - AO Engineering Work
   1. Bin 4 observations of stars
   2. Routine observations of "standard" check fields (i.e. M52)
3. UT Oct 27 - ESM on-sky testing - Arcetri worked on pupil finding issue
   1. M52 (R=10, 15.7 AORef)
      1. ( but unable to close loop on R=15.7) variable poor conditions
   2. M34 (R=12 AORef)
      1. variable poor conditions
4. Any night - MODS Eng checks for upcoming obs
   1. MMS test on-sky with J. Heidt mask (acquisition only) - 20min Can be done in mediocre weather - just aligning the mask
   2. Defocus check. Pointing to "bright" star, defocus ~ 3" using detector focus. Verify stability for about 10 min. (~20 min task total), seeing ANY, but stable, CC ANY
5. Any night - Luci / LBC software "blessing" on robs
6. Any night - LUCI1 pseudo-speckle tests (1.5h) - D. Thompson - execute and prepare scripts
   1. (re-rotator issue, will try again) M15, M56 - beginning of the night (19hrs, 21hrs) - just need to do one
7. Pointing Model LBC (2hrs) -
   
   1. Guide being put together by Jenny and Olga
   2. need to convert LBC star list to work with IRAF Ptstars
   3. Readout chip 2
   4. PtStars 20 degree centers
   5. Could be related to trailing issue LBC
   6. Thermal stability important
   7. O. Kuhn will put together set of pointing star scripts for LBC and prep PtStars for UT Oct 29 (Wed)
8. LBC Skyflats
9. More flight-time for OSAs on AO
   1. 1x OSCO

Science Programs

1. UT Oct 31 - PEPSI Program for OSURC
2. Space Rock Recovery to test LBCs - C. Veillet
3. AO Followup of GRB 200826A (H-band) - B. Rothberg (2hrs) x2
4. ESM Spectroscopic confirmation of z~10.5 galaxy in CANDELS - B. Rothberg (2.75 hrs)
5. Poor Weather Backups
   1. ICRF3 (Rothberg)
   2. H-band Library (Rothberg)

Night by Night Overview

1. UT Oct 28 (Tuesday) - CLOSED
   
   1. OSCO
   2. GRB 200826A (2hrs)
   3. Uranus (1hr)
   4. ESM filler
   5. Mars - 31 degreees from the Moon (1hr)
2. UT Oct 29 (Wednesday)
   1. OSCO
   2. Speckle-test (1.5-2hrs) - D. Thompson
   3. GRB? - depends on Bin4
   4. Uranus
   5. ESM filler - depends on Bin4
3. UT Oct 30 (Thursday) - Possibility 1
   
   1. Skyflats at twilight - LBC
   2. Pointing Model (2hrs) - LBC
   3. Asteroid/Solar system target recoveries - LBC
4. UT Oct 30 (Thursday) - Possibility 2
   
   1. OSCO
   2. Speckle-test - LUCI-Bino (1.5 hrs)
   3. ESM filler
   4. GRB 200826A - second set of observations (2hrs)
5. UT Oct 31 (Friday)
   1. PEPSI
6. UT Nov 01 (Saturday)
   1. MODS test at start of the night (15min)
      1. mask files in /home/lbto/Service_Observing/Eng_D_Oct_25_31_2020/MODS_test
   2. Mars - 29 degres from Moon - LUCI

Closed Dome Activities

1. SOUL/LUCI
   1. D. Miller tests - UT Oct 27 (Monday)
2. Calibrations - LUCI-1 all N30 flats taken, could do LUCI-2 times (in preparation for the return of the DX AdSec someday)