UT Mar 03 2021

Night Partition

• Night split with PEPSI/PETS - handover 23:30 to LBTO Eng LUCI-SOUL-AO
• Moon rises 23:22 - through twilght (79%)
• 1st half PEPSI/PETS
• 2nd half LUCI-1 SOUL-AO
  

Issues:

• MODS-2 is offline until further notice

Calibrations to be done

• LUCI-1 & LUCI-2 G210 CWL 2.12 Arcs and Flats (Rothberg) for QSO Test
  • Script Location: /home/lbto/Service_Observing/2021A_D_E/Feb_Mar_2021/Rothberg_Science/H-band_Library/

Night Plan Eng Time

• LUCI-SOUL AO tasks - test 6 different PAs per object
• LUCI-SOUL Arcetri tests
  • Seeing > 1.4" will not be useful for performance characterization
  • if seeing is steady above 1.4" above we can release the telescope for other ENG work
  • closed loop on AO ref stars (on-axis) to collect SR and telmetry
    • Complete collection of performance measurements
    • Alfio will be on-line to update settings at hand-over to impove HO1
  • Script Location: /home/lbto/Service_Observing/2021A_D_E/Feb_Mar_2021//AO_Testing/AO_Testing_V22.xml
    • There are 33 stars with 6 different PAs (ignore Star 14) - will have to extract from OT before sending preset
  • one or more stars in the following categories
    • 14.5 < Rmag < 15.5 Fast Bin 3
    • 15.8 < Rmag < 16.5 Slow Bin 3
    • 16.51 < Rmag < 17.0 Fast Bin 4
    • 17.0 < Rmag < 18.0 Slow Bin 4
    • Rmag > 18.0 (as far as we can go....)
  • Procedure:
    • Preset with AOS in intervention mode and complete all the steps, including GOPT (enable NCPA for B3 only)
    • Double check that the DIMM is properly measuring seeing conditions
    • Check the flux on LUCI (Ks), and find the minimal DIT providing a good signal (max 20s in order to avoid PSF drifts inthe DIT)
    • Set the LUCI DIT in the Variable inspector of the AO system
    • Acquire the TN including the "PISCES PSF" with the required repetitions for a PSF that can provide a good measurement of the PSF halo.
    • Collect at least 6 TNs for each star
    • Offset out of the FoV to acquire SKY frames via the WFS control GUI with the same # of repetitions as in the TN
• LUCI-SOUL ESM tasks - 1hr - only if no other full AO
  • Hoag's Object - on-axis AO Ref star (galaxy core as AO Ref star R=13.44 predicted WFSmag =14.7)
    • Script Location: /home/lbto/Service_Observing/2021A_D_E/Feb_Mar_2021/ESM_Testing
  • M92 or M67 at multiple PAs - separate sub-directory for these - low priority
• if cannot switch to LUCI due to M3 SX issue
  
  • mid-z ULIRG FF0937+3857 - 2hrs MODS (Rothberg) - mono is OK - can collect more data at later date to improve S/N
  • LBC Solar System Objects - 1-2hrs (Veillet)
  • Local Mergers w/MODS as fill-in
• Poor Weather Backup
  • ESM data collection (Bino-LUCIs 1hr per target)
    
    • Script Location: /home/lbto/Service_Observing/2021A_D_E/Feb_Mar_2021/ESM_Testing
    • M67 visible from handover until 03hr
    • M92 visible from 2am through twilight
    • Hoag's Object On-axis AO Ref - can run as test in poor conditions - 1 hr
    • Script Location: /home/lbto/Service_Observing/2021A_D_E/Feb_Mar_2021/ESM_Testing
  • Local Mergers (Bino-MODS or Bino-LUCI 90min or longer per target based on conditions - mono is OK too) - Rothberg
    • Any Conditions (yes even 3-4" seeing is OK)
    • Script Location: /home/lbto/Service_Observing/2021A_D_E/Feb_Mar_2021/Rothberg_Science/Local_Mergers/scripts
    • OT file: COBandhead_Mergers_V8.xml
    • MODS
      • NGC 6598 18 08 56 69 04 04 GS R=11.8
    • LUCI
      • Arp 156 10 42 38 77 29 41 CWL=2.30 GS R=14.1 (can only observe between 22hr-02hr to get telluric, if telluric obtained before 02hr then can continue past)
      • NGC 4004 11 58 05 27 52 44 CWL=2.27 GS R=14.2
      • UGC 9829 15 23 01 -01 20 50 CWL=2.30 GS R=13.0
  • H-band Library QSO Test
    • Any conditions
    • Bino or Mono
    • Script Location: /home/lbto/Service_Observing/2021A_D_E/Feb_Mar_2021/Rothberg_Science/H-band_Library/
    • OT file: H-band_Library_V19.xml
    • PKS 1302-102 - ~45 min with overheads
      • Up all 2nd half
  • Standard Stars (only in photometric conditions - seeing is irrelevant)
    • MODS primary spectrophotometric standard in all modes
      • The table of MODS primarty spectrophotometric standards is here
      • Scripts for acq and observation (all modes) are in ~modseng/modsScripts/modsSpecPhot
    • MODS imaging standards (this is better done later - the fields are only just rising at the end of the night in March)
    • LBC imaging standards
    • LUCI Standards
      • Scripts: /home/lbto/Service_Observing/2021A_D_E/Feb_Mar_2021/LUCI_Phot_ZP
      • OT file: LUCI_Phot_ZP_OT_V2.xml
      • Best to pick one star and sample it over different airmasses
      • Otherwise, make sure to sample airmasses over delta-airmass > 0.33

Night Log