UT 20131110 LUCI2 Nighttime Commissioning

Observer: WSeifert, JHeidt, PBuschkamp, APramskiy, KPolsterer
Telescope Operator: DGHuerta
LBTO Support:

Plan for the night

• => First Com-night, concentrate on basics first, adapt to weather if nexessary, if bad, do closed-dome stuff
  

• Note1: Since most likely no closed-dome tests could be done on Nov 8, some important tests may need to be done before going on sky
  
• Note1: No telescope service GUI will be available during this run, ie all has to be done via scripts
  
• DMiller will be on call from 10pm onwards in case guide probe transformation measurements are possible
  

• Pupil alignment (closed dome)
  
• Pupil alignment verification (on sky)
  
• Preset by TO to collimate and check if pointing star can be seen
  
• Preset in track/active at 3 positions mode to see if it works (pointing star)
• Redo with offsets to have a feeling of orientation
  
• Orientation on sky, Pearsson stds, about 12 fields (if weather photometric, some of them in 4 filters, can be usd for first guess of ZPs)
  
• Telescope focus, TT (if seeing is good and conditions are stable, need DMiller)
  
• Guide probe transformation (if seeing is good by DMiller)
  
• Take image of with pointing mask
  
• Offset tests small/large, jitter-large offset sequences, failure tests (do offset with GS off patrol field
  
• Guide probe transformation verification (if seeing is good) by DMiller)
  

Summary

Preparations

MEdwards has prepared quite a few scripts for pointing stars/Pearsson stds.
DThompson provided info about his procedure for closed-dome pupil alignment

Details

-- JochenHeidt - 08 Nov 2013