LBTO E-/Technical Night

OSA - Steve Allanson

Isp - Jennifer Power

Manager - K. Newton

ISA - B. Rothberg (Tucson)

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UT 05:31 - LBCs started - possibility for opening

UT 06:10 - Opening up - starting Superfoc on M103

UT 06:12 - Running DOFPIA,/first - temp diff large, may take a while

UT 06:21 - Running DOFPIA again

UT 06:25 - Running Co-pointing script

UT 06:31 - Copointing Done

UT 06:32 - Running DOFPIA as mirror temps are closer to ambient

UT 06:35 - Slewing to M103 - seeing may not be good enough

UT 06:36 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 06:43 - RB_YS_sf7 PA=0

UT 06:50 - RB_VV_sf7 PA=0

UT 06:56 - RB_YU_sf7 PA=0

UT 07:02 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 07:04 - kinda scary clouds creeping in from the NW

UT 07:09 - DOFPIA

UT 07:14 - RB_rv_sf7 PA=0

UT 07:20 - RB_YS_sf7 PA=0

UT 07:26 - RB_VV_sf7 PA=0

UT 07:32 - RB_YU_sf7 PA=0

UT 07:38 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 07:45 - Running DOFPIA

UT 07:48 - DOFPIA shows significant improvements in seeing - will do another round of SUPERFOCs

UT 07:51 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 07:59 - RB_YS_sf7 PA=0

UT 08:05 - RB_VV_sf7 PA=0

UT 08:12 - RB_YU_sf7 PA=0

UT 08:15 - Clouds seem to be in field - many stars missing

UT 08:19 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 08:26 - Running DOFPIA

UT 08:31 - Moving to co-pointing field to do superfoc sequences on F972 filter (M103 proper caused problems before)

UT 08:32 - RB_rV sf7 PA=0

UT 08:39 - RB_zB_sf7 PA=0

UT 08:45 - RB_F972B_sf7 PA=0

UT 08:51 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 08:54 - LBC-R filter wheel error

UT 08:55 - Stopping and restarting OB - stuck going from F972 to r-Sloan

UT 09:01 - Running DOFPIA

UT 09:06 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 09:12 - RB_zB_sf7 PA=0

UT 09:17 - LBC-R 091518 - Jumped - also blue

UT 09:25 - RB_F972B_sf7 PA =

UT 09:30 - LBC-R 092848 - horzontal striping

UT 09:35 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 09:41 - Running DOFPIA

UT 09:44 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 09:50 - RB_zB_sf7 PA=0

UT 09:57 - RB_F972B_sf7 PA=0

UT 10:01 - Clouds cutting through field

UT 10:03 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 10:09 - clouds last image?

UT 10:10 - DOFPIA

UT 10:13 - Going back to M103 proper - running another round with V in LBC-R

UT 10:15 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0- may not be useful

UT 10:19 -staring directly at thick cloud

UT 10:22 - RB_YS_sf7 PA=0 - may not be useful

UT 10:30 - Moving to blank field at RA 6hr to avoid clouds

UT 10:33 - Running DOFPIA

UT 10:41 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 10:47 - RB_YS_sf7 PA=0

UT 10:53 - RB_VV_sf7 PA=0

UT 11:00 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 11:06 - DOFPIA

UT 11:10 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 11:16 - RB_zB_sf7 PA=0

UT 11:22 - RB_F972B_sf7 PA=0

UT 11:28 - RB_rV_sf7 PA=0

UT 11:35 - DOFPIA

Extra-Focus

UT 11:37 - RB_rVex4 PA=0

UT 11:39 - RB_rVex4_pa180

UT 11:42 - DOFPIA

UT 11:47 - RB_rVex4_pa90

UT 11:51 - RB_rVex4_pa270

UT 11:55 - RB_rVex4 PA=0

UT 11:58 - RB_rVex4_pa180

UT 12:01 - DOFPIA

UT 12:05-12:40 - Special Project X

UT 12:40 - U; sloan z Skyflats ; first exposure 800 counts, last 1k (1 sec each)

UT 12:47 - U,z; 5sec; 3k first, 6k last

UT 12:51 - U;z 2sec

UT 12:55 - U; V, 2sec; 9k first, 22k first V

UT 12:59 - g; V. 0.5sec - g-sloan saturated - overall LBC-R V should be ok-ish

UT 01:03 - Finished

UT 01:04 - Closing

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-- %USERSIG{BarryRothberg - 2015-10-16}%

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