INAF LBC+MODS queue observing, 2012 February 23-24
Observer: K. Boutsia, M. Fumana
Telescope Operator: G. Bechetti
Support Astronomer: O. Kuhn
Instrument: LBC+MODS
Summary
The sky is covered with thin cirrus before sunset. No use taking flats.
Starting with LBC to try again the NS target. Today the seeing was better and we observed both pointing (East and West).
The target
IC10VI is already at very low elevation just after twilight and to have it within specs we need exceptional seeing. No such luck tonight.
At 04:00UT we switched to MODS and we completed 4 projects: Nonino (macs0647), Fiore mask1 and mask2, Donnarumma (Abell mask1).
We also started Donnarumma (Abell mask2). We did 3 out of 4 exposures for this mask. The 3rd exposure finished within the twilight. At that time we were pointing NW. The sky in the spectra is indeed higher than the previous ones.
The seeing has been variable but during the MODS time it has been mostly <1.3". For the seeing during each target see figures at the end of the log.
The calibrations for the MODS data are complete (flats + lamps and standard star for all masks).
The Donnarumma calibrations for mask1 and mask2 have as PROPID sdss1029 even though the actual target is A1703. The masks are the correct ones!!
Data Summary
Project |
Objects |
Filter |
ExpTime |
Notes |
Valsecchi |
1999AO10 |
g-sloan / r-sloan |
1hr |
seeing was better than yesterday and we did both pointings |
Storm |
IC10VI |
V-bess / I-bess |
5min |
seeing was ~2.0", measured on the images, so we aborted |
Nonino |
macsj0647 |
dual grating |
1hr |
seeing was ~1.3 which is comparable to the rest of the 4hrs - this mask is considered complete |
Fiore |
Cosmos1 |
dual grating |
0.5hr |
seeing was <1.3" - this mask is considered complete |
Fiore |
Cosmos2 |
dual grating |
1hr |
0.5hr was within specs and the second 0.5hr was as yesterday - this mask is considered complete |
Donnarumma |
A1703m1 |
red grating |
1hr50min |
seeing was around 1.0" for most of the time - this mask is considered complete |
Donnarumma |
A1703m2 |
red grating |
1hr50min |
seeing was <1.3" - the last exposure finished after sky started getting brighter - sky in the spectra does look higher!! |
STD_MODS |
Feige34 |
dual/red grating |
good for all MODS programs |
Details
01:55 Slew to 20120223F
4251 0 -116 -1624 18 220 80 1.56 1.83 red
8239 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.68 3.25 blue
-503 98 61 -26 395 278 95 1.87 0.33 red
-1544 -357 -324 -679 -95 340 100 2.33 0.73 blue
209 -105 114 -123 -130 196 62 1.76 0.19 red
-343 -112 -270 -383 -114 335 98 2.39 0.33 blue
- lbcrangebal
- dimm seeing 1.9" -2.0"
02:07 20120224W - take one field image with normal guiding to see what the seeing is like.
- seeing measured in the image 1.4"-1.6"
- dimm seeing 1.4"
- dofpia again
1233 104 40 117 31 -184 -39 1.23 0.51 red
1866 -174 -45 -58 -8 -45 6 1.82 0.74 blue
442 35 85 -177 -133 -112 -26 1.01 0.23 red
412 56 105 -113 -3 -103 -5 1.74 0.20 blue
-319 -60 63 110 48 -125 -14 1.10 0.18 red
358 -125 -64 114 -22 -83 -24 1.65 0.18 blue
02:21 Set NSIGUI and then send 20120224W without guiding
03:04 slewing to the
IC10VI
- if we wait until the NEO is done it will be too low in elevation
- dofpia
-6376 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.40 2.51 red
-5823 -21 -172 53 320 249 62 1.57 2.31 blue
848 -51 164 282 -223 96 2 1.46 0.39 red
-62 -131 13 29 46 70 -4 1.52 0.10 blue
-83 96 134 109 49 96 30 1.62 0.13 red
-481 39 79 -5 57 128 28 1.70 0.22 blue
03:11 IC10VI
- the red filter got stuck - we had to stop the OB and resend it
- the seeing on the blue images was 1.8" - on the red also
- we tried - but data is out of spec - we abort and move back to the NSI target
03:20 Slew back to 1999AO10 for the east field
1075 38 -144 258 -22 18 44 1.86 0.45 red
2616 -163 107 24 70 58 39 1.93 1.04 blue
-102 19 -120 -188 50 42 29 1.58 0.13 red
436 -98 47 83 -18 -53 5 1.63 0.20 blue
03:27 20120224E
04:09 SWITCH TO MODS
04:30 Pointing correction and collimation
04:49 acqMODS macsj0647_mods.acq
mods1r 0005-0007
dX: -0.008 arcsec
dY: -0.846 arcsec
dPA: -0.1204 degrees
05:02 execMODS macsj0647_mods.obs
mods1b 0005-0008 / mods1r 0008-0011
- seeing on GCS 1.1"-1.4" - this mask is considered completed!!
- in the header there is not the MASKNAME!!!!
06:11 acqMODS mods.56.FIORE1.acq
mods1r 0012-0014
dX: -0.100 arcsec
dY: -0.708 arcsec
dPA: -0.1016 degrees
06:25 execMODS mods.56.FIORE1.obs
mods1b 0009 / mods1r 0015
07:00 acqMODS mods.57.FIORE2.acq
mods1r 0016-0018
dX: 0.122 arcsec
dY: -1.125 arcsec
dPA: -0.1832 degrees
07:11 execMODS mods.57.FIORE2.obs
mods1b 0010-0011 / mods1r 0019-0020
- the first 0.5hr is within specs but when the second has started the seeing went up to 1.8"
- dimm seeing 2.0' for the second exposure
- humidity is going up - cirrus passing?
08:16 Abort because the seeing is worse than yesterday - not worth accumulating hrs.
- it has never started obtaining the second image for the blue side! - actually it did - it is the gui that did not refresh!!
- pc is hang - after aborting the blue side is not responding! - blue reset in the command line - and press the refresh button in the gui.
08:20 acqMODS Feige34_std.acq
mods1r 0021-0026
- offsetxy 0.149 11.023 rel
- we still loose the guide star every now and then, probably there is cirrus passing by.
- changing the exptime on the guider from 2sec to 4sec
08:34 execMODS Feige34_std.obs
mods1b 0012 / mods1r 0027
- this is with dual_grating - suitable for Nonino and Fiore
08:42 execMODS Feige34_stdRED.obs
mods1r 0028
- this is with dual_grating - suitable for Donnarumma
08:47 acqMODS mods.201151.newmi1e.acq
mods1r 0029-0031
dX: -0.115 arcsec
dY: -0.849 arcsec
dPA: -0.1092 degrees
- measured seeing on the acquisition image is 1.7"
09:01 execMODS mods.201151.newmi1e.obs
mods1r 0032-0034
- Completed after 3 exposures (2250s each)
- the seeing improved a lot after the first 15min and it stayed around 1.0"
- that's why we did one more exposure so that adding the data of previous nights we have 2hr30min within specs.
11:01 Slew to mods.201150.newmi2e.acq
mods1r 0035-0037
- acqMODS mods.201150.newmi2e.acq
dX: -0.232 arcsec
dY: -0.992 arcsec
dPA: -0.0859 degrees
11:12 execMODS mods.201150.newmi2e.obs
mods1r 0038-0040
13:11 Abort the script after the 3rd exposure
- the last exposure
mods1r 0040
finishes 20min after the sky started getting brighter
- we are facing NW which should be the darkest part of the sky at this hour.
13:14 Close Dome - Telescope to zenith for calibrations
- The Donnarumma calibrations for mask2 has as PROPID sdss1029 even though the actual target is A1703. The maskid is the correct one!!
- execMODS grmoslampsDonnaRm2.cal
mods1r 0041-0043
- execMODS grmosflatsDonnaRm2.cal
mods1r 0044-0053
13:51 END OF NIGHT
- execMODS ~MODSeng/modsScripts/Support/modsSleep.pro
- Seeing reported by GCS during Nonino 0647:
- Seeing reported by GCS during Fiore1:
- Seeing reported by GCS during Fiore2:
- Seeing reported by GCS during Donnarumma M1:
- Seeing reported by GCS during Donnarumma M2:
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KonstantinaBoutsia - 24 Feb 2012