INAF queue observing, 2015 Nov 07-Nov 08

Observer: S. Bisogni, R. Carini
Telescope Operator: Steve Allanson
Support Astronomer: Barry Rothberg on call
Instrument: LBC-MODS-LUCI

Summary

At the sunset the sky is clear, the humidity is 20%

Night duration (12\xB0 el twilight) 19:00-5:10 ( 02:00-12:10 UT) = 10 h 10m

Observing time: 8 hrs 50 m (~90%)

Weather time loss: 0 h (0%)

technical time loss 1 h 20 m (~10%)

Data Summary

Project_RUN	Objects	Filter	ExpTime	Notes
Clementini	PegasusIII, PiscesII	B, V	0.3	ob from number 11 to 13, average seeing 1.3-1.5'', OUT of SPECS
Cusano	AndXXI	B, V	15min	ob 1 and 2
Cusano	AndXIX	B, V	15min	ob 1 and 2
Cusano	And_field_1	B, V	0.5h
Antoniucci	v350cep	zJspec, HKspec	0.6h (spec)	completed
Antoniucci	v350 cep	J (ima)	0.1 h	completed
Antoniucci tell v350cep		zJspec, HKspec
Antoniucci	xztau	zJspec, HKspec	0.6h (spec)	completed
Antoniucci	xztau	J (ima)	0.1 h	completed
Antoniucci tell xztau		zJspec, HKspec
Bellazzini H	104.4+04.1	g, r	0.2h	completed
Castellano	MACSJ0717.5	Uspec, V	36 min
Phot Stand	SA98	SVBg_rVi
Skyflat	V, I
Antoniucci cal		zJspec, HKspec

Details

00:57 running SkyFlats for V-I filters

01:40 running DOFPIA, we then start trying to collimate

01:47 epar lbcrangebal

• DIMM seeing 1.4''
• starting with Pegasus11 (and Pisces11)
• seeing 1.3''-1.4''

02:09 Pegasus12

• seeing 1.15''

02:14 Pisces12

• seeing 1.4''

02:20 Pegasus13

• seeing 1.2-1.3''

02:26 Pisces13

02:32 Pegasus 14

02:39 we are out of specs for Clementini (average seeing 1.4''), so we slew to Cusano.

02:57 lost some time for problems with IRAF (lbcrangebal), now running AndXIX _1.ob

• seeing 1.5''

03:07 AndXXI _1.ob

03:14 probable readout problem in one of the chips of the red channel; the image is blurred. We have to restart LBC.

03:26 starting again DOFPIA and copointing for Cusano

03:36 we are not able to copoint because lbcrangebal doesn't give the offset. We try killing and starting Iraf again. Now it works.

03:39 running AndXXI _1.ob again

• seeing 1.5''

• 03:51 running DOFPIA

03:55 running AndXIX _1.ob

• 04:03 thee is no tracking in the blue channel, we are finishing this integration (that should be ok) and then we have to power-cycle LBC again
• the blue image is not good, red image is ok
• seeing 1.5-1.6''

04:10 DOFPIA and copointing again for Cusano

04:19 AndXXI _2.ob

• seeing 1.3''

04:28 DOFPIA and AndXIX _2.ob

• seeing 1.5''

04:45 And_field_1.ob

• dofpia
• 4:51 run science
• 5:00 seeing variable 1''-1.3''

05:23 switch to MODS

05:47 the seeing is very bad and variable: 1.4''-2.0'' we can not do the Saracco program, the blue channel with MODS2 doesn't work, so we switch to luci2 to do the backup program of Antoniucci

06:25 acquisition target V350 Cep

• v350_cep.xml GO luci2.20151108.0001-0007
• 6:49 seeing 2.35''
• 06:57 begin science luci2.0008-0015

7:25 imaging V350 Cep

• v350_cep_im.xml luci2.0016-0021

7:35 telluric star for the target V350 Cep * v350_cep_tell.xml GO * acquisition luci2.0022-0024 * science luci2.0025-00.28 * seeing 2''-3''

7:55 slew to the program XZTau xz_tau.xml GO

• acquisition luci2.0029-0031
• 8:10 problem with the air compressor at the primary mirror. we stop.

8:35 the TO gives us the permission to acquire again but he have to collimate again.

08:44 xz_tau.xml GO

• the seeing is 0.9'', we continue with the backup program because we want to be sure that the seeing is stable
• acquisition luci2.0032-0036
• 08:56 detector focus commit error
• 09:08 start the science luci2.0037-0044
• seeing 0.8'''

09:14 run imaging: xz_tau_im.xml GO luci2.0045-0050

09:20 run the telluric star for this target: xz_tau_tell.xml GO

• 09:24 lost the guide star
• 09:26 start again
• acquisition luci2.0051-0050-54 erro in the acquisition, luci2 takes two images of the slit but any of the source
• the AS reinitialize and restart the scheduler we re-load start, but error during commit.
• 09:38 The SA start the scheduler again, we re-load the script and go
• acquisition luci2.0055
• science luci2.0056-0059

09:52 the seeing is good, about 1.0'', switch to LBC.

10:07 start the target of Bellazzini:H

• 10:23 problem with the guide in the blue channel during the dofpia. we try again.

10:23 run science Bellazzini H (2015B_1_H.ob)

• seeing 0.8''-0.9''

10:38 DOFPIA e copointing for Castellano

• Castellano didn't provide copointing ob, so we have to chose a star near the field from the available catalogue (WT10-318)
• 10:58 once again problem with lbcrangebal; IRAf is not working; we have to quit and start it again to do the copointing procedure
• 11:01 run Castelllano Science (Castellano_MACSJ0717_UR_1.ob)
• seeing 0.9''-1''
• in the first image in the red channel there is a bit of elongation, but the next images are good
• 11:35 we stop the integration to run DOFPIA again because in the blue channel we have some elongation
• 11:42 Castellano_MACSJ0717_UR_1.ob again
• seeing 0.7''
• in the blue channel still a bit of elongation, even if we run DOFPIA 20 min ago

12:06 running DOFPIA

12:11 Castellano_MACSJ0717_UR_2.ob (only 1 image)

• seeing 0.8''

12:24 slewing to the photometric standard SA98

• DOFPIA
• 12:32 SA98_SBVg_Vri_Nov15.ob

12:45 V-I sky flats

13:30 Antoniucci LUCI calibrations (flats and arcs)

• flats zJspec luci2.20151108.0060-0069
• flats HKspec luci2.20151108.0070-0076 + luci2.20151108.0079-0081
• arcs HKspec: neon luci2.20151108.0082-0083, argon luci2.20151108.0084-0085, xenon luci2.20151108.0086-0087
• arcs zJspec: neon luci2.20151108.0088-0089 (dit=60s) luci2.20151108.0090-0091 (dit=30s), argon luci2.20151108.0092-0093

* WARNING!!! Luci2 data are not saved in /newdata but in /home/redout2/DATA/20151108 (/home/redout2/DATA/UTDATE)

-- %USERSIG{RobertaCarini - 2015-11-08}%

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