INAF queue observing, 2016 Jan 12-13

Observer: R. Carini, A. Marchetti
Telescope Operator: G. Bechetti
Support Astronomer: B. Rothberg on call
Instrument:

Summary

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

Night duration (12\xB0 el twilight) 19:00-6:00 ( 02:00am-01:00pm UT) = 11 h 00m

Observing time: 11 hrs 0 m (100%)

Weather time loss: 0 hrs * *(0%)

technical time loss 0 m

Data Summary

Project_RUN	Objects	Filter	ExpTime	Notes
Saracco	M004XLSms2	red grating	1h 45m	last 15 m have seeing not so good
Std PHOT	SA98	SDT_U,B,V,g; I, r, V,F972
Dalessandro	Trumpler5	B; V,I	1h 30	PROGRAM COMPLETED
Bellazzini D		g;r	0.2 h	PROGRAM COMPLETED
Marconi	IZw18	V; I	10 m	ob2 done
Castellano A	MACSJ0717.5	U_spec; V	48 m
Annibali	DDO68	g;r	2h	PROGRAM COMPLETED
SKY FLAT		g,V; I,r

Details

00:10 wake up MODS, take test images mods1r.20160113.0001, mods1b.20160113.0001

13:14 flat for MODS imaging (Antoniucci program) mods1r.20160113.0002-0008, mods1b.20160113.0001-0011

00:58 start sky flat

01:56 seeing about 0.8'', start with Saracco program

• acqMODS mods.4.XLSms2.acq mods1r.20160113.0009-0012
• execMODS mods.4.XLSms2_4.obs mods1r.20160113.0013-0016
• seeing about 1.0''

02:23 * execMODS mods.4.XLSms2_5obs mods1r.20160113.0017-0019

• seeing about 1.0''-1.2'''
• 04:00 acquisition of the third image. seeing is getting worse (peaks to 1.8'' or 2'' )because the airmass is greater than 1.4, however the mean seeing is 1.2-1.3''
• 4:18 stop the integration, the seeing is too bad

04:20 switch to LBC

04:39 run the Phot Standard S98

04:56 seeing is 0.8''-0.9''. we slew to Castellano program

• dofpia and copointin
• during the copointing the seein is rises to 1.5, out of spec, we slew to Dalessandro program, dofpia and copointing

05:27 run science Tr5_BVI_1.ob

• now the seeing is very good, we remain on this target to verify the stability of the seeing
• seeing 0.6''-0.8''
• 05:48* run science Tr5_BVI_2.ob
• seeing 0.9''
• 06:09 dofpia
• 06:15 run science Tr5_BVI_2b.ob
• seeing 0.8
• 06:33 un science Tr5_BVI_3.ob
• mean seeing 0.8''-0.9'' but a peak rises to 1.1''
• some images are elongated
• 06:54 dofpia
• 06:58 run science Tr5_BVI_3b.ob *seeing 0.7''-0.8'''
• 07:06 Tr5_BVI_4.ob
• seeing 0.6''-0.7''
• 07:27 Tr5_BVI_4b.ob
• seeing 0.9'''
• 07:35 dofpia, copointing Tr5_USNO_P5.ob
• run science Tr5_BVI_5.ob
• seeing 0.9''- 1.00''
• 8:00 LBC stops, and gives a message of error, filter wheel didn\x92t move to where it needed to be. We start again the integration.
• seeing 1.00'
• Tr5_BVI_5b.ob
• seeing 0.8''-1'''

08:20 slew to Bellazzini program, target D

• dofpia, copointing 2015B_1_D_pointing.ob
• 08:29 run scientific target 2015B_1_D.ob
• seeing ~ 1

08:43 slew to Marconi program

• dofpia, copointing IZw18_copointing.ob
• 08:53 run scientific target IZw18_2.ob
• seeing ~ 0.9
• during the integration the tracking stops, but the images are good

09:07 slew to Castellano program target A

• dofpia, copointing WT10_318.ob
• 09:19 run scientific target Castellano_MACSJ0717_UV_6.ob
• seeing between 0.9 and 1
• 09:39 stop the ob. The last images are a little bit elongated (but the elepticity is less than 0.1 so they are good) due to a tracker problem. The TO restarts LBC
• run again the ob Castellano_MACSJ0717_UV_6.ob , seeing ~ 1
• 09:55 stop again the integration, the images are elongated, run dofpia
• 10:00 run the science ob Castellano_MACSJ0717_UV_6.ob. Seeing between 0.8 and 1. Some images may have seeing between 1.1 and 1.2

10:42 slew to Annibali target

• dofpia, copointing DDO68_copointing.ob
• run science ob DDO68_3_new.ob
• seeing between 0.8 and 1
• 11:24 run dofpia
• 11:31 run science ob DDO68_4_new.ob
• seeing ~ 0.8
• 11:57 failed guiding, the last image are elongated, TO restart LBC
• 12:04 run DDO68_5_new.ob
• seeing 0.8''-0.9'''
• 12:35 dofpia
• 12:40 DDO68_2_new.ob (complete the second ob begun yesterday)
• seeing ~ 0.8''. we have taken 6 images, the last with airmas> 1.3
• 13:05 run the calibration ob given by PI: DDO68_calib

*skyflats

-- %USERSIG{RobertaCarini - 2016-01-13}%

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