INAF queue observing, 2018 Feb 02-03

Observer: F. Cusano, A. Gargiulo
Telescope Operator: D. Gonzalez-Huerta
Support Astronomer: B. Rothberg
Instrument:

Summary

At the sunset the sky is covered with high cirrus and some thick clouds
instruments: the DX-AdSec is back, but we have to do some test on sky. The dx-AdSec works.
LBC works, LUCI1 is ok, MODS2 blue grating only

Night duration (12\xB0 el twilight) 2:00am- 13:15pm UT = 11 h 15m

Observing time: 4h 20m (38%)

Weather time loss: 5h 35m (49%)*

technical time loss 1h 20m (13%)

Data Summary

Project_RUN	Objects	Instrument	Filter	ExpTime	Notes
Nisini	Field3	LUCI1-2	grating210 filter J,H,K	1.5h x2 bino	clouds
Caccianiga	GB6J061110 +721814	MODS1	red grating	0.7h	clouds
Caccianiga	GB6J095114 +251027	MODS1	red grating	2.1h	clouds
modsCalib	Caccianiga program	MODS1	red grating
LUCI cal	Nisini, Prandoni	LUCI1	flat imaging FeII, J, H2, K
LUCI cal	Nisini	LUCI1-2	flats, arcs		Field 3

Details

1:20 SA and J.Hill starting tests for the dx-adsec

1:44 test is ok, dxadsec works, we can use the right side

1:45 sky is covered with high cirrus and some thick clouds

1:46 slewing to telluric of Nisini field 3, we use binocular LUCI

• 1:47 luci2 mos error
• 1:54 problem solved the script is running
• acq luci1.0019-21 , luci2.0002-0004
• spec luci1.0022- , luci2.0005-
• 2:08 problem with central wave on luci1, software problem, 27-28 not good, 2:26 SA suggests to skip to K band, 2:38 problem not solved we change to luci2 only

2:41 send again acq telluric with LUCI2 only

• 2:43 no guide star found, clouds, the to is checking the pointing, very few star in the all sky cam
• maybe the problem is solved with LUCI, we try again binocular *3:10 problem with the collimation of the dx

3:13 trying again binocular

• 3:14 no guide star found on left side, checking the pointing
• 3: 18 send again the script
• acq luci1.0029-31, luci2.0016-18
• spec luci1.0032-43, luci2.0019-30
• seeing 0.8", clouds

3:40 slewing to Nisini science Field3

• acq luci1.0044-47 , luci2.0031-34
• spec luci1.48-, luci2.0035-00
• 4:02 clouds becoming more thick, just few stars in the all sky cam, guide star lost 1 mag
• 4:10 seeing 0.6" on guider

5:39 the clouds are too thick we wait for the sky to clear

• we switch to MODS

5:56 we authorized only MODs1 because we have mostly red grating spectroscopy

6:07 slew to standard gd71

• still clouds, but the sky looks better
• acq mods1r.20180203.0001-0002
• spec 0003-0005

6:27 slewing to Caccianiga GB6J061110 +721814

• acq 0006-0009
• 6:38 seeing 1.2", clouds, we did not see the target in 2 min exp, we did the acq with 4 minutes exp
• spec 0010-0012 clouds

7:52 slewing to Caccianiga GB6J095114 +251027

• acq 0013-18
• 7:55 problem with collimation of the primary, 7:58 now is ok
• 7:59 seeing 0.7" on guider
• 08:05 we do not see the target too many clouds
• 8:53* we see the target now, we did the alignment and send the science
• spec 19-27 clouds
• 9:41 seeing 1.0"
• 10:14 seeing 0.8", clouds
• 11:20 2.5 mag extinction on guide star
• 11:33 end of the integration, too many clouds, we close the dome

* start MODS calibrations (Caccianiga)

• bias 3K mods1r.0028-0031, mods1b.002-0006
• bias 8k mods1r.0032-0036, mods1b.007-0011
• lamps mods1r.0037-0039
• slitless fiat mods1r.0040-44
• slit flats mods1r.0045-47

* start LUCI calibrations Nisini, Prandoni

• flat H2 for imaging LUCI1 luci1.0060-0069 on/off lamp sequence
• flat J for imaging LUCI1 luci1.0070-0079 on/off lamp sequence
• flat FeII imaging LUCI1 luci1.0080-0089 on/off lamp sequence
• flat K for imaging LUCI1 luci1.0090-99 on/off lamp sequence
• calibration for Field 3 Nisini, grating 210 filter H, bino luci1.0100-113, luci1.0047-0060
• calibration for Field 3 Nisini, grating 210 filter J bino luci1.0114-127, luci1.0061-74
• calibration for Field 3 Nisini, grating 210 filter K bino luci1.0128-143, luci1.075-90