INAF queue observing, 2018 Feb 04-05

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

Summary

At the sunset the sky is clear
instruments: LBC works, LUCI2 is ok, LUCI 1 still MOS problem no AO, MODS2 blue grating only

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

Observing time: 10h 5m (89.6%)

Weather time loss: 0h m (0%)*

technical time loss 1h 10m (10.4%)

Data Summary

Project_RUN	Objects	Instrument	Filter	ExpTime	Notes
LBC flat	sky flat	LBC	g,r - B,V		B, V just few are good
LUCI 2 cal	dark	LUCI2			Prandoni K,J; Saracco
Annibali LBC	R17	LBC	g, r	0.33h
Cusano	NW-1,2,3	LBC	B,V	0.35h	up to sequence 18
Rossi	GRB171010	LBC	r, i	0.5h
Saracco	C1_23152	LUCI2	200g HKspec	2h
Gilli	J	LUCI2	200g HKspec	1h	completed
Gilli	K	LUCI2	200g HKspec	2h
Prandoni	USS268	LUCI2	K	15 min
LUCI2 Sky flat		LUCI2	K,J

Details

* starting dark with LUCI2

• dark for Prandoni K luci2.20180205.0001-0005
• dark for Prandoni J luci2.20180205.0006-0010
• dark for Saracco luci2.20180205.0011-15 last two darks the dome was opened

01:13 staring sky flat with LBC

• filter g and r good
• filter B, V some are good, some have low counts

1:38 slewing to copointing NW-1 Cusano

• 1:44 dohybrid, problem sending again
• 1:47 dimm seeing 0.9"
• 1:49 dohybrid
• 2:04 red is not converging we stop clear the active optics and run dohybrid again
• 2:08 dimm seeing 0.8"
• 2:16 still not converging, we call the SA on call, we clear the active optics and run dofpia
• 2:26 still problem we move to a different field Annibali R17

2:27 slewing to Annibali R17

• 2:34 dohybrid
• 2:45 both sides converged
• 2:49 lbcrangebal
• 2:49 sending ob CGCG087_3.ob, R17
• 2:56 seeing 0.7" on images
• blue some elongated stars, I have seen already when the seeing is too good, seeing 0.5-0.6" on images
• images still elongated we will repeat the ob

3:17 slewing to Cusano NW-1

• 3:20 dofpia
• 3:26 exec NW-1_18.xml, 3:34 NW-2_18, 3:43 NW-3_18

3:53 slewing to Rossi GRB171010

• 3:57 dofpia
• 4:02 copointing ob
• executing science ob LBT-2017B-C0883_1science.xml
• 4:11 seeing 0.8" on images
• 4:20 re-executing science ob LBT-2017B-C0883_1science.xml
• 4:21 seeing 0.7" on images
• 4:35 dofpia
• 4:41 sending again science ob

4:57 switch to LUCI

5:25 slewing to telluric of Saracco

• 5:25 dimm seeing 0.85"
• acq luci2.20180205.0016-18
• 5:57 seeing 0.8" on guider
• spec 19-22

5:37 slewing to science of Saracco, C1_23152

• acq 23-26
• spec 27-50
• seeing 0.8" on guider
• seeing 1.1" on guider at 6:21
• 6:26 seeing 0.9" on guider
• 6:44 seeing 0.6" on guider
• 6:57 re-executing science ob Saracco, C1_23152
• 7:11 seeing 0.5 on guider
• 7:39 seeing 0.6 on guider

8:05 slewing to telluric of Gilli, Hip 56736

• acq 51-53
• spec 54-57

8:19 slewing to Gilli J

• 8:21 seeing 0.5" on guider
• acq 58-63
• spec 64-81
• 8:41 seeing 0.7" on guider

9:57 slewing to Gilli K

• acq 82-85
• spec 86-121
• 10:10 seeing 0.7" on guider
• 10:48 seeing 0.7" on guider
• 11:10 seeing 0.6" on guider
• 11:24 sending again the spec script, seeing 0.6"
• 11:48 seeing 0.8" on guider

12:36 slewing to telluric Hip 56736

• acq 122-124
• spec 125-128

12:51 slewing to Prandoni USS268 K

• preset failed, To checks the pointing, 12:57 now is ok
• first image 129
• 12:57 seeing 0.6" on guider
• stopped at 13:21

* starting sky flat LUCI2

• K band
• J band