INAF queue observing, 2018 June 24-25

Observer: A. Rossi
Telescope Operator: S. Allanson
Support Astronomer: O. Kuhn (on call)
Instrument: MODS

Summary

This night is shared with LN team. We take second half of the night, starting at ~00:20 local At the sunset the sky is clear
instruments: MODS2 red grating is not working well
Night duration (12\xB0 el twilight) 3:35- 11:10 UT = 7 h 35m

Observing time: 7h 25m (98%)

Weather time loss: h m (0%)

technical time loss 10m (2%)

Data Summary

Project_RUN	Objects	Instrument	Configuration	ExpTime /Time_tot	Images	Notes
STD	BD28	MODS1	red grating			for Caccianiga
Caccianiga	GB6J2212	MODS1	red grating	4800/4800s	mods1r.20180625.0013-0018	completed
Rossi 49	GRB 180624A	MODS1	dual grating	1200/1200	mods1r.20180625.0022-0025, mods1b.20180625.0002-0004	completed, another exposure taken in twilight
STD	Feige110	MODS1	dual grating		mods1r.20180625.0029-0031, mods1b.20180625.0005-0007	for Rossi 49 GRB 180624A
Calibrations		MODS1				bias for grating
Calibrations		MODS1				arcs,slitflats,slitless for dual grating
Calibrations		MODS1				arcs red grating

Details

07:18 UT LN team gives telescope. TO configures for MODS

• seeing 0.8" dimm
• 5min time loss new guiding camera software installed not working on MODS1. Revert to old one

07:40 start with Caccianiga program

07:40 slewing to standard bd28

• acq mods1r.20180625.0002-0003
• exec bd28mods1red.sci , spec mods1r.20180625.0004-0006
• seeing 1.0" on dimm at 07:48

08:00 slewing to Caccianiga GB6J2212,

• wrong coordinates due to a typo from PI, correct scripts, lost 5 min
• acq mods1r.20180625.0007-0012
• manual recentering .
• 08:30* exec gb6j2212_mods1red.sci , spec mods1r.20180625.0013-0015
• seeing 0.7" on dimm at 08:47
• I can see the continuum of the target very well
• 09:15* again gb6j2212_mods1red.sci , spec mods1r.20180625.0016-018
• seeing 1.0" on dimm at 09:16

09:59 slewing to Rossi49 ToO on GRB180624A dual grating

• acq mods1r.20180625.0019-0021
• 10:12* exec , spec mods1r.20180625.0022-0025, mods1b.20180625.0002-0004
• seeing 0.6 on dimm at 10:15
• 10:40* take another exposure

10:52 slew to standard Feige110 for dual grating

• acq mods1r.20180625.0026-0028
• 11:09 spec mods1r.20180625.0029-0031, mods1b.20180625.0005-0007

CALIBRATIONS * mods1r.20180625.0032-0036, mods1b.20180625.0008-0012 bias 8k grating

dual grating

• mods1r.20180625.0037-0039, mods1b.20180625.0013-0015 grlamps (arcs)
• mods1r.20180625.0040-0052, mods1b.20180625.0016-0027 slitflats 1.0 and 0.6
• mods1r.20180625.0053-0055, mods1b.20180625.0028-0033 slitflats 5.0 standard
• mods1r.20180625.0056-0060, mods1b.20180625.0034-0043 grpixflats (slitless)

red grating

• mods1r.20180625.0061-0063 grlamps (arcs)

-- %USERSIG{AndreaRossi - 2018-06-25}%

Comments

It did not happen but: Olga says that sometimes in MODS1 there can be a read out issue: images on gui do not appear. Update gives red screen. If so MODS need to be re-booted