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
Calibrations		MODS1				bias for grating
Calibrations		MODS1				arcs,slitflats,slitless for dual grating
Calibrations		MODS1				arcs red grating
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

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