INAF queue observing, 2019 January 28-29

Observer: F. Cusano, A. Giunta
Telescope Operator: S. Allanson
Support Astronomer: O. Kuhn (on call)
Instrument:

Clouds all around the mountaing,but at the beginning of the night the sky is clear, we start with MODS. Clouds from 5:00, we stop observation at 6

Summary

Night duration (12 degree el twilight) 2:00- 13:10 UT = 11 h 10m

Observing time: 3h 50min (35%)

Weather time loss: 7h m (62%)

technical time loss h 20m *(3%)

Data Summary

Project_RUN	Objects	Instrument	Configuration	ExpTime /Time_tot	Images	Notes
Calibration	Gilli	MODS 1-2	dual grating			mask31
Moretti	A6	MODS	red grating	0.3h/1.6h		completed
Antoniucci	Iras 02	MODS	dual grating
DeCarli	field	MODS	red prism			offset4,5 some clouds during exposure of 5
Calibration	dark, flat	LUCI2				dark, flat for Pinna AO
Calibration	slit flat	MODS1-2	dual grating			for Rossi slit 1.2
Calibration		MODS1-2
Calibration		LUCI1-2				see end of the page

Details

00:01 starting calibration with MODS, Glli mask 31, data up to have 00:15 problem do not use them

• the problem is with the script changing it
• 00:34 sending again the script of calibration mods1r.20190129.0002-11, mods1b.20190129.0004-12 , mods2r.20190129.000210-mods2b.20190129.0004-12 good

00:24 starting Dark for the program of Pinna imaging AO

• dark for Ks and H2

1:32 starting with MODS, slewing to standard star G191

• acq mods1r.20190129.00012-13 , mods2r.20190129.0011-12
• 1:35 fwhm on guider 1"
• sci mods1r.20190129.0014-16, mods1b.20190129.0013-15 , mods2r.20190129.0013-15, mods2b.20190129.0013-15 dual grating
• 1:48 some thin cirrus and clouds, the flux of the guide star is variable
• sci mods1r.20190129.0017-19 , mods2r.20190129.0016-18 red prism

2:08 slewing to Moretti A6

• acq mods1r.20190129.0020-22 , mods2r.20190129.0019-21
• 2:10 no guide stat on the left side, pointing check, 2:13 problem solved sending again acquisition
• 2:20 clouds coming in guide star fainting by 0.5 mag
• sci mods1r.20190129.0023, mods1b.20190129.0016 , mods2r.20190129.0022, mods2b.20190129.0016
• 2:36 flux of guide star back to starting value, 2:39 star fainting again, passing clouds,2:46 guide star back to normal value

2:57 slewing to Antoniucci Iras02

• acq mods1r.20190129.0024-26 , mods2r.20190129.0023-25
• 2:59 still clouds, dimm seeing 1.1
• sci mods1r.20190129.0027-30, mods1b.20190129.0016-19 , mods2r.20190129.0026-29, mods2b.20190129.0016-19
• 3:17 dimm seeing 1.4
• 3:27 dimm seeing 0.9 no clouds

3:32 slewing to the program of DeCarli

• acq mods1r.20190129.0031-33 , mods2r.20190129.0030-32
• 3:35 no guide star found on left side checking the pointing, 3:40 problem solved, sending again acquisition
• 3:58 dimm seeing 0.8
• 4:08 some clouds coming in, 4:16 no sky is ok
• sci mods1r.20190129.0035-36 , mods2r.20190129.0034-35 starting from offset4
• sci mods1r.20190129.0039-40 , mods2r.20190129.0038-39 offset5
• 4:35 clouds, guide star dimming between 0.5-1 mag, 5:01 guide star stable 0.3 mag fainter
• sci mods1r.20190129.0042- , mods2r.20190129.0041- offset6, 5:09 clouds more thick now, extinction of 2 mag on guide star, stop the script after first image too many clouds, also images are out sync (mods1 was at 15arcsec and mods2 at 18arcsec) for a comunication glych, so do not use these images mods1r42 and mods2r41 or be careful

5:40 slewing to Antoniucci 2massJ06

• acq =mods1r.20190129.0043-= , ==mods2r.20190129.0042-
• 5:49 guide star almost lost for clouds
• 6:00 we stop observations for clouds

7:02 starting dark for Pinna program,

• dit 0.17 subwindow 128x128 starting at 1046, 1197. = 16-20 ==
• dit =0.17 subwindow 128x128 starting at 997, 1016 21-25

flat for Pinna program

• starting flat H2 in subwindow 128x128 starting at 1046, 1197 ==

10:31 we try to open, there is an hole in the clouds, but still cirrus all around

10:50 slewing to Gilli L

• 11:50 problem with the acquisition due to filter wheel
• 11:07 problem fixed start acquisition
• acq luci1.20190129.008-11 , luci1.20190129.0084-87
• 11:17 seeing 0.6" on guider but some clouds coming in
• sci luci1.20190129.0012- , luci1.20190129.0088-
• 11:30 thin clouds during the observation
• 11:41 guide star lost, observation abort, too many clouds

12:42 calibrations MODS

• flat dual grating slit 1.2" for Rossi mods1r.20190129.0047-52; mods1b.20190129.0021-26 , mods2r.20190129.0046-51; mods2b.20190129.0021-26
• red grating arcs slit 1" for Moretti mods1r.20190129.0053-55 , mods2r.20190129.0052-54
• flat red grating slit 1" for Moretti mods1r.20190129.0056-61 , mods2r.20190129.0055-60
• slitless flat red grating for Moretti mods1r.20190129.0062-66 , mods2r.20190129.0061-65
• flat dual grating slit 0.8" for Antoniucci mods1r.20190129.0067-; mods1b.20190129.0027- , mods2r.20190129.0066-71; mods2b.20190129.0027-32

13:50 LUCI calibration

• HKspec flats and arc slit 0.75" luci1.20190129.0018-33- luci2.20190129.0094-109
• zJspec flats and arc slit 0.75" luci1.20190129.0034-47 luci2.20190129.0110-123