INAF queue observing, 2016 December 2 - 3

Observer: R. Carini, A. Marchetti
Telescope Operator: G. Bechetti
Support Astronomer: D. Thompson
Instrument: LUCI1, MODS1, MODS2

Summary

At the sunset the sky is partly cloudy, but storm clouds are fastly approaching. Snow is forecast at 60%. The TO does not open the enclosure.

LUCI2 is not available

01:24 It starts snowing

Night duration (12\xB0 el twilight) 18:10-6:00 ( 01:10-13.0 UT) = 11h 50m

Observing time: 0h0m (0%)

Weather time loss: 11 h 50m (100%)

technical time loss 0m (0%)

Data Summary

Project_RUN	Objects	Filter	ExpTime	Notes
DARKS LUCI1	IOVINO, PICONCELLI, RICCI, MOSCADELLI
FLATS LUCI1	IOVINO, PICONCELLI, RICCI, MOSCADELLI
ARCS LUCI1	IOVINO, PICONCELLI, RICCI, MOSCADELLI
FLATS (LS) MODS1+MODS2	GRAZIAN, PANCINO
ARC (LS) MODS1+MODS2	GRAZIAN, PANCINO
FLATS STANDARD MODS1+MODS2	GRAZIAN, PANCINO
BIAS 8k MODS1+MODS2
BIAS 3k MODS1+MODS2

INAF queue observing, 2016 December 3 - 4

Observer: R. Carini, A. Marchetti
Telescope Operator: G. Bechetti
Support Astronomer: D. Thompson
Instrument: LUCI1, MODS1, MODS2

Summary

At sunset the sky is clear, but humidity is at 95%, and temperature very near to dew point.

LUCI2 is not available

00:55 humidity 100%, temperature at the dew point.
the dome is closed
during the whole night the seeing was very bad, oscillating between 1.5'' e 2.5'', with peaks to 3''

Night duration (12\xB0 el twilight) 18:10-6:00 ( 01:10-13.0 UT) = 11h 50m

Observing time: 6h 15m (53%)

Weather time loss: 5h 35m (47%)

technical time loss 0m (0%)

Data Summary

Project_RUN	Objects	Filter	ExpTime	Notes
LUCI 1 Antoniucci, Marziani B	DARKS
LUCI 1 Antoniucci, Marziani B	FLATS
LUCI 1 Antoniucci, Marziani B	ARCS
MODS 1-2 Pancino	Pandas-17			seeing out of spec, misunderstanding between observers, the target has been already taken
MODS 1-2 Antoniucci	V1118Ori	dual grating	20 m	spec COMPLETED
MODS 1-2 Antoniucci	V1118Ori	blue : g_sdss; red: r_sdss	2m	imaging COMPLETED
MODS 1-2 Standard	Feige34	dual grating
LUCI1 Marziani J	SDSS J1054+2536	G210HiRes H	0.5 h	seeing out of spec, the frames taken in twilight from the third
LUCI1 SKy FLAT		Ks, H

INAF queue observing, 2016 December 4 - 5

Observer: R. Carini, A. Marchetti
Telescope Operator: G. Bechetti
Support Astronomer: O. Kuhn on call
Instrument: LUCI1, LBC

Summary

LUCI2 is not available

At sunset the sky is clear. There is wind coming from the north-east. We need to choose targets towards the south.

Night duration (12\xB0 el twilight) 18:10-6:00 ( 01:10-13.00 UT) = 11h 50m

Observing time: 9h 30m (80%)

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

technical time loss 2h 20m (20%)

Data Summary

Project_RUN | Objects | Filter | ExpTime | Notes |

Marziani B	SDSS J0008-1039	H	18m	seeing very variable. taken the last two images to complete the target, plus one due to bad seeing.
telluric Marzini B	HIP1378	H
Antoniucci	ZXtau	zj	0.2 h	miss HK filter and ima
telluric Iovino	HIP11809	HKspec
Iovino	M004XXLrev	HKspec	1 h	last frame with 1.4 < airmass <1.43 and 0.85'' < seeing< 1.00''
telluric Antoniucci	HIP30393	zj
Castellano ob. 17	MACJ0717	Uspec, V		COMPLETED
Castellano ob. 18	MACJ0717	Uspec, V		COMPLETED
Castellano ob. 19	MACJ0717	Uspec, V		COMPLETED, but seeing oscillating. CHECK
photometric star	SA101	blue:Uspec, g, red:V,r
Bellazzini I	1437+12.9	blue:g,red:r	0.2h	COMPLETED
Bellazzini J	147.0+07.1	blue:g,red:r	0.2h	COMPLETED
photometric star	SA104	blue:Uspec, g, red:V,r
DAlessandro	Pal14			1 image in blue, 3 in red, during twiligth
CALIBRATION	sky flats for LBC	blue U_spec, g, red V, r
CALIBRATION	bias for LBC

INAF queue observing, 2016 December 5 - 6

Observer: R. Carini, A. Marchetti
Telescope Operator: G. Bechetti
Support Astronomer: O. Kuhn on call
Instrument: LUCI1, MODS1, MODS2

Summary

LUCI2 is not available

At sunset the sky is cloudy and there is west-southwest wind. For all the night there was clouds and strong wind until 3 a.m. (limiting the observation to targets in north-northeast direction), with horrible and strongly variable seeing, with peaks of 4". We experienced technical problems with the presets, both with LUCI and MODS: some scripts couldn't be sent, it is not clear if it is a telescope issue or a scripts issue, or something related to the LUCI2 to LUCI1 conversion.

Night duration (12\xB0 el twilight) 18:10-6:00 ( 01:45-12.45 UT) = 11h 50m

Observing time: 7h 56m (67%)

Weather time loss: 1h 37m (13%)

technical time loss 2h 17m (20%)

Data Summary

Project_RUN	Objects	Filter	ExpTime	Notes
Antoniucci	PV Cep	zj	300 sec	seeing variable 1.7''-2.8''
Antoniucci	V1118Ori	zJ+HK		COMPLETED but seeing strongly variable
telluric Antoniucci	zj+ Hk
Annibali	DD068 RunB	dual grating	1 h	1 ob completed in MODS1 only.
Annibali Standard	Feige34	dual grating
CALIBRATIONS Annibali MODS 1	DD068
CALIBRATIONS Antoniucci MODS1

INAF queue observing, 2016 December 6 - 7

Observer: R. Carini, A. Marchetti
Telescope Operator: S. Allanson
Support Astronomer: B. Rothberg on call
Instrument: MODS1, MODS2, LUCI1

Summary

LUCI2 is not available

At sunset there is strong southwest wind and some clouds.

Night duration (12\xB0 el twilight) 18:10-6:00 ( 01:45-12.45 UT) = 11h 50m

Observing time: 5h 02m (43%)

Weather time loss: 6h 48m (57%)

technical time loss 0m (0%)

Data Summary

Project_RUN	Objects	Filter	ExpTime	Notes
Pancino	H12	Dual	0.5 h	COMPLETED MODS1+MODS2
Massaro	3FGL60258.2+3555	prism, Red	0.6 h (300sec x6)	COMPLETED MODS1+MODS2
Pancino	H18	Dual	0.5 h (250sec x6 in each filter)	COMPLETED MODS1+MODS2
Pancino	H3	Dual	36 m (1100sec x2 in each filter) filter MODS1+MODS2,
Calibrations Annibali MODS1	flats and arcs for DD068_RunB	Dual
Calibrations Antoniucci MODS2	flats, arcs, imaging flats	Dual
Calibrations Massaro MODS1-MODS2	bias 3kx3k, 4kx4k	Red
Calibrations Massaro MODS1-MODS2	flats, arcs 1", 0.3"	Red
Standard Pancino MODS1-MODS2	g191b2b	Dual		seeing oscillating, some clouds
Annibali MODS1-MODS2	DD068_RunB	Dual	1200sec x2	parallactic angle out of spec
Annibali MODS1-MODS2	Feige34	Dual		parallactic angle out of spec

INAF queue observing, 2016 December 7 - 8

Observer: R. Carini, A. Marchetti
Telescope Operator: S. Allanson
Support Astronomer: B. Rothberg on call
Instrument: LUCi1

Summary

LUCI2 is not available

At sunset the sky is partly cloudy

Night duration (12\xB0 el twilight) 18:10-6:00 ( 01:45-12.45 UT) = 11h 50m

Observing time: 3h 34m (30%)

Weather time loss: 8h 16m (70%)

technical time loss 0m (0%)

Data Summary

Project_RUN	Objects	Filter	ExpTime	Notes
CALIBRATIONS Massaro MODS1-MODS2	Flats 1"	Red
Antoniucci LUCi1	PVCep	zj	1200sec	COMPLETED
Antoniucci LUCI1	PVCep	HK	240sec	COMPLETED
Antoniucci LUCI1 imaging	PVCep			COMPLETED
Antoniucci LUCI1 telluric	HIP111257	zJ+HK		0024 is not good, 0025 needs to be checked
CALIBRATIONS Massaro MODS1-MODS2	Flats 1.2"	Red
Ricci A2 telluric	HIP41798	J		Last image taken with flexure compensation off
Ricci A2 target	NGC2712	J	300sx6
Ricci A2 target	NGC2712	J	300sx6
Ricci A2 target	NGC2712	J	300sx2	missing 4 images of 300 sec for target completion

-- %USERSIG{RobertaCarini - 2016-12-07}%

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