OSU/RC Queue Observing: UTC 2010 Jan 14
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Observers:
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Steve Majewski (UVa), Rebecca Stoll (OSU), Rachael Beaton (UVa)

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. ~~ Thomas Carlyle 

Observing Assistent: David Gonzalez Huerta
Support Astronomer: Dave Thompson
Instrumentation: Tim Shih

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Instrument:
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LUCIFER

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Summary:
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Obserations:
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   (1) CALIBS: Narrow & BroadBand Imaging Flats
   (2) OSU_SMBH: hs0218 & pc0955 (2x exptime)

Time Lost:
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   (1) Lost ~ 2 hours for a pointing problem.
   (2) Closed for Weather 2:20 MST.

Lessons Learned:
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    (1) Try to avoid observing objects with OBJ_DEC ~ TEL_LAT. 
    (2) Always avoid elevations > 85 degrees -- operational limit of lucifer.

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Detailed Notes:
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CALIBS
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UTC 23:31 -- Significant cloud cover to the East, but clearing to the West. 
UTC 00:04 -- Opening to take flats. 
UTC 00:06 -- Br_gam; 10x 4s; 10x 3s; ~20k CTS (img# 0001-0020)
    *file naming scheme for these files was wrong, we are starting over.
UTC 00:14 -- Br_gam; 10x 3s; 14k CTS;  img# 0001-0010
UTC 00:18 -- H2; 10x 3s; 15k CTS; img# 0011-0020
    * Sky Brightness: 06.39 mag/ss
UTC 00:26 -- FeII; 10x 2s; 17k CTS; img# 0021-0030
    * Sky Brightness: 06.88 mag/ss
UTC 00:32 -- Pa_Beta; 10x 2s; 17k CTS; img# 0031-0040 
    * Sky Brightness: 07.41 mag/ss
UTC 00:38 -- Br_gam; 10x 3s; 6k CTS; img# 0041-0050
    * Sky Brightness: 08.15 mag/ss
UTC 00:41 -- H2; 10x 3s; 5k CTS; img# 0051-0060
    * Sky Brightness: 08.45 mag/ss
UTC 00:43 -- FeII; 10x 2s; 5.5k CTS; img# 0061-0072
    * Sky Brightness: 08.78 mag/ss
    * img#0061 & 0062 are junk; 
UTC 00:46 -- Pa_Beta; 10x 2s; 5k CTS; img# 0073-0082
    * Sky Brightness: 09.15 mag/ss
UTC 00:49 -- K_s; 10x 4s; 15k CTS; img# 0083-0092
    * Sky Brightness: 09.97 mag/ss
UTC 00:54 -- H; 10x 2s; 11k CTS; img# 0093-0102
    * Sky Brightness: 10.91 mag/ss
UTC 00:56 -- Filter Lock Up; Re-Initialized the Setup; Working again :)!
UTC 00:58 -- J; 10x 4s; 10k CTS; img# 0103-0112
    * Sky Brightness: 12.47 mag/ss
    ** Star streak in img# 0111
UTC 00:58 -- J; 10x 6s; 5k CTS; img# 0113-0119
    * Sky Brightness: 13.01 mag/ss
    ** Star streak in img# 0117
UTC 01:06 -- Starting pointing check.
 
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OSU_SMBH
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UTC 01:57 --
    Went to the hs0218 field. problem with guide star. picked brighter guide star.
    Object is hitting limit of lucifer;
    Moving to spectrophotometric standard; didnt find guide star; ran in track mode, collimation went bad; moved back to hs0218 could not find guide star; Pointing + Collimation errors; Reset poining & collimation.

UTC 02:51 -- Going back to hs0218 field (lost 1 hour)
    * Running Science Script.
    * Seeing=0.8" < Slit Width=1.0" ; To estimate slit centering, see img#0140.

UTC 03:55 -- Lost 15 minutes for another pointing problem. Cannot find guide star for either telluric calibrator or standard. 

UTC 04:00 -- Terrible Pointing Problem. Unable to observe telluric or flux cal for hs0218.
    * Problem may originate from OBJ_DEC ~ TEL_LAT causing math errors in the tranformation to ALT/AZ. Appears to be a legitimate bug in the pointing software.         

UTC 05:35 -- Finally Fixed. Moving to hip47820 as a telluric for both hs0218 and pc0935.

UTC 05:46 -- Do: OSU_SMBH.HIP47820H_sci.script

UTC 05:55 -- Do: OSU_SMBH.PC0955_acq.script

UTC 05:23 -- Do: OSU_SMBH.PC0955_sci.script; Take Arcs/Flats; 

UTC 07:09 -- Do: OSU_SMBH.PC0955_sci.script; 2nd obs of this target to get
desired s/n

UTC 08:13 -- Humidity is rising and moisture is forming to the West.

UTC 08:27 -- Problems getting star into the slit properly. Trying ... 

UTC 08:57 -- Got the Telluric! Closing for approaching weather! 

UTC 09:00 -- Moved the telescope back to the position of the telluric to get cals.