OSU/RC Queue Observing UTC 2010 Dec. 06
(civil date Dec 05/06 2010)
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Observer:
Paul Martini (OSU), David Atlee (OSU), Erica Hesselbach (ND)

Observing Assistant: Steve Allason
Support Astronomer : Marco Pedani
Instrumentation    : Tim Shih

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Instrument:
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LBC

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Summary:
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Non-photometric night with seeing of 0.8 arcsec at the beginning, 1.0 arcsec
in the middle and around 1.4 arcsec toward the end.

 - OSU_monitor  B,R bands for NGC 6946
                U,B,V,R bands for NGC 672
                U,B,V,R bands for NGC 628
                U,B,V,R bands for NGC 2403
                U,B,V,R bands for NGC 925
                U,V,r,R bands for M81
                U,B,V,R bands for M82
                U,B,V,R bands for NGC 2903
                U,B,V,R bands for NGC 3344
                U,B,V,R bands for NGC 3489
                U,B,V,R bands for NGC 4258
                U,B,V,R bands for M101
                
 - OSU_weaklensing r,i bands for 3rd OB (of 4)

 - OSU_qso      g,z bands for QSO 0244-08 (1/3 OBs) 

 - OSU_clusterconf r,i,z bands for RXJ0834+45


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Observing Log:
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  0:07   open dome

  0:30   sunset

         up-date pointing of the telescope

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 OSU_monitor
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  1:27   slewing to target position (NGC 6946)

  1:40   starting OB  (airmass 1.3, seeing 0.8")
  1:47      last good image in Blue channel
  1:50   Blue channel throws error (vacuum sensor timeout)
         Essentially only red channel was executed for N6946

  02:21  adjust telescope collimation/focus

  02:27  re-start OB for NGC 6946
  02:29  stop OB

  02:30  point telescope to NGC 672
  02:37  begin adjusting collimator/focus
  02:41  begin OB for NGC 672  (airmass 1.05, seeing 0.8")
  03:07    focus degrading on Red camera, no bright star on AO tech chip
 
    -- switched to OSU_weaklensing -- 

  04:23  point telescope to NGC 628 focus field
  04:31  point telescope to NGC 628 (airmass 1.06, seeing 0.7")

  05:07  slew telescope to NGC 2403 focus field
  05:14  begin OB for NGC 2403 (airmass 1.65, seeing 1.0")

  05:28  slew telescope to NGC 925 focus field
  05:38  begin OB for NGC 925 (airmass 1.02, seeing 0.7")

    -- switched to OSU_qso --

  06:54  slew telescope to M81 focus field
  07:02  begin OB for M81 (airmass 1.82, seeing 1.0")

  07:15  slew telescope to M82 focus field
  07:23  begin OB for M82 (airmass 1.69, seeing 1.3")

    -- switched to OSU_clusterconf -- 

  08:12  sent telescope to NGC 2903 focus field
           telescope collimator failed to converge; stopped after 5 iterations
  08:21  began OB for NGC 2903 (airmass 1.48, seeing 1.4")
           seeing is unstable during this sequence due to high zenith angle and poor sky conditions
           lost focus tracking due to poor transparency

  09:04  point telescope to NGC 3344 focus field
  09:11  begin OB for NGC 3344 (airmass 1.58, seeing 1.0")
  09:19  return to focus field and re-focus
  09:26  re-start OB (airmass 1.49, seeing 1.2")

  09:59  sent telescope to NGC 3489 focus field
  10:06  began OB for NGC 3489 (airmass 1.67, seeing 1.4")

  10:48  sent telescope to NGC 4258 focus field
  10:58  began OB for NGC 4258 (airmass 1.39, seeing 1.4")

  11:35  sent telescope to M101 focus field
  11:43  began OB for M101 (airmass 1.64, seeing 1.5")

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 OSU_weaklensing
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  03:20  point telescope to RCS2 J2327.4
  03:21  Housekeeping error
  03:49  begin focus sequence

  03:57  begin ir(3 of 4) OB (airmass 1.42, seeing 0.9")
         No bright star on AO technical chip, degenerating focus

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 OSU_qso
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  06:03  slew telescope to QSO 0244-08
  06:11  begin OB for gz1 field (airmass 1.39, seeing 0.7")

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 OSU_clusterconf
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  07:36 slew telescope to RX J0834+45
  07:44 begin OB for RXJ0834+45 (airmass 1.27, seeing 0.8")


12:12  Stopped work due to lack of viable targets under poor seeing conditions
       Seeing about 1.6"    

13:20  closing dome

       end-of-night summary scripts