OSU/RC Queue Observing UTC 2011 Apr 24
(civil date 2011 Apr 23/24)
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Observer:
David Atlee (OSU), Kris Sellgren (OSU)

Observing Assistant: David Gonzalez-Huerta
Support Astronomer : Marco Pedani
Instrumentation    : John Morris

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Instrument:
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Lucifer

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 Summary:
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   Clouds, high winds and high humidity.

   The first series of dark frames from last night (30s x 2NDIT o2dcr,
   integrated) shows residual flux from the calibration lamp exposures.  We
   are re-running these dark frames tonight.  These calibration frames are
   relevant for the UM_TPyx project.

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 Opening
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   0156   Sunset
   0350   Clouds have begun to clear, but wind speed has increased.  Unable
          to open.
   0650   Wind gusts exceeding 25m/s (approximately 55 MPH)
   0800   Wind speeds have dropped to close to the limit.  However, humidity
          has started to increase.
   0830   Humidity is falling again
   0910   Reached 80% humidity
   0922   Conditions have stabilized enough to open
   0927   Adjusting telescope pointing and collimation

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 UVa_Thuan
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   0934   Moving telescope to science target
   0946   Closing due to high humidity
   1030   Humidity has reached 95%

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 Calibrations
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   1050   T/O has called tonight a wash.  Configuring for dark frames.
   1100   Began first dark frame sequence (integrated mode)
   1125   Re-started first dark sequence after frame 0038 due to scripting
          error
   1245   Began second dark sequence (normal mode)