OSU/RC Queue Observing UTC 2011 Jan 01
(civil date 2011 Dec 31/Jan 01 2012)
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Observers: BShappee, CWillmer & ERyan
Observing Assistant: 
Support Astronomer : DThompson
Instrumentation    : 

Instrument: MODS first half,  LBC second half

Summary: HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Mostly clear with Light Cirrus Clouds

Projects observed: 
OSU_disks
UMcss_nova
OSU_m33
LBTO_Fe
OSUmonitor
OSUqso

Details:

MODS: 
execMODS grflats_r.cal
./doBias

00:00:
HAPPY NEW YEARS!

00:35:
We are going to try some twilight calibrations with MODS. 

00:38:
spectral flats with cl0218mask1 

00:40:
spectral flats with cl0218mask2

00:50:
sky flats g and z 
pointing to zenith and took 3

01:00:
Pointing check and collimation.

01:07:
acqMODS feige110.acq
trouble with the modsAlign
	OSURC@obs2% modsAlign mods1r.20120101.0032.fits mods1r.20120101.0033.fits
	no
	** WARNING: MASKPOS keyword not set to IN for /newdata/mods1r.20120101.0033.fits
	Traceback (most recent call last):
	  File "/home/MODSeng/bin/modsAlign", line 786, in ?
	    boxxc, boxyc, boxid, boxfluxc = getboxcoords(pixscale, maskImage)
	  File "/home/MODSeng/bin/modsAlign", line 227, in getboxcoords
	    G = open("_modsalign.reg", "w") 
	IOError: [Errno 30] Read-only file system: '_modsalign.reg'

star was in slit (although not perfectly centered) so we just exposed anyway while we figure this out)

execMODS feige110.obs

while exposing we closed all iraf and ds9 windows, ran into the same problem.  Then ran with --verbose and the script worked (we did not send offsets yet).  We then ran the script again without verbose (and not sending offsets) and it now works?!?!?!  

01:26
We cancelled the original execMODS after the second expose, the sent the offsets and then resent the execMODS feige110.obs.

01:39
acqMODS css_nova.acq

01:48:
execMODS css_nova.obs

02:20:
acqMODS OSU_m33
These did not work.  There was a problem with the guide star selection.  Maybe if we feel nice we will try and fix them during other observations.

02:23:
OSU_disks/UGC1862

03:41:
OSU_disks/UGC1862

04:56:
fixed OSU_m33/OSU_m33-1.acq during previous observation
change position angle by 180 degrees to -110 to get good guide star
acqMODS OSU_m33-1.acq
execMODS OSU_m33-1.obs


06:00:
Ran a slit image (somehow messed up) and field image by hand.  Just to make sure that the source was in the slit becasue it was pretty faint.  Looking at it seems that it was, just with a 0.6" slit in 1.0" seeing can loss a lot of light.  


06:10:
acqMODS OSU_m33-6.acq
execMODS OSU_m33-6.obs

06:49:
acqMODS gd71.acq
execMODS gd71.obs (forgot to say only dual grating but stoped script after dual grating was done)
seeing ~0.9

07:00:
HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are still not impaired by the fizzy yellow drink!!!  (Relax it was apple cider!)

07:09:
acqMODS J0748p38.acq 
Had to make our own finding chart since none was provided!!!
execMODS J0748p38.obs

07:36:
SWITCHING OVER

07:51:
OSUmonitor/N2403d

08:13:
OSUmonitor/M81d
seeing ~1.0-1.1

08:32:
retaking OSUqso/qso_0949gz1 because previous data had too much background in the z-band to be useable.
seeing red~0.7-0.9  blue~1.0-1.2

09:14:
OSUqso/qso_1057gz1
stopped after 2nd exposure because the seeing degraded significantly (~1.2") and the program required 0.8".  Started recollimation but the TO told us teh DIM was also getting very more seeing as was the guide camera.  We stopped collimation and then backed out the spherical (dofpia, /backout).  We then decided to move onto a different project with more lax seeing requirements.

09:27:
OSUmonitor/N3489
did co-pointing twice because there was an uncertainty when using the lbcrangebal where the coordinents were beiong taken from.
seeing ~0.86  (grumble, the temperature and humidity just dropped.  The DIM also agrees that the seeing has vastely improved.)

10:20:
OSUmonitor/N3627
seeing quite variable red~0.85-1.1  blue~0.9-1.2
seeing really degraded in the last couple as the humidity jumped.

~11:15:
OSUmonitor/N4258b
collimation worked fine (with a pretty descent change) but when we tried to do the co-pointing the script did not work.  The telescope has been pretty good at keeping its copointing so after a ~min of trying to get it to work we went on with the observations.  We then closed all ds9 and restarted iraf.  We then tested the copointing script (changing the parameters to not send offset to the telescope) and it seemed to work.  

seeing red~0.9-1.0 blue~1.0-1.1

12:02:
OSUmonitor/M101
light cirrus present
seeing red~085-1.1 blue~0.9-1.1

12:44:
OSUmonitor/N4605
seeing 0.9-1.0 

13:05
There are cirrus clouds, so we will not do flats this morning.

Closing up for the night.  

LBC: 25 Biases taken in blue and red