OSU/RC Queue Observing UTC 2012 Mar 19
(civil date 2012 Mar 18/19)
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Observers: G. De Rosa, B. Shappee
Observing Assistant: 
Support Astronomer : O. Kuhn
Instrumentation    : 

Instrument:  MODS

Summary: Technical Night but doing calibrations.

Details:

First couple (.0001 - .0005 for both red and blue) images for MODS taken with lights on in the dome to check the MODS start-up. DO NOT USE FOR CALIBRATIONS!

04:48: execMODS OSU_PC/prmoslamps.cal
A couple lines saturated, but overall looks good.

04:57: execMODS OSU_PC/prmosflats.cal
There was an error on the third exposure.

05:20: execMODS OSU_PC/prmosflats.cal
Restarted the script from the begining. 

05:44: 
execMODS prbias.cal (which is 4kx3k biases and 8kx3k biases)
execMODS prflats.cal
execMODS prlamps.cal

06:44: 
execMODS /home/modseng/modsScripts/Calib/grpixflats_b.cal
first exposure saturated so stopped to edit script after 3rd 

07:00:
execMODS grpixflats_b_edit.cal
very low number of counts in the blue part, run 5 more in order to increase S/N

07:12:
execMODS grpixflats_b_edit.cal

07:36:
execMODS grpixflats_b.cal again due to error in the script, aborted
mods1b_20120319_0079.fits,mods1b_20120319_0080.fits,mods1b_20120319_0081.fits images saturated (still blue only) 
07:43: 
execMODS /home/modseng/modsScripts/Calib/grpixflats.cal (some problems while running it, we will take another one tomorrow):
took 2 more exposures in blue (mods1b_20120319_0087.fits,mods1b_20120319_0088.fits) but from subsequent everything is working fine again 
execMODS /home/modseng/modsScripts/Calib/grpixflats_r.cal
execMODS /home/modseng/modsScripts/Calib/grlamps.cal
execMODS /home/modseng/modsScripts/Calib/grlamps_b.cal
execMODS /home/modseng/modsScripts/Calib/grlamps_r.cal
execMODS /home/modseng/modsScripts/Calib/grflat.cal (error script not found, repeat it tomorrow)
execMODS grflat_1.2.cal
execMODS /home/modseng/modsScripts/Calib/imflats.cal: u-band saturated (mods1b_20120319_0105.fits-mods1b_20120319_0109.fits),try again later with vflat lamp instead of quartz
execMODS /home/modseng/modsScripts/Calib/imflats_r.cal
execMODS /home/modseng/modsScripts/Calib/bias3K.cal

10:10:
execMODS imflat_u.cal (Vflat 5 lamp, 2 s, 1 exp), too low counts
execMODS imflat_u.cal (Vflat 6 lamp, 10 s, 1 exp), too low counts
10:17:
execMODS imflat_u.cal (Vflat 9 lamp, 30 s, 1 exp), too low counts
10:20:
execMODS imflat_u.cal (Vflat 10 lamp, 45 s, 1 exp) (17000-20000 counts)
execMODS imflat_u.cal (Vflat 10 lamp, 45 s, 4 exp)

10:37:
chmod +x chaos.sh 
execMODS -u NGC3184_1_flats.cal
wrong path for the cal files, ended with ** Executing /home/modseng/modsScripts/Support/modsSleep.pro
executed right after /home/modseng/modsScripts/Support/modsWake.pro

chmod +x chaos.sh
execMODS -u ../OSU_CHAOS/NGC3184_1_flats.cal ERROR SLIT MASK UNKNOWN 
aborted all the rest of the scripts
!! We have realized that some of the masks (from the past run) were not put in.
!! This will be fixed tomorrow

chmod +x chaos.sh
execMODS -u ../OSU_CHAOS/NGC3938_1_flats.cal (** ERROR: Command 'imcslock' timed out after 120 seconds)
execMODS -u ../OSU_CHAOS/NGC3938_1_lamps.cal (** ERROR: Command 'imcslock' timed out after 120 seconds)
execMODS -u ../OSU_CHAOS/NGC3938_2_flats.cal (mods1r_20120319_0115.fits saturated)
error for the rest of the script
ended with ** Executing /home/modseng/modsScripts/Support/modsSleep.pro
executed right after /home/modseng/modsScripts/Support/modsWake.pro

11:20:
execMODS -u ../OSU_CHAOS/NGC3938_1_flats.cal
execMODS -u ../OSU_CHAOS/NGC3938_1_lamps.cal
execMODS -u ../OSU_CHAOS/NGC3938_2_flats.cal (the frame now is not saturated)
execMODS -u ../OSU_CHAOS/NGC3938_2_lamps.cal
execMODS -u ../UM_M81.mms/m81_mmsF1_lamps.cal
execMODS -u ../UM_M81.mms/m81_mmsF2_lamps.cal
execMODS -u ../UM_M81.mms/m81_mmsF3_lamps.cal (** ERROR: Command 'instconfig dual grating' timed out after 60 seconds)
execMODS -u ../UM_M81.mms/m81_mmsF1_flat.cal (** ERROR: instconfig instrument configuration already in progress - command disallowed)
execMODS -u ../UM_M81.mms/m81_mmsF2_flat.cal (** ERROR: instconfig instrument configuration already in progress - command disallowed)
execMODS -u ../UM_M81.mms/m81_mmsF3_flat.cal (** ERROR: instconfig instrument configuration already in progress - command disallowed)

execMODS ~MODSeng/modsScripts/Support/modsSleep.pro