bservers:  Terndrup, Shappee, Humphreys, Davidson
Telescope Operator: Steve Allason
Support Astronomer: Dave Thompson
Instrument: LUCI

Observation log for 02-03 January 2013

Conditions at sunset:  Clear, calm, low humidity.  There might be a bit of haze in the air.  When looking at Kitt Peak at sunset, there was some haze visible at that altitude.  

Play by play:
00:39
Ks flats
30 flats between 15000 and 5000 counts (#11-40)

00:48:
10 H flats starting at 15000 counts (#41-50)

00:50:
10 J flats starting at 8400 counts (#51-60)

00:53:
10 H flats starting at 2400 counts (#61-70)

00:56:
10 J flats starting at 2300 counts (#71-80)

00:59:
Done with flats

01:05:
Commencing telescope setup

01:15:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_123.j.img
Acquired first field, seeing ~0.8” in J

START PROGRAM UVa_MIRClusters

Target #1: GLM-G360_123   

01:27:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_123.k.img
seeing ~0.72” in K

01:43:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_125.j.img
luci.20130103.0109.fits
seeing ~0.75”

01:57:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_125.k.img
luci.20130103.0123.fits
seeing ~0.75’

02:13:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_174.j.img

some pointing error

02:16:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_174.j.img
luci.20130103.0137.fits
seeing ~0.60-0.70”

02:30:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_174.k.img
luci.20130103.0150.fits
seeing ~0.60-0.70”

02:46:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_128.j.img
luci.20130103.0165.fits
seeing ~0.60-0.70”

02:59:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_128.k.img
luci.20130103.0179.fits
seeing ~0.55-0.6”

03:15:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_129.j.img
luci.20130103.0193.fits
seeing ~0.75”

03:28:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_129.k.img
luci.20130103.0207.fits
seeing ~0.4-0.5”

03:45:
executeLUCIScript.sh HR1860_Telluric.acq

executeLUCIScript.sh HR1860_TelluricH .spec
executeLUCIScript.sh HR1860_TelluricK.spec

Roberta then said that the Telluric observations need to be performed J -> H -> K because of the offsets in the scripts.

executeLUCIScript.sh HR1860_TelluricJ.spec
executeLUCIScript.sh HR1860_TelluricH.spec
executeLUCIScript.sh HR1860_TelluricK.spec

04:00:
executeLUCIScript.sh Crab_Knots_offsetstar92.acq

Star 92 looks lines up in the slit well.
Blind offset performed.
Slit image after blind offset shows that there is a star near the slit near the bottom.  Roberta agrees that the position looks good.

04:08:
executeLUCIScript.sh Crab_Knots_J.spec

04:28:
executeLUCIScript.sh Crab_Knots_H.spec
luci.20130103.0238.fits

04:38:
executeLUCIScript.sh Crab_Knots_K.spec
luci.20130103.0241.fits

04:49
executeLUCIScript.sh Crab_Knots_J2.spec

There was some Java Error before the offset.  Found out: The grating was not stabilized in the allotted time.

04:51
executeLUCIScript.sh Crab_Knots_J2.spec
Worked this time.  
luci.20130103.0244.fits

~05:09:
executeLUCIScript.sh Crab_Knots_H.spec
luci.20130103.0247.fits

05:19:
executeLUCIScript.sh Crab_Knots_K.spec
luci.20130103.0250.fits

05:33:
executeLUCIScript.sh Per9116_std.acq

05:40:
executeLUCIScript.sh Per9116_stdJ.spec
luci.20130103.0256.fits

05:48:
executeLUCIScript.sh Per9116_stdH.spec

***** A meteorite went through the guide window, so guiding jumped on the last exposure. We then reran the exposure again.  *****

05:55:
executeLUCIScript.sh Per9116_stdK.spec

06:01:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_167.j.img

There was an error with Luci.  

06:06:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_167.j.img
luci.20130103.0274.fits
seeing ~ 0.4-0.5  

images slightly elongated, not sure why.  Looks like it is improving.  Not bad enough to retake the data.

06:20:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_167.j.img
*** Filter wheel error ***

06:24:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_167.j.img
seeing ~0.5
luci.20130103.0288.fits

elongation is a better, but now in opposite direction.  

06:??:
executeLUCIScript.sh GLM-G360_167.k.img

Because of good seeing and OSU deficit, we are moving onto OSU_Lensmass
06:42:
executeLUCIScript.sh RXJ0921.acq
*** pointing off***

06:46:
executeLUCIScript.sh RXJ0921.acq
seeing ~0.50-~0.60

07:01:
executeLUCIScript.sh RXJ0921.J.spec

Object is faint but is visable

07:24:
executeLUCIScript.sh RXJ0921.HK.spec
luci.20130103.0310.fits

07:34:
executeLUCIScript.sh HIP45590.acq

07:42:
executeLUCIScript.sh HIP45590.J.spec

07:43:
executeLUCIScript.sh HIP45590.HK.spec

07:45:
UVa_BCD
executeLUCIScript.sh W0801.acq
seeing in K ~0.75
We don’t know why you are blue objects in K...

08:00:
executeLUCIScript.sh W0801.spec
error needed to do something for ZJ spec

08:01:
executeLUCIScript.sh W0801.spec

08:20:
executeLUCIScript.sh HD74307.acq

08:28:
executeLUCIScript.sh HD74307.spec

08:31:
executeLUCIScript.sh SBS0940.acq

08:46:
executeLUCIScript.sh SBS0940.spec

09:07
executeLUCIScript.sh IZw18.acq

09:19:
executeLUCIScript.sh IZw18.spec

09:39:
executeLUCIScript.sh SBS1030.acq

09:50:
executeLUCIScript.sh SBS1030.spec

10:09
executeLUCIScript.sh HD92573.acq

10:21
executeLUCIScript.sh HD92573.spec

10:24:
executeLUCIScript.sh HIP41798.acq

10:34:
executeLUCIScript.sh HIP41798.spec

10:38:
executeLUCIScript.sh SDSSJ0853+4635.acq

error with the filter wheels...

10:42:
executeLUCIScript.sh SDSSJ0853+4635.acq

10:53:
executeLUCIScript.sh SDSSJ0853+4635.spec

11:36:
executeLUCIScript.sh SDSSJ1051+5250.acq

11:47:
executeLUCIScript.sh SDSSJ1051+5250.spec

12:32:
executeLUCIScript.sh HIP56147.acq
Pointing issues, Steve is on it.

12:35:
executeLUCIScript.sh HIP56147.acq
poor guide star, moving on

12:37:
executeLUCIScript.sh PG1254+047.acq
pointing issue (probably from the last targets guide star)

12:42:
executeLUCIScript.sh PG1254+047.acq

12:48:
executeLUCIScript.sh PG1254+047.spec
seeing ~0.5-0.6

13:09:
executeLUCIScript.sh HIP65599.acq

13:17:
executeLUCIScript.sh HIP65599.spec

There looks like there might be some slight wispy clouds, so we will not take flats again (the evening flat look to be sufficient.)

13:23:
Closing dome.

Running some lamps

13:30:
UM_Crab
ArcH.cal
ArcJ.cal
ArcK.cal

OSU_BALQSO
HK.arc.75.cal
H.arc.75.cal

Late morning:  
   allprograms.dark.75.cal    (includes flush detector command)

23:59 (Afternoon of January 3)

Running flat scripts for various programs.  Unless noted, arcs for some of these programs have already been done.  These images will be numbered luci.20130104.nnnn.fits

UM_Crab:
   FlatJ.cal
   FlatH.cal  (1st try aborted, wrong filter [K] in the script)
   FlatK.cal

OSU_BALQSO_He:
  HK.flat.cal

[UVa_MIRClusters.readme - no special calibraitons required other than sky flats and darks]

OSU_Lensmass
   J.flat.cal
   HK.flat.cal

OSU_BALQSO_He:
   HK.flat.cal   - rerun because it may not have run properly before.

UVa_BCD:
   flat.cal