Observers:  Shappee, Terndrup, Humphreys, Davidson
Telescope Operator: David Gonzales
Support Astronomer: Dave Thompson
Instrument: LBC

Observation log for 08-09 January 2013

Projects Completed:
ND_sn09ig (unless seeing too bad)

Projects Not Completed:
OSU_monitor

Summary:
Clear night. Closed for wind 30 min before twilight.  Bad seeing (1.5-2 most of the night).  

Play by play:
~23:30:
25 LBC biases were taken

00:45:
Trying to start to take flats with LBC, but there is a LBC connection error.

Hard Flush... seems to be working

00:59:
Testing sky brightness
SkyFlatTest_UV_r158d27_pa0.ob

01:00:
SkyFlatTest_UV_r158d27_pa0.ob

01:05:
SkyFlat_UV_r158d27_pa180_5.ob

01:11:
SkyFlat_VI_r158d27_pa180_5.ob

01:16:
SkyFlat_VI_r158d27_pa0_5.ob

01:29:
OSU_monitor_N628focus.ob

We are going to wait to run dofpia until the sky is a bit darker because it was struggling before.  

01:55:
OSU_monitor_N628.ob
Seeing 1.7” blue  1.6” red at first, slowly improving during the sequence
CONDITIONS TOO POOR TO CHARGE

02:33:
OSU_monitor_N672focus.ob

02:48:
OSU_monitor_N672.ob
dim seeing ~ 1.2-1.4”   Image FW 1.5 blue 1.3 red  dim seeing variable.  Seeing improving during the sequence.

03:36:
OSU_monitor_N925.ob   Seeing about 1”

03:59:
ND_oldsn_sn09ig
sn09ig_copoint.ob

04:09:
ND_oldsn_sn09ig
sn09ig_BR.ob   Seeing has collapsed on us, now 1.4 - 1.5”, sometimes better, but quite irregular.  

04:52   NGC2403a    Seeing about 1.5 arcsec

05:11:
OSU_monitor_N3077.ob    Seeing > 2”
repeated the script twice because the seeing is horrible and we need to fill some time

05:31:
OSU_monitor_N2403focus.ob
rerunning 2403 to eat up a bit of time and the conditions are bad...  1.6 to 1.8 arcsec seeing, worse than before even though the elevation angle is better

05:39:
OSU_monitor_N2403.ob   

05:49:
OSU_monitor_M82focus.ob

05:57:
OSU_monitor_M82.ob   Initial seeing about 1.5 arcsec

~06:17:
OSU_monitor_M81focus.ob

06:30:
OSU_monitor_M81.ob   Seeing about 1.4 - 1.5 arcsec
06:42:
OSU_monitor_M81.ob

06:51:
OSU_monitor_I2574focus.ob

07:00:
OSU_monitor_I2574.ob   Seeing 1.3 - 1.5 arcsec

07:13:
OSU_monitor_I2574.ob

07:26:
OSU_monitor_N2903focus.ob

07:36:
OSU_monitor_N2903.ob
seeing r~1.3” V=1.7”

~08:19:
OSU_monitor_N4258focus.ob

08:29:
OSU_monitor_N4258.ob
seeing r~ 1.6, b~ 2.0

~09:00
OSU_monitor_N4449focus.ob

~09:10
OSU_monitor_N4449.ob
seeing r~1.5, b ~ 1,5

~09:25:
OSU_monitor_N4736focus.ob

09:32:
OSU_monitor_N4736.ob
seeing r~ 1.6, b ~ 1.3

~09:46:
OSU_monitor_N4395focus.ob

09:54:
OSU_monitor_N4395.ob
seeing r~ 1.4, b ~ 1.2

~10:10:
OSU_monitor_N4605focus.ob

10:18:
OSU_monitor_N4605.ob
seeing r~1.5, b~ 1.5

~10:35:
OSU_monitor_N4236focus.ob

10:43:
OSU_monitor_N4236.ob
seeing r~1.6, b~ 1.9

~11:00:
OSU_monitor_N4826focus.ob

11:06:
OSU_monitor_N4826.ob
seeing r~1.4, b~ 1.5

~11:47:
OSU_monitor_N4242focus.ob

11:57:
OSU_monitor_N4242.ob
seeing r~1.0, b~1.4

A couple quick gusts (3 gusts of 22 m/s and 1 gusts of 26.8 m/s) Thus, closing due to wind limits.