Observers: Gerke, Shappee, Fausnaugh
Telescope Operator: David Gonzalez-Huerta
Support Astronomer: Michelle Edwards
Instrument: MODS

Observing Log for 2013 June 7/8

Summary:  
Observed standard gd153, OSU_PC-qso1145m3, OSU_CLASH-rxj1532, 
UVa_BCD-J1355, UVa_BCD-J1509, UVa_BCD-J1608 and standard BD284211

Details:

calibrations: bias3k,  bias8k, m3.flats.cal m4.flats.cal
opened vent doors
started m3.lamps.cal, but stopped it when telescope was going to move and open further and got an alarm.

conditions at sunset:  clear overhead and to north, some clouds to the south.  little wind and stable temperature. 


03:30  acqMODS gd153
03:39  starting standar star DualGrating OB
03:53  starting standar star DualPrism OB,  seeing ~0.7

04:02  acqMODS OSU_PC-qso1145m3      
04:15  execMODS, seeing ~0.7
04:39  seeing ~0.9

04:49  acqMODS OSU_CLASH-rxj1532, unwrapping scope
04:51  acqMODS OSU_CLASH-rxj1532 again
05:05  execMODS, seeing ~0.8
05:53  ~10 min after object transited, problem with telescope guiding, guide camera failure, had to stop 2nd exposure about halfway through (~15 min). 
06:08  acqMODS with recovery offset
06:13  execMODS to complete the remaining exposures. 
06:28  seeing ~0.8
07:04  seeing ~0.7

07:48 acqMODS UVa_BCD-J1355
08:00 execMODS, seeing ~0.9
08:12  seeing ~1.1
08:38  seeing ~1.5

08:49  acqMODS UVa_BCD-J1509
09:03  execMODS, seeing ~1.0
09:24  seeing ~1.3"

09:50  acqMODS UVa_BCD-J1608
09:59  execMODS, seeing ~1.0

03:48  acqMODS BD284211
03:55  execMODS, seeing ~0.8
04:11  Closing Dome

Calibrations:  redoing lamp flats taken previously when dome was open because of significant light leak. 

execMODS -u OSU_CHAOS/NGC5055_f2.lamps.cal
execMODS -u OSU_EAGES/EAGES_365043.lamps.cal
execMODS -u OSU_EAGES/EAGES_603760.lamps.cal
execMODS -u OSU_EAGES/EAGES_J1425.lamps.cal

execMODS -u OSU_CLASH/rxj1532.cal
execMODS -u OSU_PC/qso1145m3.lamps.cal