Observers: Jill Gerke, Scott Adams (OSU)
Support Astronomer: Dave Thompson
Telescope Operator: Geno Beccheti


SUMMARY:  Clouds around horizon, clear over head. Started the night with LBC 
then switched to MODS at 10PM.  Had some issues with the telescope encoders.  Lost an hour to clouds.  Sub-arcsecond seeing much of the night.

targets observed:  OSU_monitor_N6503, UVa_Wise1958, OSU_monitor_N6946, UVa_Wise2345, OSU_MClusters_N7A, UM_par96, and OSU_MClusters_PleA


INSTRUMENTS: LBC, MODS
times are in UT

01:45- starting skyflats U_spec and r'

02:02- done with skyflats, moving to first target to start focusing

02:15- copointing for OSU_monitor_N6503

02:26- starting OSU_monitor_N650 OB, seeing ~1.0

02:42- focus and copointing for UVa_Wise1958.  Some problems with the copointing.  first just iraf errors then pointing was very off, ~3arcmins. 

03:09- checking telescope pointing. something is off. scope resetting encoders

03:15- starting focus and copointing for UVa_Wise1958 again. Copointing shifts much better. 

03:24- starting UVa_Wise1958 OB, seeing ~1.0

03:40- focus and copointing for OSU_monitor_N6946

03:50- starting OSU_monitor_N6946 OB, seeing ~0.8

04:29- focus and copointing for UVa_Wise2345

04:39- starting UVa_Wise2345 OB, seeing ~0.9

04:55 switching to MODS for the rest of the night

05:31- reconfiguration complete (an encoder issue slowed the switch to MODS)
       acquiring OSU_MCluster/N7A
       IMCSLock timed out multiple times.  Apparently the laser power was low.

06:05- starting OSU_MClusters/N7A.obs
       seeing ~0.7"

06:28- acquiring UM_par96
       seeing ~0.8"

06:41- starting UM_par96.obs
       seeing ~0.8"

07:47- acquiring OSU_ASASSN/ASASSN14gm
       clouds developing to the south

08:14- starting OSU_ASASSN/ASASSN14gm.obs
       seeing ~1.1"

08:36- acquiring OSU_MClusters/PleA

09:18- observing OSU_MClusters/PleA
       we might be looking through some cirrus
       -> first exposure looks good, the 2nd exposure has no signal, and the 3rd exposure has very weak signal -- calling the observation incomplete

significant cloud coverage
  too thick to get DIMM reading
switching to poor-weather programs

09:39- acquiring OSU_AGN/pg0052
       clouds too thick to lock on guide star
       waiting to see if the clouds will thin out

09:48- re-attempting acquisition
       - no, clouds still too thick

10:40- still cloudy, trying for the Pleides in a sucker hole
       acquiring PleA

10:47- clouds dissolved -- almost completely clear now

11:00- observing PleA
       this time we only have one star aligned on the slit

11:05- lost guiding, aborting observation
       trying to re-acquire but the guider isn't finding the guide star

11:11- pointing check -- pointing is off
       encoder issue again
       reset encoder, checked pointing

11:29- re-acquiring PleA
       observing
       only have one star aligned on the slit
       seeing 0.8"
       finished 15 minutes into astronomical twilight

12:02- acquiring g191b2b (standard)

12:10- observing g191b2b

12:33- closing up

i12:47- starting end-of-night calibrations
	biases and slit-flats