LBT/OSURC Observing Notes Date: 2016 April 04 UT Observers: Jonathan Brown and Donald Terndrup (at Tucson Remote Facility) Support: Barry Rothberg TelOps: Steve Allanson Observing mode: MODS all night long. All longslit programs were in dual mode. Conditions: Clear skies at sunset. Seeing was variable at first, but settled down to subarcsecond most of the night. Skies were photometric throughout. Completed science targets: ND_COSMOS/galex15943 OSU_ASASSN/ASASSN14li UM_N5474/F1 and F2 OSU_BLRqsos/J1403 ND_galex/J1944 Calibration stars: Feige 67 BD332642 Filenames: mods1b.20160404.nnnn.fits mods1r.20160404.nnnn.fits See subsequent logs for lists of calibration frames. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UT 0245 ND_COSMOS/galex15943 acquisition MODS longslit, dual mode UT 0300 ND_COSMOS/galex15943 observation Seeing about 1.4" on average but is variable. First spectrum is faint, probably seeing is reducing throughput. Second and third spectra are similar. END UT 0348 Science images: mods1b: images 2 - 4 mods1r: images 6 - 8 UT 0350 OSU_ASASSN/ASASSN14li acquisition MODS longslit, dual mode UT 0404 OSU_ASASSN/ASASSN14li begin science exposures. Seeing about 1.2", now gradually improving. Under 1" for the 2nd half of this series. END UT 0618 Science images: mods1b: images 5 - 10 mods1r: images 12 - 17 UT 0620 Feige 67 acquisition and exposures. Seeing 0.75" to 0.80". MODS longslit, dual mode END UT 0642 Science images: mods1b: images 11 - 13 mods1r: images 20 - 22 UT 0648 UM_N5474/F1 acquisition UT 0700 UM_N5474/F1 science frames MODS/MOS Seeing averaging 0.90" END 0806 Science images: mods1b: images 14 - 16 mods1r: images 26 - 28 UT 0808 UM_N5474/F2 acquisition UT 0820 UM_N5474/F2 science frames END 0923 Science images: mods1b: images 17 - 19 mods1r: images 32 - 34 UT 0930 OSU_BLRqsos/J1403 acquisition and science images Telluric standard first, followed by quasar. Used 1030.acq file. Seeing 0.8" to 0.9" End 1040 Science images: mods1b: images 20 - 25 (3 telluric and 3 quasar) mods1r: images 41 - 46 (3 telluric and 3 quasar) UT 1045 ND_galex/galex aquisition UT 1059 ND_galex/J1944 science frames. Seeing 0.9". Sky brightness rising during last image. END 1210 Science images: mods1b: images 26 - 31 mods1r: images 50 - 55 UT 1215 Acquisition and spectra of BD332642 END 1210 Science images: mods1b: images 32 - 34 mods1r: images 58 - 60