Date: 2016 June 15 UT Observers: P. Garnavich, M. Fausnaugh, J. Zinn TO: David G. SA: Barry R. Moon phase: 1st quarter + 3 days Summary: Clear skies, low wind all afternoon/evening. Issues/tests of enclosure shutters delayed opening until astronomical twilight. Photometric conditions all night, seeing was poor and variable for the first half (1.3--2.3 arcseconds, but all low elevation targets), very good for the second half (0.5--0.8 arcseconds). Minor interruption (9 minutes) in middle of the night when telescope drives lost power---we re-acquired the target and finished the program. Completed Programs (Binocular MODS): OSU_ASASSN-14ae, UM_V2648cyg, BD284211 (Standard Star) Also observed 1 hour of ND_lan386 (~0.5 of the program). Details (All times UT): ---------------------------------- Plan is Binocular MODS all night 02:34 -- Sunset. Sky is perfectly clear, wind calm. Some issues with the shutter doors are delaying opening. 03:36 -- Opening. 03:45 -- TO decided to test the latch (worried about sun in the morning). 04:02 -- Fully opened, reconfiguring for MODS 04:10 -- 18 degree twilight 04:25 -- Pointing and collimating 04:42 -- Acquiring OSU_ASASSN-14ae sent +0.12 arcsecond shift to MODS2 (+1 pixel) 04:55 -- Observing 14ae, seeing 0.9 arcseconds 05:24 -- Exposure 3, seeing increased to 1.2 arcseconds (elevation is 34 degrees) 05:35 -- Acquiring UM_V2468cyg. From experience last night (loosing guide star) we will do lamps before acquisition image. 05:39 -- grlamps and grlamps_mods2 (again with 0.8 arcsecond slit) 05:51 -- Acquiring UM_V2468cyg 06:01 -- Observing UM_V2468cyg, seeing ~2.3 (GCS), DIMM 1.6 arcseconds 06:32 -- Exposure 3: seeing ~1.2 (GCS), DIMM 1.5 arcseconds (elevation is 50 degrees), occasional fluctuations to 2.0 07:11 -- Exposure 6: seeing ~2.0 (GCS), DIMM 1.4, large fluctuations continue (2.0 to 0.8 arcseconds) 07:16 -- .obs finished, rerunning Confirmed no LUCI AO override tonight 07:42 -- Exposure 3: seeing 0.9 arcseconds (GCS), DIMM 1.2 arcseconds, variations are much smaller. 08:06 -- Drives on telescope lost power, canceling preset. 08:15 -- Re-acquiring V2468cyg. -0.12 arcseconds offset on MODS1 (-1 pixel) 08:25 -- Observing V2468 cyg, seeing ~ 0.8 arcseconds (GCS), DIMM 1.0 arcseconds 09:14 -- Exposure 5/6: seeing ~ 0.6 arcseconds (GCS), DIMM 0.8 arcseconds 09:31 -- 10 minutes to zenith crossing seeing ~0.5 arcseconds (GCS), below DIMM floor 09:37 -- grlamps and grlamps_mods2. 09:47 -- acquiring ND_lan386 09:52 -- need to unwrap 10:10 -- Observing ND_lan386 (MODS1 only, issue with conflicting images on MOD2) 10:13 -- MODS2 now in the slit, observing ND_lan386 seeing 0.6 arcseconds (GCS), DIMM 0.8 arcseconds 10:33 -- 18 degree twilight 11:04 -- acquiring bd284211 (standard star) 11:14 -- observing bd284211 seeing 0.6 arcseconds (GCS)