OSURC run
1 February 2017 UT
MODS1+2 and LUCI1


UT 00:15

In the late afternoon it was reported that LUCI was having communication issues which were preventing
the movement of masks.  Testing is delaying the dewar fills and the start of the night.  

Conditions are mostly clear, with some cirrus approaching from the west.

UT 02:40  

LUCI1 released for observations.  Enclosure opening.  Switching to MODS since there are no LUCI
targets in the early night.

UT 03:10

Pointing and aligning.  Seeing is 0.7 - 0.8"

UT 03:32:  GD-71 standard.

  mods1b.20170201.0001 through 0003
  mods1r.20170201.0003 through 0005
  mods2b.20170201.0001 through 0003
  mods2r.20170201.0004 through 0006

Thin clouds here and there, especially to the west.

UT 03:50:  Acquiring UVa_BCD J0811+4730  We created an acquisition file that has a slit rotation
appropriate to the current time.

UT 04:20:  Starting observations.  Seeing ~ 0.6" at start, improving through the 
run of these observations to about 0.5".

  mods1b.20170201.0004 through 0009
  mods1r.20170201.0009 through 0014
  mods2b.20170201.0004 through 0009
  mods2r.20170201.0010 through 0015

UT 06:05  Switching to LUCI.

UT 10:35  Switching back to MODS.  

UT 11:05  Acquiring ASASSN-16cx.  Collimation on DX took about 15 minutes.

UT 11:23  Starting observations.  Seeing 0.7" - 0.8".

  mods1b.20170201.0010 through 0013
  mods1r.20170201.0018 through 0021
  mods2b.20170201.0010 through 0013
  mods2r.20170201.0020 through 0024


--------------- LUCI1 observations -------------------------------------------------------------

UT 04:40    While we are taking images with MODS, we are obtaining calibration frames on LUCI.
  The scripts for the darks configured the instrument, putting in masks and installing the
  science gratings.  This is incorrect, so we are doing the darks manually.

  Filename:  luci1.20170201.xxxx.fits

  1 - 12    various test images
 13 - 22    darks    15sec

UT 06:30   Setting up and positioning.  One of the alignment stars is outside the field
of view.  Another of the alignment stars is an optical double.  Finished alignment about 
UT 06:55, and starting science.  First image number in data series is #30.  Seeing was
mostly near 1.0", with up and down periods.

 30 - 209  science frames

After stowing telescope, we did calibration frames.  The pre-prepared scripts did not 
work, so we called Barry and he walked us through manually doing the calibrations.

 210 - 219   flat, lamp off 6 sec DIT
 220 - 229   flat, halo2 lamp on, 6 sec
 230 - 239   flat, lamp off 3 sec
 240 - 249   flat, lamp on 3 sec
 250 - 251   Ne lamp off/on
 252 - 253   Ar lamp off/on
 254 - 255   Xe lamp off/on