Date: 2017 May 24 UT Observers: Jon Brown, Patrick Vallely TO: Steve A. SA: Olga K. Moon phase: Summary: Plan was to start with UVa_Haumea on LUCI2, but we ran into some pointing/TCS issues that prevented us from running the observing scripts. As we were switching to LBC, smoke from a nearby fire forced us to close. We reopened and managed to complete a few OSU_monitor targets. Everything went pretty smoothly for the rest of the night. Completed Programs: OSU_monitor/N4236 OSU_monitor/N5194 OSU_monitor/N5474 OSU_monitor/M101 OSU_monitor/N6946SN Calibrations: Details (All times UT): ---------------------------------- 01:00 -- LUCI1 is off the telescope. Plan is to start with LUCI2 and with the UVa_Haumea program. Running up LUCI and doing some test exposures. 03:00 -- We've collimated, so we're starting the UVa_Haumea program. 03:20 -- Complete standard, moving to Haumea. 03:40 -- Location of the object on the finding charts is not clear. We eventually located the object and recovered from some alignment issues, but when we started the observation, the guide star was immediately lost. The reason is unclear; conditions are good, and hte guider was not near the edge of the patrol field. 04:20 -- Started again from scratch and error happened at exact same place in the script (after alignment, update to pointing and absolute offset sent to TCS). This is especially peculiar given that the standard observations worked fine. 04:45 -- Seems unlikely that this can be trivially resolved; we'll switch to LBC and come back to this later in the run. 05:10 -- Wind direction has shifted; we're going to have to close for smoke. 07:30 -- Looks like we can open back up, going to try some OSU_monitor targets. 08:00 -- Starting N4236.ob. Seeing is not great (~1.5+"). 08:20 -- Starting N5194.ob. Conditions looking a little better. Conspicuous dark feature on the bottom of middle and right red chips, but not present in subsequent exposures. Looks pretty similar to moth features from a few years ago. 09:10 -- Starting N5474.ob. Seeing is 1-1.5". 09:55 -- Starting M101.ob. Seeing is 1.5-2". Another 'moth' feature in the first red exposure, but gone in subsequent exposures. 10:45 -- Starting N6946.ob. Seeing is just over 1". The SN is somewhat close to the chip gap. Twilight is creeping in. There was also an issue with the blue reading out too few pixels, and the blue sequnce froze midway though. We can come back to this target later in the run. 11:30 -- Starting twilight flats; combinations are VR, BR, SR. The 'moth' feature is pretty clear in the red flats.