Date: 2018 April 18 UT Observers: Berg, Cannata TO: Steve Allanson SA: Olga Kuhn Moon Phase: waxing crecent Summary: Started night with MODS. Observe Feige 66 standard star. First science target was OSU_ASSASMN18bt, however, the seeing was highly variable. Because the average seeing was trending around 2.0", we switched to LUCI. The seeing remained highly variable throughout the night and hit peaks of 2.5-3.0, so we remained on LUCI/UVa_Haumea. Weather Conditions: Wind: Low: 5-10 mph all night Temp: Stable Transparency: Clear night. Seeing: Highly variable between 1.0-3.0. Minor Technical Issues: Complete Programs: UVa_Haumea - 3 hours of exposure + 1 hour from night one = total progra? OSU_ASSASN8bt ? Calibrations: LBC: B, Us, R morning sky flats. MODS: LUCI: Standard Star: Feige34 Details (All Times UTC): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02:10 - Sending preset 02:30 - Acquiring Feige34 02:50 - Observing Feige34 Seeing is pretty terrible, jumping from 1.5 - 2.5. 03:10 - Acquiring OSU_ASSASN18bt Had a challenge with the shell ripping - possibly due to the wind gusts - but recovered. 03:36 - Observing OSU_ASSASN18bt Seeing ~1.15. 03:46 - Lost wind speed information on the dx secondary, so due to safety, had to pause observation to cycle. 03:50 - Resumed observations. WFS seeing ~1.00. 03:55 - WFS seeing ~1.05. 04:00 - WFS seeing ~1.10. 04:02 - WFS seeing ~1.20. 04:10 - WFS seeing ~1.10. 04:24 - Noted that MODS2 date hadn't been updated so still says 20180417. Last images were mods2b.20180417.0095 and mods2r.20180417.0058. Updated to 20180418 after this. 04:30 - Acquiring OSU_lsbc_d640 Discussion was had by staff and agreed that wave front sensor was not giving accurate seeing estimates. Seeing on Dimm is between 2.5-3.5 and guide star seeing variable between 1.5-2.5. We think this means the actual seeing is ~2.0". Since no MODS and LBC programs can stand seeing ~2, we are switching to LUCI. 04:40 - Initializing LUCI 05:10 - Starting UVa_Haumea Had LUCI2 MOS error and had to call Dave Thompson to reset. 05:25 - Observing solar analog BD+26_2388. 05:40 - Seeing on guide star ~2.0 05:50 - Observing telluric BD+12_2623. 06:00 - Seeing variable around 2.0. 06:08 - Observing UVa_Haumea - finders are challenging Seeing variable between 1.5-2.0. 06:30 - 09:45 - Seeing varied wildly between ~1.25 - 2.5. LUCI2 spectra were consistently fainter and a bit fuzzier than LUCI1. 09:50 - Observing telluric BD+12_2623. 10:15 - Observing Haumea