Date: 2020 Nov 23 UTC
Observers: Patrick Vallely, Jack Neustadt
Remote Participants: Rick Pogge, Charlotte Wood
TO: Steve Allanson
SA: Olga Kuhn

All observers and SAs working remotely from their respective homes.

Moon phase: 
Half Moon (Illumination: 53%)

Summary: 
   Worked with LBC all night, all OSU_monitor targets.  

   Moderate clouds and bright moon made observations difficult for the
   first half of the night, but seeing was <1".

   Clouds cleared up, but then seeing went up due to changing
   temperatures.  This especially affected LBC-R data.

   At around UTC 11, we had to close due to wind.  Opened back up to do
   one last target and skyflats.

   FOCUS SCRIPT FOR I2574 SHOULD BE CHANGED.

Calibrations: 
   LBC V/I flats (probably need to redo)

Executed Programs:
   OSU_monitor/N628rnd2 (x2)
   OSU_monitor/N672rnd2 (x2)
   OSU_monitor/N925
   OSU_monitor/N2403rnd2
   OSU_monI/OSUmonIN2403
   OSU_monitor/M82
   OSU_monitor/M81rnd2
   OSU_monitor/N3077
   OSU_monitor/I2574
   OSU_monitor/N2903rnd2
   OSU_monitor/N4605
   OSU_monitor/N4395

Details (All times UT):
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00:44 - starting with LBC 

00:48 - doing LBC V/I flats
        clouds are making counts wonky, might need to redo
        no stars in flats 

01:06 - began acquiring for OSU_monitor/N628rnd2
01:23 - clouds are making collimation difficult 
        multiple attempts at collimation
01:57 - began exposures for OSU_monitor/N628rnd2
        not great, very few visible stars
        background counts are very high, ~47k counts
        last R band image may have been saturated
02:10 - recollimating
        running 1/2 length exposures for OSU_monitor/N628rnd2
        seeing around 0.8", background still high
02:39 - re-running at 1/2 length
02:55 - wind speed increasing
        seeing around 0.8"

03:00 - began acquiring for OSU_monitor/N672rnd2
        some issues with collimating
03:25 - began 1/2 length exposures for OSU_monitor/N672rnd2
        seeing around 0.9"
03:45 - began 1/2 length exposures for OSU_monitor/N672rnd2
        seeing around 1"

04:06 - began acquiring for OSU_monitor/N925
04:15 - began normal length exposures for OSU_monitor/N925
        seeing around 0.7"
04:38 - clouds are starting to clear

04:54 - began re-exposing for OSU_monitor/N628rnd2 got one pair of
        images, but had to move to next target (south to north)
        because of wind

04:55 - began acquiring for OSU_monitor/N2403rnd2
        some issues with OSU_monitor/N2403 focus script 
05:17 - began exposing for OSU_montior/N2403rnd2
        seeing in red around 1.1"
05:32 - began exposing for OSU_monI/OSUmonIN2403
        seeing around 1.2-1.3"

05:45 - began acquiring (again) for OSU_monitor/N628rnd2
        wind seems to have gone below limits where we can observe
05:58 - began exposures (again) for OSU_monitor/N628rnd2
06:13 - seeing around 0.9-1", steadily improving

06:35 - began acquiring (again) for OSU_monitor/N672rnd2
06:46 - began exposures (again) for OSU_monitor/N672rnd2
        seeing around 1-1.1"
07:05 - pausing to recollimate, PSF was wonky for first few R band images
07:14 - began re-exposing for second half of OSU_monitor/N672rnd2
07:22 - clouds returning - grr 
        PSF "gradient" still in images 

07:32 - began acquiring for OSU_monitor/M82
07:48 - began exposures for OSU_monitor/M82
        seeing around 1.1", image quality degrading over time

08:00 - began acquiring for OSU_monitor/M81rnd2
08:06 - began exposures for OSU_monitor/M81rnd2
        seeing around 1.2" 

08:18 - began acquiring for OSU_monitor/N3077

08:27 - began exposures for OSU_monitor/N3077 seeing around 1.3-1.5",
        gradient in PSF may be due to temperature changing

08:41 - began acquiring for OSU_monitor/I2574
        issues with collimating due to bright star in focus field
        FOCUS SCRIPT SHOULD BE CHANGED
        significant delays because of focus field/collimation issues

09:15 - began exposures for OSU_monitor/I2574 
        seeing around 1.2"

09:35 - began acquiring for OSU_monitor/N2903rnd2
        issues with focus field ... again, bright star in the field

09:47 - began exposures for OSU_monitor/N2903rnd2
        seeing around 1.6" in LBC-R, 1.2" in LBC-B

10:11 - stopped halfway thru obs to recollimate, as LBC-R collimation
        was degrading rapidly (likely due to temperature fluctuation
        issues)

10:20 - began exposures (again) for OSU_monitor/N2903rnd2
        still degrading over time

        Olga says that this could be fixed in the OBs such that the
        focus adjusts between exposures

10:35 - began acquiring for OSU_monitor/N4605
10:55 - began exposures for OSU_monitor/N4605
        seeing around 1.1"

11:10 - began acquiring for OSU_monitor/N3489
11:11 - had to close for wind
11:45 - still closed for wind

12:27 - opened back up
12:33 - began acquiring for OSU_monitor/N4395; 18 deg twilight starts
12:40 - began exposures for OSU_monitor/N4395

13:10 - doing I band flats - mediocre