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September 15-22, 2008 LGS observing run

Nightly Summaries

9/16/08 UT
Scattered clouds, seeing 0.8" in K. Spent first half of the night on AO/PHARO/BTO setup after diagnosing major optical alignment problems in the AO relay in the afternoon. Laser power 6.5 W at start of night, LGS bright-star Strehl ~35%. Observed 3 science targets, for a total of 1.4 hr integration time. Laser power at end of night 4.5 W.

9/17/08 UT
Scattered clouds, seeing 0.7" in K. Reinstalled and calibrated LLT 1/4-wave plate. Laser power 7.2 W and stable at start of night, LGS bright-star Strehl ~45%. Second half of the night cloudy. Observed several NGS and 1 LGS science target through clouds. Laser power at end of night 7.4 W.

9/19/08 UT
Clear, seeing 0.7" in K. Laser power 4.5-6.5 W. Performed observations for PIs Sahai, Djorgovski, and Bernat. ~30% K Strehl on early science programs, lower later in night.

9/20/08 UT
Clear, seeing 1.0" in K. Laser power 6.5-7.0 W. Performed observations for PIs Sahai, Bernat, Adams, and Lewis. AO performance generally poor (<20% K Strehl) due to seeing. High LGS return: up to 75000 DN/s in WFS.

9/21/08 UT
Clear, seeing 0.5" in K. Laser power 6.0-6.3 W. Lost 1 hr to laser and AO system faults at the start of the night. Performed observations for PIs Sahai, Djorgovski, and Bernat. AO performance excellent (up to 50% K Strehl).

9/22/08 UT
Clear, seeing 0.5" in K. Laser power 6.2-6.5 W. Record laser return: up to 120000 DN/s. Performed observations for PIs Adams, Bernat, Djorgovski, and Lewis. AO performance excellent (50% K Strehl).

9/23/08 UT
Clear, seeing 0.7" in K. Laser power 5.8-6.5 W. Performed observations for PIs Sahai, Djorgovski, and Bernat. AO performance poor to good (20% K Strehl).

All-Sky Camera

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Science Operations

Observing Plan (v1.1): doc, pdf

Science Program Status

UT / PI 9/19/08 9/20/08 9/21/08 9/22/08 9/23/08 Total High Quality
Adams   06:20-07:30   03:00-05:30   3.7 hrs 1.5 hrs
Bernat 09:10-12:30 07:30-12:00 08:00-12:30 05:30-08:00 08:45-12:45 18.8 hrs 13.0 hrs
Djorgovski 05:10-09:10   06:00-08:00 08:00-10:00 07:30-08:45 9.3 hrs 5.3 hr
Roberts   12:00-12:40   10:00-12:30   3.2 hrs 2.5 hrs
Sahai 03:30-05:10 04:00-06:20 04:05-06:00   03:20-04:50, 06:00-07:30 8.9 hrs 6.5 hrs
Only high quality data (a subjective evaluation by the AO lead, based on AO performance, etc.) will be counted against time allocation. Please contact abouchez@astro.caltech.edu for data download instructions.

Finding charts

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Safety Documents

Personnel schedule

  Mon 9/15 Tue 9/16 Thu 9/18 Fri 9/19 Sat 9/20 Sun 9/21 Mon 9/22
Bouchez X X   X X X X
Cromer X X X X      
Dekany     X       X
Roberts X X X X      
Troy         X X  
Velur X X          
Kajsa X X X X X X X
Possible JPL visitors on 9/21.

Test Plans and Procedures

Please post your test plans on the Test Plan Library page, and add a link below.
  • AO setup
    • AO system internal focus: doc, pdf
    • AO bench setup and checkout: doc, pdf
  • BTO procedures
    • BTO setup (v2.4): doc, pdf
    • BTO alignment (v2.4): doc, pdf
    • BTO alignment, abbreviated version (v1.0): doc, pdf
    • BTO shutdown (v1.1): doc, pdf
  • Laser procedures
    • Laser startup (v2.0): doc, pdf
    • Laser shutdown (v1.0): doc, pdf
  • Observing procedures:
    • LGS science night checklist (v1.0): doc, pdf
    • NGS Checkout (v3.1): doc, pdf
    • LGS Checkout (v1.0): doc, pdf
    • LGS target acquisition (v4.0): doc, pdf

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