December 11-12, 2008 LGS observing run

Nightly Summaries

12/12/08 UT
Mostly cloudy, 1.0" seeing in R. Performed NGS observations with SWIFT most of night. Performance good on bright stars (FWHM ~0.30" in R). LOWFS camera inoperable; will trouble-shoot in morning. Laser not ready (IR powers: 15W @ 1.06 um, 9W @ 1.32 um).

12/13/08 UT
Clear, 2.5" seeing in R. Laser 5.9 W and stable. Performed LGS observations until 11pm, when LOWFS camera failed again. Continued with NGS observations midnight to dawn.

All-Sky Camera

12/12/08 UT	12/13/08 UT

Safety Documents

• Laser projection schedule (FAA Letter of Non-Objection,LOD amendment):
  • 17:39:00 12/11/08 - 05:44:00 12/12/08 PDT
  • 17:39:00 12/12/08 - 05:44:00 12/13/08 PDT
• Securitas spotters are schedule to be on site 17:00-05:45 PDT.
• US-STRATCOM documents:
  • LCH Reports Handbook (rev 8/06), LCH Contact Information
  • 12/12/08 UT P/A request: 12/12/08 UT open windows
  • 12/13/08 UT P/A request: 12/13/08 UT open windows

Personnel schedule

	Wed 12/10	Thu 12/11	Fri 12/12
Bouchez	Arrive late	X	X
Kibblewhite	X	X	X
Roberts	X	X
Peffer	X	X	X

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 (v1.1): doc, pdf
  • NGS Checkout (v3.1): doc, pdf
  • LGS Checkout (v1.0): doc, pdf
  • LGS target acquisition (v4.0): doc, pdf