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August 6-10, 2009 LGS-SWIFT observing run

Nightly Summaries

Aug. 7, 2009 UT
Clear, 2.0-3.0" seeing due to primary mirror 6 C hotter than dome air. Laser power 6.5 W. Performed LGS setup tasks. Observed 2 LGS-AO science objects in second half of night, with poor AO performance. Lost NGS frequently due to poor seeing and bright sky.

Aug. 8, 2009 UT
Clear, ~1.4" seeing. Laser power 8.6 W. Boresighted LLT (required ~120" move to W). Tested laser chirping: Found no improvement, but laser unstable at high chirping rates. Closed 10pm-2am due to high humidity. Observed 1 LGS science object for 90 min. integration with good AO performance (~0.75" FWHM).

Aug. 9, 2009 UT
Clear, ~1.0" seeing. Laser power 9.0 W. Tested target centering strategies. Observed 3 science targets for 200 min. integration time with excellent AO performance (~0.4" FWHM)

Aug. 10, 2009 UT
Clear, ~0.8" seeing. Laser power 9.0-9.5 W. Gathered LGS-SWIFT PSF data. Observed 2.. science target so far. Return as high as 60000 DN/s/subap (10:25 UT).

Aug. 11, 2009 UT
Clear, ~1.0" seeing. Laser power 9.5 W. Return 75000 DN/s/subap (3:55 UT).

Safety Documents

Personnel schedule

  Thu 8/6 Fri 8/7 Sat 8/8 Sun 8/9 Mon 8/10
Bouchez X X X X X
Dekany         ?
Peffer X X X X X
Roberts X X X    
Velur 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 (v2.6): 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 (v2.1): 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 SWIFT target acquisition (v1.0): doc, pdf

Engineering Experiments (8/6/09)

  • Tune non-common path errors on SWIFT imaging camera (650nm & IR dichroics).
  • Test guiding using acquisition camera
  • Measure AO performance with/without laser chirping
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