UT 2010-Jul-12 ============== Program CL3, PI Kraus Observers: Fabien, Chris CHARA/CLIMB TEL E1-E2-W1-S1 POP 1-4-4-1 TRIPLET E1-E2-W1 (start-up) BEAM B1-B2-B3 REF CART E2 Starting LT 11 July 2010, 20:40 (all times in LT in this file) Check star 7 Sco (HD 143275) Target HD142666, Cals: 140990 and 143616 Weather: partially cloudy but less clouds than the previous days, r0 = ? to ? cm check star 21:00 E1E2 -5167 21:04 E2W1 22500 21:06 -4780 / 22840 cal 140990 21:16 -4498/23088 changing to 500Hz/NONDEST 21:22 -4400/23263 recording fringes Vis: 0.75/0.58/0.44 Counts: 20/20/20 21:28 -4320/23360 21:30 -4290/23460 target 142666 21:44 -4243/23776 recording fringes Counts: 23/23/23 Vis: 0.58/0.31/0.20 21:47 -4183/23800 21:49 -4148/23909 cal 140990 22:01 recording fringes 22:07 -3700/24459 NIRO ALIGN Check star 164028 cal 162255 22:41 -5112/22364 saturating at 750 and 1000Hz niro crash due to using fastest mode W1 stuck 500Hz/DEST 22:57 -4930/22771 recording fringes on cal 162255 Vis:0.47/0.36/0.22 Counts:120/130/85 23:06 -4720/23050 23:09 -4689/23118 switching to target MWC275 23:17 -4567/23093 recording fringes on MWC275, 500Hz/DEST Vis:0.31/0.11/0.08 Counts:60/70/40 23:29 switching to cal W1 stuck again Lost tip/tilt Clouds prevents doing anything south now, so we may as well switch now Switch 0:20 Niro align on Gamma Cyg Standby because of clouds TRIPLET S1-E2-W1 BEAM B1-B2-B3 REF CART E2 0:56 delay ok for mwc340, clouds still there but dissipating cal 194708 scanning for fringes on 500Hz/dest S1E2 W1 stuck hard to find fringes (tip/tilt failing, cart stuck) 1:47 S1W1 -6816 1:55 S1E2/E2W1 -6816/18561 recording fringes at 500Hz/DEST Vis:0.41/0.44/0.31 Counts:50/40/35 2:01 -6482/18704 switching to target tip/tilt problems W1 tip/tilt does not work switching to S1E2 only 3:20 -5667 cal 194708 recording 2T fringes Vis:0.32 Counts: 75 3:25 -5386 3:29 -5451 r0=2-3cm Most stars too faint for stable tip/tilt, therefore switching target to mwc361 3:51 cal 197750 -5311 recording 2T at 500Hz/DEST Vis:0.39 Counts: 80 4:01 -5177 4:12 target 200775 (mwc361) -5264 recording fringes (very faint but distinct) 2T Vis:0.091 Sum: 35 4:17 -5202 4:20 switch to cal 4:25 recording 2T at 500Hz/DEST Vis:0.433 Counts:80 4:27 -5000 switch to target 4:40 -5065 recording fringes Vis:0.075 Counts:90 4:45 -5026 4:49 switch to cal 4:52 -4901 recording fringes Vis:0.39 Counts:70 CRASH during the end "BOTH BEAMS" sequence taking another set to replace it 4:57 -4824 5:01 -4790 recording fringe on calibrator again Vis:0.40 Counts:65 r0 = 4-6 cm Summary ------- * One bracket of E1E2W1 on HD142666 * Calibrator + target of E1E2W1 on MWC275 (no bracket closure due to clouds). * 2 brackets of S1W1 on MWC361.