2010-07-30 ========== Observers: John Monnier, Xiao Che, Stefan Kraus TO: Hugo UT 19:50 = LST 11:36 times in UT slit 0.35" (Pos 0.711) slit 1" (Pos 0.590) rather good seeing in the beginning of the night (0.6-0.7") goes up to 1.1" during the last two hours, 1.6" after twilight clouds during the second half of the night technical tests: UT 19:51 #1-#8, R=5s, Bin 1/1, 1/1, Slow, RedMilkyFlats, Quarz lamp on (no B), only 1200 counts and there seems to be some orders missing UT 20:10 #11, B/R=50s, Bin 1/1, 1/1, Slow, RedMilkyFlats UT 20:20 #12, B/R=1s, Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Th-Ar day-time calibration: UT 20:29 #13-#22, B/R=1s/1s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Bias (mislabeled in Object/Comments column) UT 20:46 #23, B/R=10s/10s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, ThAr (1600 counts) UT 20:49 #24-#33, B/R=1s/1s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Quarz (external lamp was already on since 28 or so, measured only 2000, so DIT might be too low) UT 20:?? #34, B/R=1s/1s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, QuarzExternal (Ql+Qh) UT 21:17 #35, B/R=60s/60s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Quarz (now in good range up to 50000, but still the higher orders are very weak) UT 21:24 #36, B/R=10s/10s, 1", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Quarz (try slit 1"), no significant improvement UT 21:?? #37, B/R=20s/20s, 1", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Quarz (try slit 1"), see all orders both in blue and red but with poor contrast UT 21:32 #38, B/R=60s/60s, 1", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Quarz (try slit 1"), no significant improvement UT 21:38 #39, B/R=1200s/1200s, 1", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Dark UT 22:2? #40-#42, B/R=1s/1s, 1", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Bias UT 22:32 #43, B/R=5s/5s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Milky Flat, HR5231 (V=2.5, RA=13:55:35.20, DEC=-47:17:52.7, O-B star), milky plate in, star in UPPER half UT 22:?? #44, B/R=40s/30s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Milky Flat, HR5231 (V=2.5, RA=13:55:35.20, DEC=-47:17:52.7, O-B star), milky plate in, star in upper half UT 22:?? #45, B/R=80s/80s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Milky Flat, HR5231 (V=2.5, RA=13:55:35.20, DEC=-47:17:52.7, O-B star), milky plate in, star in upper half (8000 counts) UT 22:50 #46, B/R=60s/60s, 1", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Milky Flat, HR5231 (V=2.5, RA=13:55:35.20, DEC=-47:17:52.7, O-B star), milky plate in, star in upper half (58000 counts, saturates) UT 22:54 #47, B/R=40s/40s, 1", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Milky Flat, HR5231 (V=2.5, RA=13:55:35.20, DEC=-47:17:52.7, O-B star), milky plate in, star in upper half (still saturates in blue) UT 22:56 #48, B/R=30s/20s, 1", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Milky Flat, HR5231 (V=2.5, RA=13:55:35.20, DEC=-47:17:52.7, O-B star), milky plate in, star in upper half UT 22:58 #49, B/R=30s/20s, 1", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Milky Flat, HR5231 (V=2.5, RA=13:55:35.20, DEC=-47:17:52.7, O-B star), milky plate in, star in LOWER half UT 23:01 #50, B/R=40s/40s, 1", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Milky Flat, HR5231 (V=2.5, RA=13:55:35.20, DEC=-47:17:52.7, O-B star), milky plate in, star in lower half UT 23:07 #51-#53, B/R=92s/95s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HD85567 UT 23:23 #54-#55, B/R=300s/80s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HD85567 (1xB,2xR), up to 8000 counts in blue now UT 23:30 #56-#57, B/R=300s/60s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HD85567 (1xB,2xR), left off at +31deg UT 23:40 #58 B/R=15s/15s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HD98922 UT 23:45 #59-#63 B/R=80s/40s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HD98922 (4xB,5xR) UT 00:10 #64 B/R=360s/360s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, LTT4364 (V=11) 2000 counts in red, 1100 counts in blue (wrong object name in header) UT 00:27 #65 B/R=10s/10s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HR4963 (V=4.4), 32000 counts in blue, 20000 counts in red UT 00:34 #66-#67 B/R=8s/12s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HR4963 (V=4.4) UT 00:38 #68-#74 B/R=12s/16s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HR4963 (V=4.4) UT 00:52 #75 B/R=80s/40s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HD100546, line in red peaks at 18000, continuum peaks at 6000 UT 00:52 #76-#77 B/R=140s/60s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HD100546, line in red peaks at 32000, continuum peaks at 8000 (altitude 30deg) UT 01:05 #78 B/R=140s/140s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HD100546, line in red peaks at 32000, continuum peaks at 20000, but line saturates UT 01:?? #79 B/R=140s/40s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HD100546, very little flux in blue range UT 01:?? #80-#82 B/R=140s/60s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HD100546 (optimal DIT not to saturate Halpha) UT 01:30 #86 B/R=10s/10s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, ThAr UT 01:?? #87 B/R=5s/5s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, ThAr UT 01:33 #88 B/R=12s/16s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HR4963 (altitude 27deg-24deg) (wrong object name in header) UT 01:36 #89-#93 B/R=30s/16s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HR4963, very little flux in blue range, 26000 counts in blue, 20000 counts in red (4xB, 5xR) UT 01:46 #94 B/R=20s/20s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, ThAr UT 01:48 #95 B/R=30s/20s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HR7950 (altitude 41deg), saturates both in blue and red UT 01:50 #96 B/R=10s/10s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HR7950 UT 01:54 #97-#100 B/R=7s/8s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HR7950 UT 02:00 - Rapid Rotators UT 02:07 #102 B/R=1s/1s, 0.35",Bin 1/1, 1/1, fast, Altair, telescope defocused UT 02:10 #103 B/R=4s/2s, 0.35",Bin 1/1, 1/1, fast, Altair, telescope defocused UT 02:13 #104-108 B/R=6s/2s, 0.35",Bin 1/1, 1/1, fast, Altair, telescope defocused UT 02:22 #109 B/R=8s/2s, 0.35",Bin 1/1, 1/1, fast, Altair, telescope defocused UT 02:26 #110 B/R=8s/2s, 0.35",Bin 1/1, 1/1, fast, Altair, telescope defocused UT 02:28 #111 B/R=10s/5s, 0.35",Bin 1/1, 1/1, fast, Altair, telescope defocused UT 02:31 #112 B/R=40s/15s, 0.35",Bin 1/1, 1/1, fast, Altair, telescope defocused UT 02:35 #113 B/R=400s/30s, 0.35",Bin 1/1, 1/1, fast, Altair, telescope defocused UT 02:38 #114 R=10s, UT 02:41 #115 R=10s, UT 02:44 #116 R=10s, UT 02:47 #114 B=10s, alf oph defocused 100 UT 02:47 #117 R=5s, UT 02:50 #115 B=10s, UT 02:50 #118 R=3s, UT 02:52 #116 B=7s, UT 02:52 #119 R=2s, UT 02:54 #117 B=6s UT 02:54 #120 R=3s UT 02:57 #118 B=6s #121 R=3s UT 02:59 #119 B=6s #122 R=3s UT 03:00 #120 B=20s #123 R=6s UT 03:02 #121 B=20s #124 R=6s UT 03:03 #122 B=20s #125 R=5s UT 03:05 #123 B=20s #126 R=5s UT 03:05 #127 R=5s UT 03:06 #124 B=20s UT 03:08 #128-129 R=5s defocused more, 200 UT 03:09 #125 B=20 UT 03:11 #126 B=20 #130 R=10s UT 03:14 #127-128 B=10s vega,defocused at 200, changed the object name in the middle #131-132 R=3s UT 03:18 #133 R=4s #129-130 B=30s UT 03:20 #134 R=4s UT 03:21 #135-136 R=4s UT 03:23 #131 B=60s UT 03:25 #137-138 R=4s 03:26 #132 B=120s 03:28 #139 R=4s slit moved 03:30 #133 B=30s 03:31 #140 R=4s 03:32 #134 B=15s #141 R=6s 03:34 #142-143 R=6s #135 B=15s 03:37 #136 B=15s slit +3" data is crappy, need to take more sometime #144-145 R=6s 03:46 #137 B=15S vega cal, HR9087, focus and defocus a little #146 R=15S 03:49 #147 R=50s #138 B=100s 03:51 #148 R=150s 03:52 #139 B=200s 03:55 #149 R=150s 03:59 #150 B/R=10/10 THAR 04:03 #151 B/R=100/100 EG274, white dwarf 04:08 #152 B/R=480/420 04:16 #153 B/R=480/480 04:25 #154 B/R=480/480 04:39 #155 B/R=20/10 alf oph, defocused 200 04:42 #156-159 B/R=40/30 04:51 #160-163(4) B/R=80/60 05:02 #170 B/R=10/10 ThAr 05:05 #171 Bias 05:07 #172-174 B/R=480/480 EG274, white dwarf (altitude 30 deg) UT 05:37 #175 ThAr UT 05:39 #176 B/R=100s/80s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, MWC614 (altitude 34 deg) UT 05:43 #177-#179 B/R=330s/220s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, MWC614, 40000 lines in Halpha red channel, 32000 in blue channel (2xB, 3xR) UT 06:00 #179/180 B/R=100s/80s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, ThAr (blue is #179, red is #180) UT 06:02 #181-#184 B/R=480s/480s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, S CrA (see companion in acqusition image, companion is not in the slit but offset by about 70deg) (altitude 53 deg), lines go up to 42000 in red channel, 2300 counts in blue channel (first file has wrong object name in header) UT 06:46 #185 B/R=30s/20s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HR7596 (altitude 41 deg), 17000 counts in blue channel, 12000 counts in red channel UT 06:50 #186-188 B/R=50s/50s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HR7596 UT 06:58 #189-190 B/R=15s/15s, 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, HR7950 UT 07:03 #191 ThAr UT 07:05 #192 B/R=40s/15s Altair, defocused at 150, cloudy UT 07:08 #193 B/R=30s/30s UT 07:10 #194 B/R=15/10 UT 07:12 #195-198 B/R=25/10 UT 07:21 #199 B/R=25/20 UT 07:24 #200 B/R=20/20 UT 07:32 #201 B/R=50/50 HR718, bright cal at el=30, defocused at 150 UT 07:32 #202 B/R=150/150 UT 07:38 #203 B/R=100/100 UT 07:42 #204-207 B/R=50/20 UT 07:54 #210 B/R=10/10 ThAr UT 07:56 #211 B/R=50/50 alf peg, defocused 150 UT 08:00 #212-213 B/R=50/30 UT 08:05 #214 B/R=50/40 UT 08:08 #215-221 B/R=40/40 UT 08:25 #222 B/R=40/40 zet peg, defocus at 150 UT 08:27 #223-224 B/R=50/50 UT 08:32 #225-231(2) B/R=50/70 UT 08:53 #240 B/R=10/10 ThAr UT 08:57 #241-251 B/R=100/100 Hr718 , el=46 UT 09:31 #252 B/R=100/100 ups peg, el=30, defocused at 100 UT 09:35 #253-255(6) B/R=200/120 UT 09:51 #260 B/R=100/100 HR1544, el=30, defocused at 100 UT 09:54 #261-263 B/R=120/120 UT 10:07 #264 B/R=10/10 ThAr UT 10:09 #265 B/R=480s/480s 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, T Tau N, seeing 1.6-1.9 (altitude 30 deg), 900 counts in blue channel, 5000 counts in red channel (line goes to 22000 counts) UT 10:21 #266-#268 B/R=1000s/700s 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, T Tau N (2xB, 3xR) UT 11:02 #269 B/R=10s/10s 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, ThAr UT 11:04 #270 B/R=5s/5s 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, ThAr UT 11:08 #271-#280 B/R=1s/1s 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Quarz without Milky Plate UT 11:10 closing down UT 11:23 #281-#290 B/R=0s/0s 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Bias UT 11:38 #291-#293 B/R=1200s/1200s 0.35", Bin 1/1, 1/1, Fast, Dark