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Gary Bernstein, 11/03/2012 07:07 PM
1 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | h1. SV Notes for MJD 56236 (starting evening of November 4) |
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3 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | h2. Observers |
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5 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | | *Observer 1* | *Observer 2* | *Run Manager* | *SISPI Expert on Call*| *Eyeball Squad*| |
6 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | | Soares Santos | Depoy | Soares Santos | Honscheid | Romer | |
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8 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | h2. DECam Configuration and Setup |
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10 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | |SISPI Configuration File| *sv.ini*| |
11 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | |DECam constants |*DECAM:CURRENT*| |
12 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | |Proposal ID| *2012B-0003*| |
13 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | |Image Processing (Calibration)| *NCSA*| |
14 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | |Image Processing (First Cut)|*NCSA*| |
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16 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | h2. Almanac |
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18 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | Twilight ends 21:34, middle of night to hand over to community SV at 01:26 |
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20 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | Moonrise at 23:24, 84% illuminated, 54 degrees away from our Mini-Survey field on Stripe 82. |
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22 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | h2. Weather Conditions |
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24 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | * [[Tololo Weather Links]] |
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27 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | h2. Observing Plan and Goals for the Night |
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29 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # [[Calibration_Observations|Standard bias and dome flat]] sequence during afternoon |
30 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # Please try to get dome open for temperature equilibration at earliest appropriate time, be sure all cooling/ventilation systems are on. |
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32 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | This plan is with the expectation that guiding and tracking are both too poor to obtain any meaningful long exposures. If the guiding/tracking issues are resolved, we can revert to the [[SV_11_2]] plan of obtaining SN Template observations in good conditions. |
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34 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | Monitor Conditions: |
35 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # Check on DIMM status, running if at all possible. |
36 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # Make sure RASICAM is online if weather conditions permit. |
37 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # A few times per night ask the operator to contact the other telescopes on Tololo to get their seeing value. Record those in the eLog. |
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39 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | If *good* conditions - sky is clear or thin clouds, and seeing is <=1.4": |
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41 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # [[Calibration_Observations|Photometric standards]] sequence as soon as dark enough (grizY in 3 fields at different airmasses, preferably one at X < 1.25, one at X = 1.25-1.65 and one at X > 1.65). Follow link for the suggested fields and scripts. Douglas suggests standards can begin 30 min before astronomical twilight. |
42 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # Repeat standards hourly if the night is photometric, ask for as many in AM hours as Dara is willing to provide. |
43 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # [[Star_Flat_Observations|StarFlat sequences]] of 20 wide dithers in each grY (g and r first, with Moon down). Move to lowest accessible Galactic latitude (b>=10 degrees) to increase stellar density w/o crowding. Should take ~20 x (80+30)s = 37 min per filter, ~3 hrs total. |
44 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # [[Polar_Axis|Polar Axis]] determination exposures. |
45 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # If seeing is <1.1" and reasonably stable, take series of [[Alignment_Observations]] in i band to check relative focus of science array and F/A chips, and to characterize PSF response to motion in all degrees of freedom on hexapod. |
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47 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | If *poor* conditions - thicker clouds and/or seeing >1.4" |
48 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # [[Calibration_Observations|Photometric standards]] at evening and 1:10 AM if thin clouds or clear |
49 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # Take [[Star_Flat_Observations|StarFlat sequence]] if thin clouds or clear |
50 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # [[Polar_Axis|Polar Axis]] determination |
51 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | # DECal sweeps that were not completed during commissioning |
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54 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | h2. Notes from the 4PM Meeting and Additional Comments |
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57 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | h2. Notes from Observers |
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59 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | Here is "Night Summary":http://decam03.fnal.gov:8080/nightsum/nightsum-56236/nightsum.html |
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62 | 1 | Gary Bernstein | h2. Notes on Analyses of Night's Data: |