Kueyen + FORS2 activities 23.01.2000
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Commissioning Leader:	R. Amestica
Telescope Operator:	N. Hurtado
Day/Night Astronomers:	-/G. Rupprecht
FORS2 Comm2 Team:	I. Appenzeller, W. Gaessler, W. Hummel, 
			K.-H. Mantel, B. Muschielok, H. Nicklas, 
			W. Seifert, E. Sutorius, K. Tarantik
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Night Summary
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no observations

Conditions
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gen:		cirrus
seeing:		0.5-1.8"
wind:		0-10m/s
humid:		60-85%
temperature:	14-10C
loss:		all night


Technical Problems
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problem:	illumination sensor CalUnit#1
loss:		none

Other Problems
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problem:	network breakdown
loss:		(1:15)

General Comments
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Daytime Setup Activities
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- checked alignment of the CCD -> OK
- checked slit parallelism (slit 4 and 11 out of specs)
- aligned all grisms
- determined center of focal field in SR and HR
- created isf file
- focus for V_BESS (SR and HR)
- focus for FILT_465_250+82 (SR and HR)


Setups:   	none
Dewar refill:	

FORS2 start-up procedure
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started:     LT
finished:    LT
by:          


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Daytime Calibrations
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FORS2 contamination flats
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none


FORS2 calibration plan: Biases
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none

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Preparation for the night
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started:   UT
dome open: UT
handover:  UT


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FORS2 Calibration Plan
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Sky flats evening (started LT)
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none


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Commissioning Observations
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none

5:30UT: network breakdown.  We decide to go to bed as the humidity is
~70% and there is no hope for improvement.

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FORS2 Calibration Plan
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sky flatfields	- morning
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none

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End of Nightsky Observations
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start closing at UT
end   closing at UT

Telescope in:    zenith
Dome in:         park
FORS2 in:        calibration position

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Daytime Calibrations
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FORS2 calibration plan: Biases
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none

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Action Items
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- IMPROVE WEATHER


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  *  Gero Rupprecht                http://www.eso.org/~grupprec  *
 * * Optical Instrumentation Group         +49-89-32006-355     * *
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