Kueyen + FORS2 activities 31.01.2000 ==================================== Commissioning Leader: J. Spyromilio Telescope Operator: G. Rupprecht Day/Night Astronomers: -/G. Rupprecht FORS2 Comm2 Team: I. Appenzeller, C. Cumani, W. Gaessler, W. Hummel, K.-H. Mantel, B. Muschielok, W. Seifert, E. Sutorius, K. Tarantik ============================================================= Night Summary ============= finally a good night without problems! Conditions ---------- gen: clear, cirrus in the morning seeing: 0.4-0.8" wind: <5m/s mainly S humid: 50-30% temperature: 12C loss: -- Technical Problems ------------------ problem: alt limit/M1 airbag loss: 1h incl evening skyflats Other Problems -------------- none General Comments ---------------- LADC enabled CCD system status: put back on the telescope, functional test successful ************************ Daytime Setup Activities ************************ Setups: CCD mounted, telescope balanced Dewar refill: yes FORS2 start-up procedure ------------------------ started: 21:10LT finished: 21:15LT by: W.Se ******************** Daytime Calibrations ******************** none *********************************** Preparation for the night *********************************** started: 0:30UT dome open: 1:00UT handover: 1:10UT ********************** FORS2 Calibration Plan ********************** Sky flats evening (started LT) ------------------------------------ none ************************** Commissioning Observations ************************** OB-Name: ima_Horsehead_BVRI_ST Start: 1:17UT Object: horsehead Coll./Mode: IMG SR CCD: ABCD,1x1,low 1.8e-06mb, 163.0K Airmass: 1.06 DIMM: 1.5-0.7 Comments: PR B 300s FORS2_IMG032.fits IQ=1.1" V 300s FORS2_IMG032.1.fits IQ=1.1" R 240s FORS2_IMG032.2.fits IQ=0.65" I 240s FORS2_IMG032.3.fits IQ=0.7" B 600s FORS2_IMG032.4.fits IQ=0.85" V 300s FORS2_IMG032.5.fits IQ=0.8" R 120s FORS2_IMG032.6.fits IQ=0.8" I 180s FORS2_IMG032.7.fits IQ=0.7" ................................................................... OB-Name: lss_PSR0537-6910 Start: 2:20UT Object: PSR0537-6910 Coll./Mode: SR LSS CCD: A,1x1,low 1.9e-06mb, 163.0K Airmass: 1.42 DIMM: 0.5 Comments: CALIBRATION REQUIRED R 60s acq FORSFieldAcq032.fits new guide star (previous one too bright) R 240s FORSFocfAcq032.fits repeat acquisition R 60s acq FORSFieldAcq032.1.fits IQ=0.6" R 240s FORSFocfAcq032.1.fits offset a=-1.42 d=1.66 r=-0.02 accept R 240s slit FORS2_LSS_SLIT032.fits offset x=+0.2" & repeat FORS2_LSS_SLIT032.1.fits no offset 150I+GG435 0.7" 2000s FORS2_LSS032.fits ................................................................... OB-Name: ima_30DORb Start: 3:47UT Object: 30Dor Coll./Mode: SR IMG CCD: ABCD,1x1,low Airmass: 1.5 DIMM: 0.45 Comments: PR B 3x30s FORS2_IMG032.8-10.fits IQ=0.75 V 3x15s FORS2_IMG032.11-13.fits IQ=0.7" R 3x10s FORS2_IMG032.14-16.fits IQ=0.6" I 3x15s FORS2_IMG032.17-19.fits IQ=0.55" ................................................................... OB-Name: NGC3201_E Start: 4:09UT Object: NGC3201 Coll./Mode: SR IMG CCD: ABCD,1x1,low 2.1e-06 163.0 Airmass: 1.19 DIMM: 0.4-0.5" Comments: image quality NO photometric standard star! pairs of * mean they were taken with the same guide star or in the same position B 30s FORS2_STD032.fits V 10s FORS2_STD032.1.fits B 30s FORS2_STD032.2.fits R 30s FORS2_STD032.3-4.fits * R 30s FORS2_STD032.5-8.fits * rotate FORS2 by 180deg R 30s FORS2_STD032.9-12.fits * R 30s FORS2_STD032.13-16.fits * R 30s FORS2_STD032.17-20.fits * R 30s FORS2_STD032.21-24.fits * R 30s FORS2_STD032.25-28.fits R 30s FORS2_STD032.29 GP at center R 30s FORS2_STD032.30-35.fits * ................................................................... OB-Name: ima_N4038_39 Start: 6:18UT Object: N4038 Coll./Mode: SR IMG CCD: ABCD,1x1,low 2.1e-06 163.0 Airmass: 1.09 DIMM: 1" Comments: PR B 300s FORS2_IMG032.22.fits IQ=0.7" V 240s FORS2_IMG032.23.fits IQ=0.6" R 240s FORS2_IMG032.24.fits IQ<0.6" I 300s FORS2_IMG032.25.fits IQ~0.5" ................................................................... OB-Name: ima_N4472V Start: 6:50UT Object: NGC4472 Coll./Mode: SR IMG CCD: ABCD,1x1,low 2.0e-06 163.0 Airmass: 1.3 DIMM: 0.6" Comments: pre-imaging for SV V 300s FORS2_IMG032.26.fits IQ=0.7" ................................................................... OB-Name: ima_NTTDF Start: 6:58UT Object: NTT deep field Coll./Mode: SR IMG CCD: ABCD,1x1,low 2.0e-06 163.0 Airmass: 1.08 DIMM: 0.55 Comments: pre-imaging for SV R 3x300s FORS2_IMG032.27-29.fits IQ<0.6" ................................................................... OB-Name: ima_ClDF Start: 7:20UT Object: Cluster Deep Field Coll./Mode: SR IMG CCD: ABCD,1x1,low 2.1e-06 163.0 Airmass: 1.07 DIMM: 0.7 Comments: pre-imaging for SV R 3x300s FORS2_IMG032.30-32.fits IQ=0.5" ................................................................... OB-Name: ima_n5128 Start: 7:44UT Object: NGC 5128 Coll./Mode: SR IMG CCD: ABCD,1x1,low 2.3e-06 163.0 Airmass: 1.12 DIMM: 0.6 Comments: PR B 300s FORS2_IMG032.33.fits IQ=0.6 V 240s FORS2_IMG032.34.fits IQ=0.6 R 240s FORS2_IMG032.35.fits IQ<0.6 I 300s FORS2_IMG032.36.fits IQ= ................................................................... OB-Name: ima_N4565 Start: 8:23UT Object: NGC 4565 Coll./Mode: SR IMG CCD: ABCD,1x1,low 2.1e-06 163.0 Airmass: 1.6 DIMM: 0.6 Comments: PR B 180s FORS2_IMG032.37.fits IQ=0.6 V 90s FORS2_IMG032.38.fits IQ=0. R 60s FORS2_IMG032.39.fits IQ=0. I 90s FORS2_IMG032.40.fits IQ=0. ................................................................... OB-Name: ima_XCS_C038 Start: 8:48 Object: C038 Coll./Mode: SR IMG CCD: ABCD,1x1,low 2.1e-06 163.0 Airmass: 1.4 DIMM: 0.8 Comments: pre-imaging R 300s FORS2_IMG032.41.fits IQ=0.65 ................................................................... OB-Name: ima_XCS_C022 Start: 8:58UT Object: C022 Coll./Mode: SR IMG CCD: ABCD,1x1,low 2.1e-06 163.0 Airmass: 1.4 DIMM: 0.7 Comments: pre-imaging R 300s FORS2_IMG032.42.fits IQ=0. ********************** FORS2 Calibration Plan ********************** Sky flats morning ------------------------- OB: skyflat_morn_SR_RVIB_1104-2700 R window FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.fits 9:11UT too dark R window FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.1-8.fits 9:13-32UT too dark R window FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.9.fits 9:36 ok R 44.5s FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.10.fits 19000 R 37s FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.11.fits 22500 R 26s FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.12.fits 20000 V window FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.13.fits 9:41 ok V 29s FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.14.fits 22000 V 23s FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.15.fits 22000 V 17s FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.16.fits 24000 I window FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.17.fits 9:46 ok I 8s FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.18.fits 24000 I 6s FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.19.fits 24000 I 4s FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.20.fits 22000 B window FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.21.fits 9:50UT ok B 5s FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.22.fits 24000 B 3.7s FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.23.fits 23000 B 3s FORS2_IMG_CALSKY032.24.fits 23000 **************************** End of Nightsky Observations **************************** start closing at 9:55UT end closing at UT Telescope in: zenith Dome in: park FORS2 in: calibration position (shutter closed, LADC+GP parked, rotator -45, adapter 0) ******************** Daytime Calibrations ******************** FORS2 calibration plan: Biases ------------------------------ OB: bias-ABCD-1x1 ABCD,1x1,low FORS2_IMG_CAL032.-4.fits ABCD,1x1,high FORS2_IMG_CAL032.5-9.fits OB: bias-A-1x1 A,1x1,low FORS2_IMG_CAL032.10-14.fits A,1x1,high FORS2_IMG_CAL032.15-19.fits ************ Action Items ************ - do calibrations for this nights' observations ******************************************************************** * Gero Rupprecht http://www.eso.org/~grupprec * * * Optical Instrumentation Group +49-89-32006-355 * * * European Southern Observatory Garching/Germany * ********************************************************************