Kueyen + FORS2 activities 11/12.08.2000 ===================================== Commissioning Leaders: J. Spyromilio, M. Kiekebusch Telescope Operator: J. Navarrete Day/Night Astronomers: --/G. Rupprecht Commiss. Astronomers: W. Hummel (VIC), L. Tresse (VIRMOS) ============================================================= Night Summary ============= Conditions ---------- gen: mediocre night seeing: 0.7-2.5" wind: 10-15m/s, N humid: 40-15% temperature: 7-9C loss: none Technical Problems ------------------ problem: none loss: Other Problems -------------- none General Comments ---------------- first night of MXU/MMU commissioning Data Summary ============ Prog-ID Observer # tape departure comment ---------------------------------------------------------------- n/a calibrations: n/a ************************ Daytime Setup Activities ************************ Setups: masks inserted Dewar refill: FORS2 start-up procedure ------------------------ started: LT finished: LT by: comments: ******************** Daytime Calibrations ******************** none *********************************** Preparation for the night *********************************** started: UT dome open: 0:15UT, late due to high wind handover: UT ********************** FORS2 Calibration Plan ********************** no skyflats ****************************** Commissioning programme for MXU/MMU operations ****************************** OB-ID: OB-Name: No-Name Object: screen Coll./type: SR CCD: ABCD,1x1,low Airmass: -- DIMM: -- Start: 0:20UT Comments: screen images for the newly installed masks M400F117+953738_SR.fits M289IC5063+952401_SR.fits M325VIRMOS1+910527_SR.fits M286FIMG215+945145_SR.fits The exposures are taken with the He+1 and Ne+1 arc lamps - why? An illumination gradient from bottom (brighter) to top (darker) is visible on all images *********************** Commissioning programme *********************** The acquisition in "fast" mode based on the slit images taken during the afternoon failed. Reason: The slit images don't contain the information about the reference slits. *********************** Commissioning programme *********************** OB-ID: -- OB-Name: hello Object: random Coll./type: SR CCD: ABCD,1x1,high Airmass: DIMM: 1.5" Start: 5h Comments: pre-imaging in a random field V_BESS 2 FORS2_IMG225.fits *********************** Commissioning programme *********************** OB-ID: -- OB-Name: hello-0 Object: random galaxy Coll./type: SR/IMG CCD: ABCD,1x1,high Airmass: 1.41 DIMM: 1.5" Start: 5:10UT Comments: pre-imaging of a random galaxy V_BESS 2s FORS2_IMG225.1.fits V_BESS 10s FORS2_IMG225.2.fits *********************** Commissioning programme *********************** OB-ID: -- OB-Name: hello-1 Object: random field Coll./type: SR/IMG CCD: ABCD,1x1,high Airmass: 1.41 DIMM: 1.5" Start: 5:22UT Comments: pre-imaging of a random field V_BESS 5s FORS2_IMG225.3.fits V_BESS 60s FORS2_IMG225.4.fits *********************** extensive work by Mario and Jason on the templates - slit images on screen and sky *********************** Commissioning programme *********************** OB-ID: OB-Name: virmos2h-2 Object: virmos 2h Coll./type: SR/MXU CCD: A,1x1,hi Airmass: 1.0 DIMM: 1.3 Start: 9:45UT Comments: loading of sky image and calculation of offsets is very slow noFilt 60s FORS2_ACQ225.32.fits IQ=0.75" slit img 60s FORS2_ACQ225.33.fits offset 0.21 -1.49 r=-0.02 accept/repeat noFilt 60s FORS2_ACQ225.34.fits offset 0.01 0.03 r=0.00 but the first (large) box was quite excentric (objects in upper right corner)!!?? accept/no offset/repeat noFilt 60s FORS2_ACQ225.35.fits offset 0.00 0.06 r=0.00 accept/no offset no filt 120s FORS2_MXU225.fits WITHOUT GRISM nothing to see in the two square boxes no filt 60s FORS2_MXU225.1.fits WITHOUT GRISM nothing to see in the two square boxes offset 1.5/1.5" no filt 120s FORS2_MXU225.2.fits WITHOUT GRISM overexposed something is wrong. We stop ********************** FORS2 Calibration Plan ********************** sky flatfields - morning ------------------------- no skyflats **************************** End of Nightsky Observations **************************** start closing at 10:35UT end closing at UT Telescope in: zenith Dome in: park FORS2 in: calibration position ************ Action Items ************