-01 First APOGEE Commissioning Night, Mar. 17, 2017 -01 Observers: Majewski, Almeida, Lane, Fuentes, Gonzalez (telescope operator) -01 Support: Sanchez-Gallego, Davidson, Holtzman (remotely) -01 Instrument focus set at +1700 (we expect this to be the final best focus) -01 Tracking rate = 15.00500 001 Dark A dither 60 reads 002 Quartz A dither 3 reads 003 Arc A dither 20 reads 004 Arc A dither 40 reads 005 Arc A dither 20 reads 006 Arc A dither 20 reads 007 Dark A dither 60 reads 008 Dome flat A dither 3 reads (~200 counts) 009 Dome flat A dither 15 reads (~3000 counts) 010 Sky flat A dither 3 reads (twilight flat at zenith - ~zero counts) 011 Sky flat A dither 30 reads (twilight flat at zenith - good counts) 012 Sky flat A dither 60 reads (twilight flat at zenith - good counts) 013 Sky flat A dither 60 reads (twilight flat at zenith - low counts) +Based on this it looks like if we ever need to do twilight flats for whatever reason they will have to be done between sunset and ~6 deg twilight. 014 Domeflat dither A 15 reads 015 Dark 10 reads 016 Dark 10 reads -150/150 plate now. This is for the telluric correction and vignetting measurements with stars 017 Science dither A 018 Science dither B 019 Science dither B 020 Science dither A 021 Science dither A 022 Science dither B 023 Science dither B 024 Science dither A 025 Domeflat 15 reads dither A (~3000 counts in centre chip) 026 Dark 10 reads 027 Dark 10 reads (still some latency from dome flat) 028 Dark 10 reads (still latency from sky lines!! These must be from the science frames [dome was closed during domeflat])!!) 029 Dark 10 reads (still latency from sky lines!! These must be from the science frames [dome was closed during dome flat]!!) -Connor did some tests to try to fix the astigmatism seen in guider images but to no avail. The next 2 science frames (030 and 031) were done on this plate (9639), this plate was mostly plugged for Conor's test. 030 Science dither A 031 Science dither B -Now for the Omega Cen plate (9731) to do the dither test (2*ABBA+2*AAAA) to see if we can tell the difference between dithered and non-dithered sequences. 032 Domeflat 3 reads dither A 033 Domeflat 15 reads dither A (wrong position on sky) 034 Domeflat 15 reads dither A 035 Dark 10 reads (obvious latency from domeflat) 036 Dark 10 reads (no latency visible) 037 Science dither A 038 Science dither B 039 Science dither B 040 Science dither A 041 Science dither A 042 Science dither B 043 Science dither B 044 Science dither A (guider failed during this exposure) 045 Science dither A (redoing final A dither after restarting guider) 046 Science dither A 047 Science dither A 048 Science dither A 049 Science dither A 050 Science dither A 051 Science dither A 052 Science dither A 053 Science dither A -Now to do the Stray Light/Baffle tests (Lunar illumination 77% with Moon at ZD~23 degrees) 054 Domeflat 15 reads dither A 055 Dark 10 reads dither A 056 Dark 10 reads dither A 057 Skyflat 47 reads dither A (dome at ~50 degrees - telescope fully illuminated by the Moon) 058 Skyflat 47 reads dither A (dome at ~240 degrees - telescope partially illuminated by the Moon) 059 Skyflat 47 reads dither A (dome at ~270 degrees - telescope partially illuminated by the Moon) 060 Skyflat 47 reads dither A (dome at ~300 degrees - telescope partially illuminated by the Moon) 061 Skyflat 47 reads dither A (dome at ~330 degrees - telescope partially illuminated by the Moon) 062 Skyflat 47 reads dither A (dome at ~0 degrees - telescope partially illuminated by the Moon) -And now to do the Lunar Separation test 063 Skyflat 47 reads dither A (telescope ~50 degrees from Moon) 064 Skyflat 47 reads dither A (telescope ~30 degrees from Moon - STUI crashed, have to do exposure again) 065 Skyflat 47 reads dither A (telescope ~30 degrees from Moon) 066 Skyflat 47 reads dither A (telescope ~20 degrees from Moon) 067 Skyflat 47 reads dither A (telescope ~10 degrees from Moon) +67 Finished final exposure at 9 degree twilight.