Date: 2014/12/07 Observer: Kara Ponder OA: Dave Summers Sharing a few hours with Angela Cotera Number Observation Int Time Filter Airmass Seeing Notes 1-11 dark 5 4:07 OPAQ - - - 12-22 flat 5 4:11 H - - lamps on at 425 23-33 flat 5 4:15 H - - lamps off 34-44 flat 5 4:19 J - - lamps off 45-55 flat 5 4:23 J - - lamps on at 600 56-66 flat 5 4:27 Ks - - lamps on at 380 67-77 flat 5 4:32 Ks - - lamps off 78-92 P525-E 5 5:47 H 1.24 - acquire, focus 93-101 P525-E 10 6:06 H 1.19 1.5 3x3x30" 102-110 P525-E 10 6:10 J 1.19 1.5 3x3x30" 111-119 P525-E 10 6:15 Ks 1.18 1.4 3x3x30" 120-123 LSQ14gde 5 6:25 H 1.7 - acquire, focus, WTTM? yes offset 10" North. No autofocus guide star too dim, seeing is too bad (needs to be <.9") 124-132 LSQ14gde 60 6:31 H 1.68 1.5 5x5x15", lost guide star on 132. probably fighting the clouds 133-135 LSQ14gde 5 6:51 H 1.6 - acquire, refocus, decided to stop WTTM due to clouds 136-138 LSQ14gde 60 6:57 H 1.59 1.5 resume 5x5x15" 139-145 LSQ14gde 5 7:02 H - - Dave keeps seeing a dip in the radial profile but the star in the field is very dim so we went to a nearby star to check focus, found donuts and double peaks. changed the focus a lot!! WTTM mislead him 146-183 LSQ14gde 60 7:11 H 1.55 1.1 resume 5x5x15", these are not going to look right when stacked. Clouds coming in and out so stick with regular guider, move back to center at start of second dither (159), clouds start to clear out 184-208 LSQ14gde 60 8:00 J 1.47 .9 5x5x15", contours are a little flat PSNJ03034759+0024146 209-212 PSNJ0303... 5 8:35 H 1.32 .5 acquire, focus, WTTM? 45" offset North. 213-228 PSNJ0303... 60 8:41 H 1.30 .5 4x4x20" 229-239 PSNJ0303... 60 9:04 J 1.24 .5 5x5x15", lost guiding at 239 240-242 PSNJ0303... 5 9:19 J 1.22 - re-acquire, cirrus clouds coming in 243-256 PSNJ0303... 60 9:25 J 1.21 - finish 5x5x15" 257-262 P161-D 5 9:47 H 1.67 - acquire, focus 263-271 P161-D 10 9:53 H 1.62 .7 3x3x30" 272-280 P161-D 10 9:57 J 1.59 .7 3x3x30" 281-289 P161-D 10 10:01 Ks 1.57 .7 3x3x30" 290-293 LSQ12gef 5 10:08 J 1.07 - acquire, focus, WTTM? 25" North offset. 294-359 LSQ12gef 60 10:13 J 1.07 .7 5x5x15", put in a 5" offset South for second 5x5x15". Ran 4x4x20" (took out offset), may be some clouds moving through Handed over to Angela Cotera at 11:45 pm. Got clouded out. Would like 30 minutes before 3 am but clouds make it unlikely. 360-364 P161-D 5 1:07 H 1.08 - acquire, focus 365-373 P161-D 10 1:12 H 1.07 .7 3x3x30" 374-382 P161-D 10 1:16 J 1.07 .7 3x3x30" 383-391 P161-D 10 1:20 Ks 1.06 .6 3x3x30" 392 SNhunt263 5 1:27 H 1.26 - acquire, focus, WTTM? no. Sky is too bright with clouds+moon. Clouds are too bright at this position. Check around. CSS141123:091002+521856 393 CSS1411... 5 1:44 H 1.24 - acquire, guide star? no lost it. 394-395 SN2014J 5 1:48 H 1.47 - acquire. no guide star Closed mirror covers closed around 2:24 (seeing more structure) CSS141123:091002+521856 396-399 CSS1411... 5 4:05 H 1.07 - acquire, focus 400-440 CSS1411... 60 4:10 H 1.07 .7? 4x4x20", 5x5x15", cloudy! Checked the all sky cam, it seems like light cirrus so this was probably too much 441-465 CSS1411... 60 5:03 J 1.07 .7? 5x5x15" PSNJ10292799+2200468 466-469 PSNJ1029... 5 5:40 H 1.02 .6 acquire, focus 470-494 PSNJ1029... 60 5:43 H 1.02 .6 5x5x15" 495-514 PSNJ1029... 60 6:15 J 1.02 - 5x5x15", it's getting bright. couldn't see galaxy so stopped script