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Observing notes - April 2004 2SLAQ run

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Observers: DRINKWATER, ROSEBOOM, CROOM, COLLESS, DE PROPIS

Nightly updates

13/04-14/04 log diary

Poor seeing resulted in poor S/N in spectra, technical problems during setup caused the first observation to be delayed by 35 minutes. 9:27 out of a possible 10:12 hrs used.

14/04-15/04 log diary

Lost first 1.5 hrs due to hardware problems, hence the first field, b05, was skipped. 8:16 out of a possible 10:31 hrs used.

15/04-16/04 log diary

Lost some time due to hardware failures, Poor seeing in last field. 9:00 out of a possible 10:30 hrs used.

16/04-17/04 log diary

Lost most of night due to hardware problems. 5:11 out of a possible 10:31 hrs used.

17/04-18/04 log diary

Lost first hour to hardware problems. Terrible seeing in last couple of frames. 8:53 out of possible 10:33 hrs used.

18/04-19/04 log diary

Lost some time to hardware failure. Poor seeing towards end of night. 8:34 out of possible 10:34 hrs used.

19/04-20/04 log diary

Lost a couple of hours to cloudy skies, otherwise excellent conditions. 7:47 out of a possible 10:27 hrs used.

20/04-21/04 log diary

Lost a small amount of time to hardware failure, otherwise excellent conditions. 10:07 out of possible 10:37 hrs used.

21/04-22/04 log diary

Lost most of night to hardware failure. 3:29 out of 10:44 hrs used.

22/04-23/04 log diary

First frame on first field corrupted due to a light on in the dome, otherwise no problems. all 10:31 hrs used.

23/04-24/04 log diary

Most of night lost to hardware failure and exceptionally poor seeing (>5"). 2:10 out of 10:12 hrs used.

Observing summary

Date   Field  Exposure        Seeing   Comments

040413 b05    4x1800s	      3"   
040413 b08    4x1800s         3"    
040413 c06    4x1800s	      2.5"    
040413 d16    4x1800s	      2.2"     

   
040414 b08    3x1800s+1x1500s 1.8"     Problems with Cloud 
040414 c06    4x1800s	      2.2"    
040414 d16    4x1800s	      1.8"    
040414 e04    2x1800s	      1.8"    

040415 b05    4x1800s         1.5"    
040415 b08    3x1800s         1.8"    
040415 c06    3x1800s	      1.8"    
040415 d16    3x1800s	      1.7"/3"  Poor seeing in last frame
040415 e04    2x1800	      3"   

040416 a15    4x1800s         1.2"           
040416 e04    3x1800s	      1.8"   

040417 a15    2x1800s         1.7"    
040417 b10    4x1800s	      2.5"       
040417 c06    4x1800s	      3.5" 
040417 d16    3x1800s	      4.2"


040418 a15    3x1800s         1.5"    
040418 b10    4x1800s	      1.5"       
040418 d07    3x1800s	      2.5" 
040418 d16    4x1800s	      3"     

040419 a16    4x1800s         1.6"   
040419 b07    1x1400s	      1.6"    Cloudy      
040419 d07    4x1800s	      1.3"
040419 d14    3x1800s	      1.5"
040419 e04    3x1800s	      1.5"

040420 a16    4x1800s         1.4"   
040420 b07    4x1400s	      1.3"         
040420 d05    4x1800s	      1.5"
040420 d14    2x1800s	      1.5"
040420 e04    2x1800s	      1.5"

040421 d05    3x1800s         2"    
040421 e06    2x1800s+1x1200s 2"       

040422 a14    4x1800s         1.4"     Light on in dome for first frame  
040422 b07    4x1800s	      1.4"         
040422 d03    4x1800s	      1.4"
040422 e06    6x1800s	      1.4"

040423 a14    4x1800s         1.6"   

Run summary

Out of a possible 115:20 hours we used 73:58 hrs, or 64.13%. Complete (4hrs+) observations were gathered for 11 fields. Incomplete observations were gathered for an additional 4 fields. The fields observed were:

Complete Fields
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 Field | Time Observed
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  a14  | 8x1800s 
  a15  | 9x1800s
  a16  | 8x1800s
  b05  | 8x1800s
  b07  | 8x1800s+1x1400s
  b08  | 10x1800s+1x1500s       
  c06  | 15x1800s  
  d05  | 7x1800s    
  d16  | 18x1800s 
  e04  | 12x1800s 
  e06  | 8x1800s+1x1200s

Incomplete Fields
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 Field |  Time Observed
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 d03   | 4x1800s 
 d05   | 7x1800s
 d07   | 7x1800s
 d14   | 5x1800s