------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NOTES (status for 2010/05/05 17 UT) - reversed time order ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Times are UT and positions are in arc seconds W/E, N/S. 05/05 - weather: almost the whole sky covered by thin cirrusses - setup : no change - seeing : morning : good seeing at the beginning, later moderate in some intervals, finally bad - observations: SJ : Gb 10ms, Ha 160ms, 100frames=34s -> 0.34s/frame TESOS: 7090 41points, +/-120steps=+/-31.8pm, 6steps=1.6pm exp.time 100ms, clean cycle 8.6s, total cycle 12s !!!! OBS13: 15min, ~50degrees NW, TESOS 150scans, SJ ~6000frames AR 11069 l=33,b=41 X=128,Y=696, 08:30-09:00UT TESOS FoV to east from the most easter following spot no AO jumps at scans 49,53 !!!! OBS14: 60min, ~45degrees from the disk center AR 11069 l=33,b=41 X=92,Y=712, 09:04-10:04UT TESOS FoV to east from central complex spot B subflare acquired... AO jumps at scans 77,88,265, Gb+Ha brake at 09:32 (138-140) 29 corrected modes OBS15: 60min, ~45degrees from the disk center AR 11069 l=33,b=41 X=92,Y=712, 10:16-11:16UT TESOS FoV to east from central complex spot AO jumps at scans 200,222 19 corrected modes, worse conditions 04/05 - weather: almost the whole sky covered by thick cirrusses - setup : no change - seeing : morning : bad seeing, AO kkeps target at a spot but frequent low contrast images afternoon: FF seeing, AO jumps off in few seconds... - observations: SJ : Gb 10ms, Ha 160ms, 100frames=34s -> 0.34s/frame TESOS: 7090 41points, +/-120steps=+/-31.8pm, 6steps=1.6pm exp.time 100ms, clean cycle 8.6s, total cycle 12s OBS11: 13min, 60degrees west, TESOS 72scans, SJ ~2900frames no AO jumps at scans 49,53 OBS12: 60min, ~45degrees from the disk center AR 11067 l=-32,b=+25 X=178,Y=641, 10:27-11:27UT no AO jumps, worse conditions after scan 80 10:29 29->19 corrected modes 03/05 - weather: almost clear, some scatterd cirruses - setup : no change - seeing : morning : clear, some cirruss clouds, fairly good seeing between 07:30-08:15,08:55-09:55, then worse seeing during OBS7, later cirrus clouds afternoon: clear, some cirruss clouds, medium seeing until 2 hours before sunset - observations: SJ : Gb 10ms, Ha 160ms, 100frames=34s -> 0.34s/frame TESOS: 7090 41points, +/-120steps=+/-31.8pm, 6steps=1.6pm exp.time 100ms, clean cycle 8.6s, total cycle 12s !!!! OBS5: 45min, 50degrees west, TESOS 245scans, SJ 9000frames no AO jump, 19 corrected modes !!!! OBS6: 60min, 40degrees west, TESOS 300scans, SJ 12000frames no AO jump, 29 corrected modes, 20min interval with r_0>20 OBS7: 60min, 60degrees west, stop of AR 11066 (l=-12,b=-36) TESOS 300scans, SJ 12000frames several AO jumps, only few short interval with better seeing at different positions !!!! OBS8: 60min, stop of AR 11066 (l=-12,b=-36) TESOS 300scans, SJ 12000frames AO jumps at the end of the run OBS9: 20min, stop of AR 11066 (l=-12,b=-36) TESOS 95scans, SJ ?frames AO jumps at scan 19 OBS10:42min, stop of AR 11066 (l=-12,b=-36) TESOS 214scans, SJ ?frames AO jumps at scan 196,206 - reduction: photometric reduction and speckling of the 03/05 Gb and Ha data 02/05 - weather: almost clear, some scatterd cirruses, calime seems to be away - setup : no change - seeing : morning : some cirruss clouds, bad seeing, then thick cirrusses afternoon: late afternoon without clouds but seeing is bad 01/05 - weather: almost clear but dust due to low leyer calima, some scatterd cirrus - setup : no change - seeing : morning : bad, no change to log on the AO at 50 degrees afternoon: the same 30/04 - weather: clear sky but dust all over the sky due to low leyer calima - setup : no change - seeing : morning : tested at ~10-12UT -> bad, calima in progress - El Teide almost invisible 29/04 - weather: clear sky but dust all over the sky due to low leyer calima - setup : no change - seeing : morning : tested at ~10UT -> bad, calima in progress - El Teide almost invisible 28/04 - weather: clear sky but dust all over the sky due to low leyers calima - setup : no change - seeing : morning : bad afternoon: calima in progress - El Teide almost invisible - observations: SJ : Gb 10ms, Ha 160ms, 100frames=34s -> 0.34s/frame TESOS: 7090 41points, +/-120steps=+/-31.8pm, 6steps=1.6pm exp.time 100ms, clean cycle 8.6s, total cycle 12s an attempt to acquire 1hour runs at 50degress technical problems with the AO - rotation of the neutral filter - reduction: photometric reduction and speckling of the 27/04 Gb and Ha data 27/04 - weather: clear sky completely later cirrusses all over the sky and low leyers calima... - setup : no change - seeing : morning : fairly good seeing at 08-09UT, later bad afternoon: bad seeing - observations: SJ : Gb 10ms, Ha 160ms, 100frames=34s -> 0.34s/frame TESOS: 7090 41points, +/-120steps=+/-31.8pm, 6steps=1.6pm exp.time 100ms, clean cycle 8.6s, total cycle 12s !!!! OBS4: 1hour, disk center, TESOS 300scans, SJ 12000frames technical problems with the AO - manual update of reference - reduction: photometric reduction and speckling of the 26/04 GB and Ha data 26/04 - weather: clear sky completely later cirrusses - setup : exchange of the Ha filter for that from CHrotel together with exchange of the Ha prefilter for a cheaper, broader and more transmissive (656.0 24nm filter) + focusing of the camera - FoV the same, but slightly changed scale typical parameters: 1500 counts in 160ms TESOS NB polrizer changed to 50 to keep good light level - seeing : morning : bad seeing except very short moments ~09:30 afternoon: bad seeing - observations: SJ : Gb 10ms, Ha 160ms, 100frames=34s -> 0.34s/frame TESOS: 7090 41points, +/-120steps=+/-31.8pm, 6steps=1.6pm exp.time 100ms, clean cycle 8.6s, total cycle 12s OBS3: 10min, disk center, TESOS 50scans, SJ 2000frames - reduction: photometric reduction and speckling of the 26/04 Gb and Ha data 25/04 - weather: clear sky completely 10:15UT: wind 15m/s 22degs, hum. 37%, T 13 Celsia, P 768mb - setup : improved 7090 TESOS line logon, tests of timing - seeing : morning : only short moments of r_0~10 in the late morning afternoon: bad, AO does not logon - observations: SJ : Gb 10ms, Ha 160ms, 100frames=34s -> 0.34s/frame TESOS: 7090 41points, +/-120steps=+/-31.8pm, 6steps=1.6pm exp.time 100ms, clean cycle 8.6s, total cycle 12s OBS1: 10min, disk center, TESOS 50scans, SJ 2000frames OBS2: 10min, disk center, TESOS 50scans, SJ 2000frames - reduction: photometric reduction and speckling of the 25/04 Gb and Ha data 24/04 - weather: separate clouds, low wind speed, bad seeing - setup: SJ: final adjustment using pinhole, target, 40mm FoV test of the Ha and Gb exposures, filenames, pathes Ha Gb t_exp=160ms 3ms delays=200 T=33s for 100 images 4.717MB 3.544MB per file 1 test tun for checking of reduction and speckling reduction and speckling of Gb and Ha test runs TESOS: general focusing of the wl channel focusing of the whole TESOS using WL channel hirschtest,ghosttest lock lines: F1: 7090, F2:5576, F3:7224 focus tilt range [steps/pm] CONT 104 ? 7090 68 384 +/-200 +/-52.9 4steps 1.1pm 101points 5576 58 284 +/-200 +/-41.6 4steps 1.1pm 101points 7224 67 2 +/-150 +/-40.4 4steps 1.1pm 81points problems: 2x TESOS hanged when PREPARE+START AO: strange patterns of CCs - multiplication by the Hanning window 23/04 - team at the VTT / VTT access from 13:00 - weather: separate clouds, low wind speed, bad seeing - setup: TESOS in I-mode, small FOV, lines: 5576,7090,7224 G-band + ZEISS H alpha + 2x PCO camera SLIT_JAW: 10/90 beamsplitter ->TESOS and ->SJ 20/80 beamsplitter ->G-band + H alpha folding mirror to fold the beam for H alpha 2 lenses: 1 before and 1 after the filter TESOS: prefilters: PF1: 7094 1.0 98% AND10996 (2008) Box6 PF2: 5569 1.1 70% AND (2002) PF3: 7227 0.9 90% AND9558 (2005) Box5 WL : 6305 1.0 Limitations: VTT VME control computer: "catch sun center" out of operation, consoles in the optical labour unavailable TESOS: after reloading parameters "TESOS repair" is needed - 08/03 - question regarding the ZEISS Lyot H alpha filter - 08/03 - request fro the VTT computer accounts SJ parameters: Gb actual parts of the chip: 1806x1336 Ha actual parts of the chip: 1356x1336 25+26/4 old ZEISS filter Ha actual parts of the chip: 1256x1256 27-> /4 new ZEISS filter (CHROTEL)