LBTI
The evening started out with a promise of clear skies.
We opened at 6:30 pm and started acquisition of a bright star for alignment, AO checkout, and focus. The winds were between 15 & 18 m/s.
Within moments the humidity was on the rise. Apparently a very moist airmass was passing overhead. Even though there were few clouds the humidity quickly reached 95% and we were again forced to close the dome. You could smell the moisture in the air if you stepped outside. The moisture was also very evedent on the all-sky camera which completely fogged over.
We were back open in about an hour. In the mean time we had the opportunity to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Phil and enjoy cupcakes.
Seeing was terrible after we opened back up. However we did accomplish quite a bit:
SX AO System
√ Acquire star
√ Close loop (10 modes)
DX AO System
√ Acquire star
√ Close loop (200 modes)
NOMIC
√ Acquire both SX and DX stars
√ Focus
LMIRCam
√ Acquire DX & SX star
√ Focus
√ Phase
PhaseCam
√ First Light
√ Acquire fast frame data (phasing)
√ Acquire full frame data (acquisition)
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