| | 1 | = 20161022 Commissioning Plan = |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | Priorities for test are in the order listed in the plan below. |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | Highest Priority: Engineering; do any support for Hanshin or Randy in support of Hanshin. |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | Lowest Priority: TOO Science |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | == Closed dome engineering for bad weather, or while stacking: == |
| | 10 | |
| | 11 | === Closed dome trajectories === |
| | 12 | |
| | 13 | Purpose: Exercise the system to find any problems with the upgrades recently done to TMCS and TCS. |
| | 14 | |
| | 15 | Procedure: |
| | 16 | * Send a trajectory from do_shuffle |
| | 17 | * Setup on trajectory, including moving all guide probes to position |
| | 18 | * Put one some light in the dome |
| | 19 | * Run all cameras. |
| | 20 | * Run pipelines for WFS |
| | 21 | * Make offsets on all guiders and ACAM. |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | Repeat multiple times during the night as long as the weather does not allow you to open. Report any problems with shuffle or TCS. |
| | 24 | |
| | 25 | |
| | 26 | == Twilight Tests == |
| | 27 | |
| | 28 | === start doing twilights with VIRUS with different tracker positions === |
| | 29 | |
| | 30 | Purpose: There is some interest in seeing what the long term illumination correction changes look like including what different track positions do to them. The script is "specialtwilight" in /home/mcs/astronomer/bin/. It takes a single argument which is the Observation number. |
| | 31 | |
| | 32 | Procedure: |
| | 33 | * Setup the guide camera for sky twilight (GC2, 0.1 sec, B filter) |
| | 34 | * When you hit the correct flux level (biased to a slight higher value, perhaps 5k) execute the specialtwilight script |
| | 35 | |
| | 36 | == On-sky engineering: == |
| | 37 | |
| | 38 | === Calibration of OWFS using either CWFS or DWFS8 === |
| | 39 | |
| | 40 | Purpose: We want to calibrate the OWFS using DWFS8 or CWFS (depending on what stage of the testing we are in, Feedback from Hanshin) on a sidereal trajectory at one of the following Az: |
| | 41 | |
| | 42 | '''a normal star for Az 180, 234, 292, 335, 0''' |
| | 43 | |
| | 44 | * setup on an 11 mag star on the IHMP |
| | 45 | * move all 4 guide probes to the correct RA and DEC positions from gstar or shuffle. NOTE: because of he recent FPA work you might need to alter gstar or use {{{shuffle_config_matt2}}} |
| | 46 | * save probe positions in the RA log with /home/mcs/astronomer/caldwell/shoprobes |
| | 47 | * '''If the test is to use DWFS8 then skip this step otherwise offset telescope and probes by the amount to get to CWFS: {{{ syscmd -T 'offset_trajectory(dx_ang=-5.5, dy_ang=-1.0, adjust_probes="true")' }}}''' |
| | 48 | * move the guide probes so that the guide stars are well centered |
| | 49 | * guide with either GC1 or GC2 |
| | 50 | * get decent focus and then check and correct any GROC |
| | 51 | * Retract ACAM |
| | 52 | * Open the PFIP shutter {{{ syscmd -P -v 'OpenShutter()' }}} |
| | 53 | * null out the X, Y, Focus, Theta, Phi from DWFS8 |
| | 54 | * To make X or Y offsets you will need to: |
| | 55 | * open the loop on the guider |
| | 56 | * make your offset with the handpaddle |
| | 57 | * clear the fiducial |
| | 58 | * watch as new fiducials are set to see if it looks good |
| | 59 | * close the loop on the guider |
| | 60 | * To make the Theta and Phi offsets you will need to: |
| | 61 | * open the loop on the TTC |
| | 62 | * make your offset with the handpaddle |
| | 63 | * clear the fiducial |
| | 64 | * watch as new fiducials are set to see if it looks good |
| | 65 | * close the loop on the TTC |
| | 66 | * The X and Y prescribed corrections are between -1 and 1. |
| | 67 | * The Theta and Phi prescribed corrections are between -10 and 10. |
| | 68 | * The Focus prescribed correction is between -0.05 and 0.05 |
| | 69 | * make small offsets with the OWFS1 and OWFS2 to get the lenslet centered. |
| | 70 | |
| | 71 | {{{ |
| | 72 | To move the wfs probes: |
| | 73 | syscmd -T -v 'WFS1_offset_probe( dx_ang=1.0, dy_ang=0.0) ' |
| | 74 | syscmd -T -v 'WFS2_offset_probe( dx_ang=0.0, dy_ang=-0.5) ' |
| | 75 | The coordinates are in units of arcseconds. |
| | 76 | }}} |
| | 77 | |
| | 78 | * save probe positions in the RA log with /home/mcs/astronomer/caldwell/shoprobes |
| | 79 | * save at least 15 images (at the same time) with all cameras that are running: GC1, GC2, WFS1, WFS2, DWFS8, TT '''NOTE: This can be done one jove terminal as {{{startsaving}}} followed by {{{stopsaving}}}''' |
| | 80 | * wait 10 minutes |
| | 81 | * null out corrections on DWFS8 or CWFS |
| | 82 | * NOTE: if you need to make X and Y offsets you should probably do this with a trajectory offset with probes=true to keep the WFS1 and WFS2 well centered |
| | 83 | * e.g. {{{ syscmd -T 'offset_trajectory(dx_ang=0.0, dy_ang=-0.3, adjust_probes="true")' }}} |
| | 84 | * check GROC, make correction is required ( > 500 um correction) |
| | 85 | * null out corrections on DWFS8 or CWFS again if required |
| | 86 | * The X and Y prescribed corrections are between -1 and 1. |
| | 87 | * The Theta and Phi prescribed corrections are between -10 and 10. |
| | 88 | * The Focus prescribed correction is between -0.05 and 0.05 |
| | 89 | * save at least 15 images (at the same time) with all cameras that are running: GC1, GC2, WFS1, WFS2, DWFS8, TT |
| | 90 | * repeat the last 5 steps until the end of the track. |
| | 91 | * Close the PFIP shutter {{{ syscmd -P -v 'CloseShutter()' }}} |
| | 92 | |
| | 93 | Repeat test: choosing a new star at the next Az in the list: 180, 234, 292, 335, 0. |
| | 94 | |
| | 95 | |
| | 96 | === doing globular clusters with VIRUS === |
| | 97 | |
| | 98 | Purpose: We need to fill the IFU with lots of stars. Take a bright GC and move it to four different positions in the IFU array: 084, 085, 094 and 095. '''NOTE: all of the CCAS free GC are in the 1st half of the night.''' |
| | 99 | |
| | 100 | Procedure: |
| | 101 | * Select a bright globular cluster near the beginning of track (try to avoid the CCAS tower). |
| | 102 | * Using do_shuffle put the center of the GC in one of the IFUs 084, 085, 094 and 095. |
| | 103 | * What ever method is used to setup on the the cluster, save the IHMP clearly in the RA logs. |
| | 104 | * setup on the target |
| | 105 | * save an ACAM image to document the setup. |
| | 106 | * go through a series of dithers with 180 second exposure at each dither. |
| | 107 | * when done with this setup, setup on the next IFU. '''Note if required this test could be split over nights.''' |
| | 108 | * contact Karl that the test is complete. |
| | 109 | |
| | 110 | == TOO Science with LRS2-R == |
| | 111 | |
| | 112 | Purpose: LRS2-R is available for beware of grouped targets with LRS2-B. |
| | 113 | |
| | 114 | Procedure: |
| | 115 | * '''NOTE: LRS2-R is in IFU slot 057 ''' |
| | 116 | * You can use shuffle with the setup files from {{{shuffle_config_matt}}} or to try to compenstate for the new ACAM angles try {{{shuffle_config_matt2}}} |
| | 117 | * Do a blind offset setup, ie. do_shuffle RA DEC 0 X 057 0 0 test |
