Large Binocular Telescope Commissioning

Background information, manuals, etc. on:

GregorianCommissioning
AGW Commissioning Plan (680g120c, updated 08-Aug-2008)

• Commissioning_Aug08.pdf: Commissioning_Aug08.pdf
  

BG Technical Commissioning Plan - April (008s010b, updated 11-Apr-2009)
BG Technical Commissioning Plan - April/May (008s011b, updated 23-Apr-2009)

LBTtoolsIRTC (Observing Interface)

• JohnSpecial IRAF scripts, Python scripts
  

RunningTheIRTC (Engineering Interface) and RunningDirtI (IRC/IRS Socket Interface)
Running the AGwStages (Engineering Interface), Running the AzCam Server VNC
RunningGCS (Guiding Control), RunningPCS (Pointing Control)
RunningPSF (Point-Spread Function), and RunningOSS (Optical Support)
ByEyeAO (active optics by inspection), ActiveOpticsModes (arbitrator control)
RunningEF (Analysis of Intra-/Extra-focal Pupil Pairs)
CollimationModel
PointingModel
AGW Coordinate Transformations (481g221c, updated 10-Oct-2007)
VNCforDummies (instructions to mirror the workstation display downtown)
BeginningOfTheNightIRTC (startup cookbook)
AOwithIDL (active optics with the AGw S-H sensor)
Restarting the IDL license Manager
Field Aberration measurement Details, April-May 2009
RotatorAngle (John's notes about rotators and other interesting angles)
Accessing telemetry by script or Accessing telemetry by web interface

/lbt/mat/bin/MATGUI is the secret MAT incantation. Start a ds9 window beforehand.

User Information

BeginningOfTheNightLUCIFER (startup cookbook)
BeginningOfTheNightOperator (startup cookbook)
StarCharts
BGTechProcedures

November Technical Observing Nightly Log files

UT 2009 Nov 29 LUCIFER/AGw Technical Obs
UT 2009 Nov 28 LUCIFER/AGw Technical Obs

27 November 2009 UT LDG with IRTC:
26 November 2009 UT LDG with IRTC:
25 November 2009 UT LDG with IRTC:

October Technical Observing Nightly Log files

LFBG/LUCIFER TechObs UT October 30 2009 DThompson
LFBG/LUCIFER TechObs UT October 29 2009 DThompson

LDG Observing Plan for UT October 25-28 2009 DMiller

28 October 2009 UT LDG with IRTC: Lost to weather - high winds
27 October 2009 UT LDG with IRTC: Seeing 0.5 to 2.0, AGW Transform data, field data, vibration data
26 October 2009 UT LDG with IRTC: Seeing 1.0" to 2.2", AGw Transform data and large set for pointing model
25 October 2009 UT LDG with IRTC: Seeing 0.7" to 1.6", AGw Transform data and small set for pointing model

LDG Observing Plan for October 7-12, 2009 DMiller

11-12 October 2009 LDG with IRTC: Pointing and Transforms. Lost 8h to weather, 1 hr to telescope
10-11 October 2009 LDG with IRTC: Lost due to weather
09-10 October 2009 LDG with IRTC: AGw transformation data
08-09 October 2009 LDG with IRTC: X-Flips straightened out, small pointing model, LCROSS images
07-08 October 2009 LDG with IRTC: Lost due to weather.
06-07 October 2009 LDG with IRTC: Lost due to weather. IRTC USB cable unplugged

Logs from past Commissioning Runs

Sep 2009 Commissioning Logs (LFGB)
Jul 2009 Commissioning Logs (LUCIFER)
Jun 2009 Commissioning Logs (LFGB, LUCIFER)
May 2009 Commissioning Logs (LFGB, LDG)
Apr 2009 Commissioning Logs (LFGB)
Mar 2009 Commissioning Logs (LFGB)
Feb 2009 Commissioning Logs (LFGB, LUCIFER)
Jan 2009 Commissioning Logs (LFGB, LUCIFER)
Planning Notes, DThompson Dec 2008 Commissioning Logs (LFGB)
Nov 2008 Commissioning Logs (LFGB)
Oct 2008 Commissioning Logs (LFGB)
Aug-Sep 2008 Commissioning Logs (LFGB)
June 2008 Commissioning Logs (LFGB)
May 2008 Commissioning Logs (LFGB)
April 2008 Commissioning Logs (LFGB)

Summaries

SummaryApril2008
WFSCstatusApril2008
AGW3 Commissioning Report (updated 26-May-2009)

Vibration Data

Vibration 2008 Raw IRTC data cubes, some processed data and plots
Vibration 2009 Raw IRTC data cubes, some processed data and plots

LBC

LBC Information Information and Analysis of LBC Data such as EF

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-- DavidThompson - 10 Apr 2008, revised by -- JohnHill - 15 Apr 2008