Night report 2023-04-18
Observers: Thallis Pessi, Timo Kravtsov
Support: Claudia Gutiérrez, Lluís Galbany
TAT: Nada Ihanec, Thomas Moore, Lluís Galbany
Start: 23:24 UT, humidity 27 %, wind speed 2 m/s, DIMM seeing 1"
Middle: 06:31 UT, humidity 18 %, wind speed 3.6 m/s, seeing 2"
End: 10:52 UT, humidity 12 %, wind speed 4 m/s, seeing 1.7"
Afternoon calibrations: Bias, spectral arcs
Morning calibrations: spectral arcs, gri flats
Night started calmly with 1" seeing, low humidity and wind. We started observing with EFOSC for two follow-ups and a classification. We switched to SOFI and spent the rest of the night observing follow-ups. Seeing became unstable after midnight, 4 UT, and would swing from sub-1.5" to over 2".