October 10, 2003

Test Rationale Duration (hr)

AO checkout measure NGS AO performance 0.5
STRAP testing STRAP parameters, performance to V=16 1
LBWFS testing test thresholding, pupil rotation, subap weighting 1
Alignment initial LGS alignment on optical axis 1.5
pointing / centering / LSGOIM test rotation angle between laser and im coord. 1
LGS on LBWFS and ACAM measure laser spot elongation over pupil 0.5
pointing / centering / LSGOIM implement rotations, test scale factors 1
Slow-UTT Verify that slow-utt tool correctly offloads
WFS centroid to laser 0.5
V=9 star on-axis Test stability of STRAP/LBWFS loops,
image sharpening (if slow-UTT functioning) 1.5
V=14 star on-axis Repeat 1st light observations 1
V=15 star on-axis Measure performance on V=15 TT star 1
V=16 star on-axis Measure performance on V=16 TT star 1


October 11, 2003

Test Rationale Duration (hr)

NGS setup, calibr for LGS measure NGS AO performance 0.5
STRAP testing STRAP parameters, performance to V=16 1
LBWFS testing continue test 3, determine platescale 1
Alignment initial LGS alignment on ACAM (new technique) 0.5
Na rejection test measure effect of Na rejection filter on
background & transmitted starlight 0.5
V=14 star on-axis Repeat 1st light observations 1
V=15 star on-axis Measure performance on V=15 TT star 1
V=16 star on-axis Measure performance on V=16 TT star 1
V=17 star on-axis Measure performance on V=17 TT star 1
LGS Stability stability of LGS at zenith over time
also unstack primary 1
Beam Quality by Elevation Return, Focus, Pointing Vs Elevation
(see also LGS beam quality) 1

Contingency

LBWFS plate scale (AC/SH/DLM) 0.5
STRAP + DM performance in NGS mode (EJ/DLM/SH) 3
WFS performance (MvD/DLM) 2
NGS AO engineering (DLM/AB) 3
Observer targets from earlier nights - NIRC2 3
Observer targets from earlier nights - NIRSPEC 3

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