APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday February 18, 2009 (MJD 54881) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Elena Malanushenko Viktor Malanushenko Kaike Pan (Swing) Jon Brinkmann (support) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- 18 Feb 2009 54881.0 0.36 SEGUE 10.1 hours ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Clear sky all the night long. Poor seeing after 7:20Z. We observed 4 SEGUE plates: 3241, 3261,3232 and 3240. Plate 3261 has been declared as done. Weather station stopped to work after 08:30Z. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- All systems were checked and working properly. The spectro focus was set for ~ 0.0 C. Removed data for mjd 54864-54869. There was a permission issue in deleting Marvels data on mjd 54866. I checked /data/MARVELS directory, there are still many sub-directories there, should we get rid of these data? I am not sure who set the permission, I left the data there for today. Weather station stoped working, and Jon is working on this. 00:00Z started ventilation. Night: ------ 00:53 enclosure off 00:19:27Z Cartridge 9 3241 01:16:23Z gotoField, used FK5 01:53:49Z preCalibs 02:00:07Z doNextScience 1800 02:33:01Z doNextScience 1800 03:06:42Z doNextScience 1800 03:39:41Z postCalibs MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54879 3.7 2.8 4.6 4.2 1800.0 15.3 54879 3.4 2.8 4.5 3.6 1800.0 14.3 54879 2.1 2.1 3.0 2.2 1800.0 9.4 54880 1.7 1.9 2.3 2.0 1800.0 7.9 54880 2.8 3.3 3.7 2.9 1800.0 12.7 54880 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 62.0 0.0 54881 3.4 3.9 4.1 3.7 1800.0 15.1 54881 3.5 4.0 4.6 3.6 1800.0 15.7 54881 1.9 2.3 2.7 2.1 1800.0 9.0 --------------------------------------------------- Total: 22.5 23.1 29.5 24.3 14462.0 --> 99.4 Total when ALL b,r values > 2.0: 18.9 18.9 24.5 20.2 10800.0 --> 82.5 (limit=156.5) 03:48:12Z Cartridge 7 3261 03:50:09Z gotoField, GSonGTF 04:00:54Z preCalibs 04:06:53Z doNextScience 1800 04:40:31Z doNextScience 1800 05:14:13Z postCalibs 05:22:20Z doNextScience 1800 06:01:41Z doNextScience 1800 06:37:25Z doNextScience 1800 07:10:58Z postCalibs --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54881 11.8 5.5 12.2 7.0 1800.0 36.5 54881 9.0 4.5 9.2 6.5 1800.0 29.2 54881 6.8 3.9 7.6 5.2 1801.0 23.5 54881 9.7 4.6 10.8 7.0 1801.0 32.1 54881 10.7 5.1 13.0 8.6 1800.0 37.4 --------------------------------------------------- Total: 48.0 23.6 52.8 34.3 9002.0 --> 158.7 Total when ALL b,r values > 2.0: 48.0 23.6 52.8 34.3 9002.0 --> 158.7 (limit=156.5) DONE 07:21:38Z Cartridge 1 3232 07:22:29Z gotoField, GSonGTF seeing > 3.5" , efficiency less than 0.30 07:44:42Z preCalibs 07:51:47Z doNextScience 1800 08:24:49Z doNextScience 1800 08:58:41Z postCalibs 09:04:57Z doNextScience 1800 09:38:16Z postCalibs 09:48:51Z doNextScience 1800 10:21:47Z doNextScience 1800, seeing 2.5" - 3.5" 10:55:29Z postCalibs --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54881 2.2 1.8 2.6 2.9 1800.0 9.5 54881 1.3 1.0 1.5 1.5 1800.0 5.3 54881 1.5 1.1 2.0 2.1 1801.0 6.7 54881 2.5 2.0 3.2 3.4 1800.0 11.1 54881 4.2 3.0 5.2 5.3 1801.0 17.7 --------------------------------------------------- Total: 11.7 8.9 14.5 15.2 9002.0 --> 50.3 Total when ALL b,r values > 2.0: 6.7 5.0 8.4 8.7 3601.0 --> 28.8 (limit=156.5) 11:05:45Z Cartridge 8 3240 11:06:58Z gotoField, GSonGTF 11:10:53Z preCalibs 11:17:10Z doNextScience 1800, seeing 1.8" - 3.0" 11:50:03Z doNextScience 1800 12:23:11Z doNextScience 1200 12:46:32Z postCalibs We did not finish this plate, need one more exposure. ---- logfile-54880.html ---- ---- logfile-54881.html ---- --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54881 9.1 8.3 9.1 7.7 1800.0 34.2 54881 9.4 7.8 9.1 7.9 1800.0 34.2 54881 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.3 1202.0 13.3 --------------------------------------------------- Total: 22.2 19.2 21.4 18.9 4802.0 --> 81.7 Total when ALL b,r values > 2.0: 22.2 19.2 21.4 18.9 4802.0 --> 81.7 (limit=156.5) --------------------------------------------------- 13:00 enclosure is on. EndNight is completed. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7967 23:43Z 00:00Z 100 O -145.94 -141.63 43 ignore ---=== IMAGING RUN DETAILS ===--- ---=== SKIPPY RESULTS ===--- Run Frame nFrames stars muErr muRms nuErr nuRms rot az el --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---=== LTMATCH RESULTS ===--- Run Field nFields alt az nGood rowMean rowSig colMean colSig rot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== SPECTROSCOPY DATA SUMMARY ===--- Summary Checked (y/n): yes QA Procedures Done (y/n): yes UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 58972, plate -9999 ------- 23:44 58972 0.0 bias ----- sequence 58973, plate 3241 ------- 23:53 58973 10.0 flat 23:56 58974 2.0 arc 00:00 58975 3.0 arc 00:02 58976 3.0 arc ----- sequence 58977, plate -9999 ------- 00:06 58977 0.0 bias 00:10 58978 0.0 bias 00:17 58979 0.0 bias ----- sequence 58980, plate 3241 ------- 01:49 58980 10.0 flat 01:52 58981 2.0 arc 01:56 58982 10.0 flat 01:58 58983 2.0 arc 02:32 58984 1800.0 target 03:05 58985 1800.0 target 03:38 58986 1800.0 target 03:42 58987 10.0 flat 03:44 58988 2.0 arc ----- sequence 58989, plate 3261 ------- 04:03 58989 10.0 flat 04:06 58990 2.0 arc 04:39 58991 1800.0 target 05:12 58992 1800.0 target 05:16 58993 10.0 flat 05:19 58994 2.0 arc 05:54 58995 1801.0 target 06:33 58996 1801.0 target 07:09 58997 1800.0 target 07:13 58998 10.0 flat 07:15 58999 2.0 arc ----- sequence 59000, plate 3232 ------- 07:47 59000 10.0 flat 07:49 59001 2.0 arc 08:24 59002 1800.0 target 08:57 59003 1800.0 target 09:01 59004 10.0 flat 09:03 59005 2.0 arc 09:37 59006 1801.0 target 09:40 59007 10.0 flat 09:43 59008 2.0 arc 10:21 59009 1800.0 target 10:54 59010 1801.0 target 10:57 59011 10.0 flat 11:00 59012 2.0 arc ----- sequence 59013, plate 3240 ------- 11:13 59013 10.0 flat 11:16 59014 2.0 arc 11:49 59015 1800.0 target 12:22 59016 1800.0 target 12:45 59017 1202.0 target 12:48 59018 10.0 flat 12:51 59019 2.0 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02:02Z 9 3241 -83.67 0.0003 56.62 0.0011 114.21 0.0156 0.999960 04:08Z 7 3261 96.81 0.0018 46.04 0.0013 249.96 0.0144 0.999920 08:41Z 1 3232 -7.40 0.0073 66.73 0.0026 173.69 0.0270 0.999970 11:30Z 8 3240 239.81 0.0015 75.98 0.0010 68.98 0.0199 0.999910 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02:02Z 9 3241 0.99996 395 1738 250 -84 56.6 -2.2 13 7 --- 1.5" 04:08Z 7 3261 0.99992 789 1998 150 97 46.1 -2.6 16 16 --- 1.7" We could not get focus while Weather Station did not work. ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 22:40Z 29 -1 14 327 (NNW) 323 - 23:12Z 29 0 15 344 (NNW) 348 - 23:45Z 29 0 5 296 (WNW) 374 - 00:17Z 29 2 5 357 (NNW) 388 - 00:47Z 28 2 15 1 (N) 419 - 01:19Z 27 3 7 2 (N) 447 - 01:49Z 27 2 14 10 (N) 409 - 02:20Z 28 2 15 355 (NNW) 423 - 02:56Z 28 3 7 25 (NNE) 400 - 03:27Z 28 3 14 9 (N) 351 - 04:01Z 27 4 10 6 (N) 317 - 04:32Z 27 4 14 19 (NNE) 356 - 05:02Z 27 1 19 6 (N) 304 - 05:34Z 27 1 10 30 (NNE) 318 - 06:04Z 26 0 3 0 (N) 251 - 06:34Z 26 -1 5 3 (N) 446 - 07:06Z 25 0 15 5 (N) 318 - 07:37Z 25 1 14 340 (NNW) 274 - 08:07Z 26 1 8 358 (NNW) 303 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:00Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 00:53Z - Enclosure off. 12:50Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 13:00Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 8 Counterweights at: 257 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 185 lbs, 13.7 psi Imager 175 lbs, 20.6 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_39_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_4_0 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.10.0 2009-01-12 sdssProcedures: SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0320 -0.0280 Axial B 0.0240 0.0470 Axial C -0.0380 -0.0360 Trans D -0.7690 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.5791 10.5791 Lateral F 12.1793 12.1793 GALILS Commanded: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. Actual: 10471. -76. 5755. 8616. 10374. 10023. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -11.72 8.60 496.70 640.50 PriOrient: 1.06 -11.65 8.77 495.77 639.59 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: -1.3 Alt.: 30.089119 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5860 18.5840 Axial B 15.6290 15.6220 Axial C 13.8180 13.8150 Trans D 15.1060 15.1080 GALILS Commanded: 1626597. 1528796. 1595636. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.00 -12.02 -27.99 -39.18 94.72 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus info: ------------------- The predicated temperature will be lower, so I did a mechPiston -3000 on both spectrographs before I checked focus. Now the focus was set to bout ~0 C. sp1> mechSend s Dropping at exit spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 1 SlitID 41 Air On Shutter_open_sensor Off Shutter_closed_sensor On Left_open_sensor Off Left_closed_sensor On Right_open_sensor Off Right_closed_sensor On Coll_motor_A -7896 01P-0000007896 Coll_motor_B -8095 02P-0000008095 Coll_motor_C -8013 01P-0000008013 Coll_motor_A_status 132 01S0132 Coll_motor_B_status 132 02S0132 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 705 Last_close_transit.time 525 Humid_Hartmann 21.6 0xFD9A Humid_Cen_Optics 19.4 0xFDB8 Temp_Median 3.8 Temp_Hartmann_Top 3.3 (0xFF75) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 3.8 (0xFF62) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 4.1 (0xFF55) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 4.3 (0xFF4E) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 3.8 (0xFF5F) sp2> mechSend s Dropping at exit spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 2 SlitID 9 Air On Shutter_open_sensor Off Shutter_closed_sensor On Left_open_sensor Off Left_closed_sensor On Right_open_sensor Off Right_closed_sensor On Coll_motor_A -6638 01P-0000006638 Coll_motor_B -7194 02P-0000007194 Coll_motor_C -7344 01P-0000007344 Coll_motor_A_status 133 01S0133 Coll_motor_B_status 132 02S0132 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 690 Last_close_transit.time 615 Humid_Hartmann -24.6 0x0 Humid_Cen_Optics 19.6 0xFDB4 Temp_Median 1.8 Temp_Hartmann_Top 2.4 (0xFF9C) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 2.5 (0xFF98) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 1.4 (0xFFC4) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 1.8 (0xFFB4) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 1.8 (0xFFB4) IDL 5.5a> collimate, 58975 Reading /data/spectro/54881/sdR-b1-00058975.fit Reading /data/spectro/54881/sdR-b1-00058976.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.75 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 1.17 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.46 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.25 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -8.8 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54881-b1-00058975.log PostScript file = Collimate-54881-b1-00058975.ps Reading /data/spectro/54881/sdR-b2-00058975.fit Reading /data/spectro/54881/sdR-b2-00058976.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.35 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.15 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.12 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.02 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 0.7 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54881-b2-00058975.log PostScript file = Collimate-54881-b2-00058975.ps Reading /data/spectro/54881/sdR-r1-00058975.fit Reading /data/spectro/54881/sdR-r1-00058976.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.49 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.27 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.22 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.17 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1599 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 1599" Log file = Collimate-54881-r1-00058975.log PostScript file = Collimate-54881-r1-00058975.ps Reading /data/spectro/54881/sdR-r2-00058975.fit Reading /data/spectro/54881/sdR-r2-00058976.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.79 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.21 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.23 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.12 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1088 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 1088" Log file = Collimate-54881-r2-00058975.log PostScript file = Collimate-54881-r2-00058975.ps ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00058972.fit -5.1 -4.0 -2.3 2.6 7.1 8.2 10.3 sdR-b2-00058972.fit -8.5 -6.2 -4.8 1.3 7.5 8.9 11.2 sdR-r1-00058972.fit -6.7 -5.1 -3.4 1.9 7.5 9.7 11.9 sdR-r2-00058972.fit -7.5 -5.4 -3.6 1.7 7.2 9.3 11.4 ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------