APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Monday December 21, 2009 (MJD 55187) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Howard Brewington Alaina Shelden Kaike Pan (afternoon) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- BOSS Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Night lost to clouds. Humidity stayed low. Did MARVELS cals. See log for details. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ----------- All systems and actors were checked and comfirmed working properly. 22:20Z started Ventilation. Boss spectrographs collimations were checked with cartridge 13, the plate for the first 2 hours of the night. Night: ------- 23:26Z We're overcast, but otherwise conditions are good. We're continuing to ventilate. 23:35Z Doing a MARVELS cal. Turned on ThAr lamp. 23:59Z Re-turned on ThAr lamp after aborting the TIO sequence at 209. 00:25Z TIO sequence restarted itself...? 01:56Z Started cals 02:12Z Took biases, then software issues were being investigated. 02:27Z If the sequence starts on its own, do the following: System tab click the box to the left of Detector Control in the pull-down menu, choose Normal click Apply Desired Run Modes Frame Type Time Ave PMT ----------------------------------------------------- T02:06:31.020.fits Bias 0s T02:08:25.600.fits Bias 0s T02:10:17.110.fits Bias 0s T02:12:09.790.fits Bias 0s T02:14:28.910.fits TungNF 60s 15593 T02:17:21.150.fits TungNF 60s 15770 T02:20:15.380.fits TungNF 60s 15713 T02:23:10.740.fits TungNF 60s 15605 T02:26:35.900.fits ThArNF 1200s 49.61 T02:48:29.850.fits ThArNF 1200s 49.01 T03:10:23.790.fits ThArNF 1200s 48.90 T03:32:15.850.fits ThArNF 1200s 50.64 T03:55:17.000.fits TIONF 110s 8360. T04:00:09.370.fits TIO 11s 43356 T04:02:13.300.fits TIO 11s 43924 T04:04:17.170.fits TIO 11s 44304 T04:06:20.990.fits TIO 11s 45282 T04:09:06.850.fits Tung 5s 81492 T04:11:06.360.fits Tung 5s 87648 T04:13:06.870.fits Tung 5s 82232 T04:15:04.000.fits Tung 5s 80441 T04:18:06.220.fits ThAr 160s 253.1 T04:24:20.950.fits Dark 2400s 4.798 T05:06:34.800.fits Other 2400s 4.728 05:49Z Turned ThAr lamp off 11:23Z Weather does not look like clearing up, will shut down for the night. 11:31Z endNight finished, and there was much rejoicing. Yay. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---=== 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): QA Procedures Done (y/n): UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 22:13Z 35 11 4 298 (WNW) 658 - clouds 22:45Z 34 8 0 259 (W) 549 - 23:49Z 33 8 11 345 (NNW) 552 - 00:21Z 34 6 15 327 (NNW) 514 - 00:53Z 34 7 17 317 (NW) 539 - 01:26Z 32 10 9 322 (NW) 627 - 01:58Z 32 9 9 324 (NW) 651 - 02:30Z 32 16 0 264 (W) 773 - 03:02Z 32 19 7 298 (WNW) 953 - 03:34Z 33 19 8 299 (WNW) 974 - clouds 04:06Z 33 17 10 303 (WNW) 837 - 04:38Z 31 19 5 254 (WSW) 962 - 05:11Z 34 16 8 271 (W) 778 - 05:43Z 33 15 12 225 (SW) 705 - 06:15Z 33 13 9 267 (W) 651 - 06:47Z 33 11 11 269 (W) 561 - 07:19Z 33 12 15 271 (W) 600 - 07:51Z 33 15 5 261 (W) 822 - 08:23Z 33 15 13 265 (W) 788 - clouds 08:56Z 33 16 8 254 (WSW) 786 - 09:28Z 33 16 10 261 (W) 892 - 10:00Z 32 17 8 262 (W) 917 - 10:32Z 32 18 10 262 (W) 1005 - 11:04Z 31 18 10 264 (W) 989 - clouds ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 22:20Z - Began ventilation. Doors open, louvers opened, fans on. 11:20Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:27Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 13 Counterweights at: 245 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 174.60 lbs, 25.20 psi Imager 222 lbs, 0.18 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_40_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_6_1 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.11.0 2009-06-24 sdssProcedures: v3_02 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3.1 sop: 1_0_4 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.6970 -0.6940 Axial B -0.0360 -0.0410 Axial C -0.3760 -0.3710 Trans D 11.6080 11.6170 Lateral E 10.3759 10.3505 Lateral F 11.9507 11.9253 GALILS Commanded: 9900. 400. 5850. 1200. 2950. 2750. Actual: 9917. 401. 5832. 1205. 2954. 2757. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -3.30 5.10 278.08 178.06 PriOrient: 0.00 -3.04 5.26 277.70 178.07 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 1.7 Alt.: 29.999993 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.6330 18.6150 Axial B 15.6390 15.6120 Axial C 13.8610 13.8170 Trans D -11.7890 -11.7780 GALILS Commanded: 1599958. 1564814. 1586062. -7600. -12400. Actual: 1597721. 1566188. 1588095. -7597. -12380. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 234.42 SecOrient: 1256.69 -3.37 -10.25 9.37 234.27 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---