APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday March 31, 2010 (MJD 55287) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Dan Oravetz Audrey Simmons ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- We worked with Craig the first hour of the night, collimating the spectrographs and running dithered flats. We did not run into any error messages with adjusting motor positions. Paul requested to use the early evening tomorrow to run his tests. We observed the following MARVELS plates within partly cloudy conditions: Cart 4, plate 3798B Cart 1, plate 3891A&B The rest of the night was lost due to clouds and high dust. We collected a lot of dust on the mirror tonight. Please check it, as well as the cartridges. Thank you. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- 00:23Z - Turned THAR lamp on. Checked fiducials and mirror numbers. Did not begin ventilating due to high dust and high wind. We worked with Craig with some BOSS ICC tests. 01:14Z - Hartmanns 112506-7. Moved collimators +12000 sp1, -10000 sp2. No motor errors. 01:22Z - Hartmanns 112508-9. All spectrographs in focus. 01:26Z - Dithered flats with default settings - looking for error messages. Night: ------ 02:25Z - Mounted cart 4, MARVELS plate 3798B, FIELD1631. Opened enclosure and started ventilating. Force filled spectrographs. 02:39Z - Cals. T02:39:50.830.fits[0] 11.000000 44190.363281 T02:41:57.450.fits[0] 160.000000 266.143738 T02:46:32.980.fits[0] 11.000000 43512.000000 02:57Z - gotoField. GSFOGTF. 03:03Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.7" T03:02:52.070.fits[0] 3000.000000 24.639668 Broken fibers - 31/32 and 61/62 03:54Z - Calibrations. T03:54:52.870.fits[0] 11.000000 45595.636719 T03:56:59.560.fits[0] 160.000000 259.056244 T04:01:35.180.fits[0] 11.000000 44232.453125 03:55Z - Mounted cart 1, MARVELS plate 3891A, FIELD1110. GSFOGTF. 04:03Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.7" T04:03:35.380.fits[0] 3000.000000 30.782333 No broken fibers. 04:57Z - Calibrations. T04:55:37.200.fits[0] 11.000000 43652.183594 T04:57:42.530.fits[0] 160.000000 246.037506 T05:02:18.150.fits[0] 11.000000 44140.726562 04:57Z - Switched to side B of plate 3819, XO-2. 05:05Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.8" T05:04:12.970.fits[0] 3000.000000 10.463667 05:57Z - Calibrations. Clouds really thick. We closed the FF pedals and waited for them to clear. 08:07Z - Calibrations. T08:07:35.600.fits[0] 11.000000 43872.089844 T08:09:43.230.fits[0] 160.000000 252.681244 T08:14:19.830.fits[0] 11.000000 42962.453125 08:22Z - Clouds thinned slightly. We were hopeful. Mounted cart 9, MARVELS plate 3796A, FIELD1068. No stars. Clouds too thick. We waited some more. 09:30Z - Closed enclosure and stopped ventilating. 10:59Z - endNight rejoiced. ---=== 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:07Z 4 0 206.01 0.0000 56.94 0.0000 47.64 0.0000 1.000310 04:10Z 1 0 256.89 0.0000 52.26 0.0000 102.51 0.0000 1.000330 05:06Z 1 0 228.10 0.0000 54.11 0.0000 77.72 0.0000 1.000330 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:07Z 4 0 1.00031 -3060 -1014 360 206 56.9 8.6 24 244 - 1.7 04:10Z 1 0 1.00033 -3258 -1139 385 257 52.3 8.2 20 243 - 1.7 05:06Z 1 0 1.00033 -3258 -1169 360 228 54.1 8.0 13 234 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 00:39Z 51 10 28 238 (WSW) 2707 - 01:11Z 49 8 25 234 (SW) 3007 - 01:43Z 48 10 26 236 (SW) 2919 - 02:15Z 48 7 14 246 (WSW) 2739 - 02:47Z 48 8 19 244 (WSW) 2823 - 03:19Z 47 9 13 239 (WSW) 2904 - 03:52Z 47 10 19 250 (WSW) 3016 - 04:24Z 46 11 16 244 (WSW) 3381 - 04:56Z 46 12 16 261 (W) 3705 - 05:28Z 46 12 13 258 (WSW) 3774 - 06:00Z 46 10 20 204 (SSW) 3153 - 06:32Z 47 9 24 207 (SSW) 3086 - 07:04Z 46 10 17 193 (SSW) 3120 - 07:37Z 45 10 18 199 (SSW) 3164 - 08:09Z 45 8 13 227 (SW) 3142 - 08:41Z 44 9 23 218 (SW) 3404 - 09:13Z 44 9 20 234 (SW) 3689 - 09:45Z 42 11 17 236 (SW) 3887 - 10:17Z 40 12 16 214 (SW) 4313 - 10:49Z 40 12 17 214 (SW) 4449 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 02:25Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 02:25Z - Opened enclosure. 09:31Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 10:58Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 17 Counterweights at: 250 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scale: Spectro 186.50 lbs, 20.97 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_40_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_6_4 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.11.0 2009-06-24 sdssProcedures: SoS: plate-mapper: ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.6970 -0.6940 Axial B -0.0280 -0.0410 Axial C -0.3730 -0.3710 Trans D 11.6030 11.6170 Lateral E 10.3759 10.3505 Lateral F 11.9380 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.: 9.9 Alt.: 29.999993 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.9040 18.6150 Axial B 15.7480 15.6120 Axial C 13.9500 13.8170 Trans D -11.7840 -11.7780 GALILS Commanded: -1697160. -1729860. -1707107. -8200. -13050. Actual: 1597721. 1566188. 1588095. -7597. -12380. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 234.42 SecOrient: -1358.72 -4.16 -9.33 9.55 234.69 PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.6970 -0.6940 Axial B -0.0280 -0.0410 Axial C -0.3730 -0.3710 Trans D 11.6030 11.6170 Lateral E 10.3759 10.3505 Lateral F 11.9380 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.: 9.9 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.6090 18.6150 Axial B 15.6200 15.6120 Axial C 13.8250 13.8170 Trans D -11.7820 -11.7780 GALILS Commanded: 1597797. 1566188. 1588071. -7600. -12400. Actual: 1597721. 1566188. 1588095. -7597. -12380. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 234.42 SecOrient: 1257.01 -3.98 -9.03 10.17 234.68 PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.6970 -0.6940 Axial B -0.0280 -0.0410 Axial C -0.3730 -0.3710 Trans D 11.6030 11.6170 Lateral E 10.3759 10.3505 Lateral F 11.9380 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.: 9.9 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.6090 18.6150 Axial B 15.6200 15.6120 Axial C 13.8240 13.8170 Trans D -11.7820 -11.7780 GALILS Commanded: 1597709. 1566194. 1588102. -7600. -12400. Actual: 1597721. 1566188. 1588095. -7597. -12380. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 234.42 SecOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -8.99 10.19 234.69 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---