APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday September 15, 2002 (MJD 52533) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Steph Snedden Eric Neilsen ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- lost to humidity ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- We delay opening because the humidity is too high. We proceed with Gourmet Night. My contribution is hot chocolate: Eric's Observing Hot Chocolate Equipment: Medium saucepan large whisk square metal spatula (the kind used to flip hamburgers) Ingredients: 8 oz sweetened consensed milk. (I can't seem to find it in smaller quantities than 14 oz, though.) 11.5 oz bag bittersweet (or unsweetened) chocolate chips GET GOOD CHOCOLATE. I usually use Ghiradelli "double chocolate" chips If all you can get is Hershey's, don't bother 1/3 gallon whole milk 1 Tbs allspice 6 oz honey (Except for the chocolate, all quantities are rough guesses; I usually fiddle until it tastes right, and so don't know exactly how much I generally use.) Instructions: Pour about 8oz sweetened condensed milk into saucepan over medium heat. Stir it with the spatula until just before boiling. You can tell when it is about to boil because the the viscosity drops. Once the sweetened condensed milk is hot, add the chocolate chips and continue stirring. Be careful not to let the melting chocolate burn onto the bottom of the pot! When there is no more sweetened condensed milk left, and what you have is lumpy chocolate glop, begin adding whole milk, a few cups at a time. Stir continuously until you have a uniform liquid. You will probably want to alternate between the spatula and whisk as stirring instruments. The spatula will help you get stuff out of the corners of the pot and off the bottom, while the whisk is much better for getting the chocolate glop to dissolve into the milk faster. Once you have a uniform liquid, add milk, allspice, and honey to taste. (Do not add so much milk at once that the pot becomes cool, because the chocolate can start condensing.) The quantities listed in the ingredients list are my rough estimates of how much I usually use. Commentary: The more sweetened condensed milk you start with, the easier it is to melt the chocolate without burning it. I like the flavor of the honey, though, and so use as little sweetened condensed milk as possible so I can add more honey without it being way to sweet. If you are feeling adventurous, you can use evoporated milk instead of sweetened condensed milk, but it makes keeping the chocolate from burning harder. If you cut back on how much milk you use, this becomes a recipe for an icecream topping. You can experiment with replacing the allspice with cinnamon or chili powder. Different types of honey will produce different amounts of "burn." Do not try sweetening with maple syrup instead of honey. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3344 23:17Z 23:21Z 100 O 53.39 54.23 20 ignore 3345 23:23Z 23:39Z 100 O 54.79 58.68 39 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 ===--- UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 16388, plate -9999 ------- 22:51 16388 0.0 bias ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== DATA TAPE SUMMARY ===--- Goes: none Stays: none ---=== 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 22:33Z 50 42 2 273 (W) 127 - 23:05Z 51 43 0 133 (SE) 115 - 23:37Z 49 42 9 65 (ENE) 89 - 00:09Z 48 41 7 65 (ENE) 138 - 00:41Z 47 42 15 73 (ENE) 114 - 01:14Z 46 43 15 59 (ENE) 119 - 01:46Z 45 43 15 60 (ENE) 133 - 02:18Z 45 42 18 64 (ENE) 167 - 02:50Z 45 43 8 82 (E) 225 - 03:23Z 45 42 19 74 (ENE) 257 - 03:55Z 44 41 18 69 (ENE) 221 - 04:27Z 44 40 20 71 (ENE) 262 - 04:59Z 43 41 14 60 (ENE) 308 - 05:32Z 43 40 12 76 (ENE) 322 - 06:04Z 42 40 14 73 (ENE) 328 - 06:36Z 42 41 14 72 (ENE) 347 - 07:08Z 42 40 10 84 (E) 357 - 07:40Z 42 40 11 77 (ENE) 306 - 08:13Z 42 39 10 79 (E) 274 - 08:45Z 44 39 3 81 (E) 218 - 09:17Z 46 41 2 277 (W) 163 - 09:49Z 46 42 2 266 (W) 161 - 10:22Z 44 41 0 248 (WSW) 153 - 10:54Z 43 41 1 254 (WSW) 188 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- never opened 10:49Z Imager dewar wt 212.80 10:49Z Spectro deware wt 224.80 ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v3_82_7 Watcher: v2_19_0 MCP: v5_13_4 TPM: tpm_v2_16_0 AstroDa: v14_47 TCC: 2.6.5 sdssProcedures: v1_51 SoS: v4_9_10 hoggPT: v1_5_8 plate-mapper: v4_1_0 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.0860 0.0890 Axial B 0.8000 0.8040 Axial C 0.0700 0.0790 Trans D -1.5100 -1.5180 Lateral E 1.8300 1.8220 Lateral F 0.0000 0.0000 GALILS Commanded: 5400. -3700. 900. -200. 31550. 30650. Actual: 5400. -3700. 900. -200. 31550. 30650. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -11.80 23.00 1256.90 642.10 PriOrient: 0.00 -12.16 22.81 1257.41 642.19 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 9.7 Alt.: 29.999281 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 1.4640 1.4640 Axial B 1.1530 1.1520 Axial C 1.0790 1.0770 Trans D -0.7060 -0.7160 GALILS Commanded: 1661545. 1539240. 1550244. -4550. -1550. Actual: 1661550. 1539250. 1550250. -4550. -1550. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 10.00 -40.00 -100.00 64.19 SecOrient: 1256.99 10.01 -40.00 -100.18 64.09 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---