APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday March 22, 2007 (MJD 54182) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Swing: Kaike Pan Night: Howard Brewington Audrey Simmons ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Clouds/rain/humidity/lightening kept us from opening most of the night. We took one good exposure on cartridge 7, plate 2655 before closing down due to weather. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- Spectro focus checked but no adjustment made. Still set for about 8 C. Night: ------- Did not open at sunset due to clouds. Posted apo_plotbias in problem section. 03:49Z Force filled the dewers. 04:45Z Opened enclosure. 05:05Z Cartridge 7, legacy plate 2655 mounted. GSOGTF. Good first 20 min exposure. 06:08Z Ended 2nd exposure due to clouds/rain/lightening. Closed enclosure. 11:10Z endNight rejoiced ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6763 23:11Z 23:31Z 100 O -123.00 -117.95 48 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 43819, plate -9999 ------- 22:36 43819 0.0 bias ----- sequence 43820, plate 2714 ------- 22:42 43820 10.0 flat 22:44 43821 2.0 arc 22:47 43822 3.0 arc 22:50 43823 3.0 arc ----- sequence 43824, plate 2597 ------- 23:12 43824 10.0 flat 23:14 43825 2.0 arc 23:17 43826 3.0 arc 23:20 43827 3.0 arc ----- sequence 43828, plate 2143 ------- 23:31 43828 10.0 flat 23:33 43829 2.0 arc 23:37 43830 3.0 arc 23:39 43831 3.0 arc ----- sequence 43832, plate 2596 ------- 23:50 43832 10.0 flat 23:52 43833 2.0 arc 23:55 43834 3.0 arc 23:58 43835 3.0 arc ----- sequence 43836, plate 2129 ------- 00:13 43836 10.0 flat 00:15 43837 2.0 arc 00:19 43838 2.0 arc 00:22 43839 3.0 arc ----- sequence 43840, plate 1715 ------- 00:33 43840 10.0 flat 00:36 43841 2.0 arc 00:38 43842 3.0 arc 00:41 43843 2.0 arc ----- sequence 43844, plate 2714 ------- 00:50 43844 10.0 flat 00:52 43845 2.0 arc 00:56 43846 3.0 arc 00:58 43847 3.0 arc 01:11 43848 3.0 arc 01:13 43849 3.0 arc ----- sequence 43850, plate 2143 ------- 01:18 43850 0.0 bias ----- sequence 43851, plate -9999 ------- 01:21 43851 0.0 bias ----- sequence 43852, plate 2655 ------- 05:16 43852 10.0 flat 05:18 43853 2.0 arc 05:42 43854 1203.0 target ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05:22Z 7 2655 76.97 -0.0003 66.39 0.0018 244.46 -0.0142 1.000170 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05:22Z 7 2655 1.00017 -1679 -201 50 77 66.4 5.2 15 111 - 1.5 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 21:42Z 47 34 16 228 (SW) 511 - Cloudy 22:16Z 50 35 13 203 (SSW) 495 - " 22:49Z 47 31 8 234 (SW) 413 - " 23:21Z 46 30 11 201 (SSW) 380 - " 23:52Z 45 32 8 196 (SSW) 512 - " 00:23Z 44 30 11 184 (S) 434 - " 00:53Z 44 31 16 142 (SE) 460 - " 01:26Z 43 30 21 145 (SE) 535 - " 01:37Z 43 29 17 143 (SE) 495 - " 02:10Z 43 23 14 170 (S) 390 - " 02:43Z 44 23 18 180 (S) 825 - " 03:14Z 44 23 16 187 (S) 853 - " 03:46Z 44 23 9 184 (S) 1078 - Clear 04:18Z 44 24 13 182 (S) 1154 - " 04:48Z 43 24 13 153 (SSE) 996 - " 05:19Z 41 24 14 111 (ESE) 577 - " 05:51Z 41 27 14 107 (ESE) 405 - Cloudy 06:23Z 41 27 22 110 (ESE) 426 - Clouds/rain/snow 06:55Z 41 28 6 124 (SE) 497 - " 07:27Z 43 26 6 242 (WSW) 667 - " 07:59Z 43 29 10 221 (SW) 717 - " 08:31Z 41 35 9 165 (SSE) 885 - " 09:04Z 34 34 4 87 (E) 13662 - " 09:36Z 39 35 19 175 (S) 954 - " 10:08Z 40 34 20 155 (SSE) 1008 - " 10:40Z 41 36 15 168 (SSE) 1147 - " ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:50Z Fans on, louvers and doors open. 04:45Z Opened enclosure; started observing. 06:10Z Enclosure on. Doors & louvers closed. Fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 7 Counterweights at: 250 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 99.90 lbs, 21.71 psi Imager 188.80 lbs, 20.13 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_31_0 Watcher: v2_35_0 MCP: v6_3_2 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13 TCC: TCC 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures: v2_25 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.0070 -0.0050 Axial B 0.0050 0.0090 Axial C 0.0090 0.0160 Trans D 0.0060 0.0040 Lateral E 9.9695 9.9568 Lateral F 11.5443 11.5443 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2000. 2650. -9300. -9800. -9800. Actual: 4600. -2000. 2650. -9300. -9800. -9800. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 6.6 Alt.: 30.437657 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0300 -0.0240 Axial B -0.0340 -0.0280 Axial C -0.0450 -0.0370 Trans D -0.0080 -0.0040 GALILS Commanded: 1614024. 1594691. 1543070. -10550. -5800. Actual: 1614053. 1594719. 1543082. -10535. -5822. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 20.00 -10.00 -100.00 176.64 SecOrient: 1256.98 19.99 -10.00 -100.43 176.56 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus Info: ------------------- Focus checked but no adjustment made, still set for about 8 C. sp1> caget tpm_TM_PMSSAvg tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA tpm_TM_PMSSAvg 7.19 tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA 6.15 sp1 10.0 sp2 8.0 Mean offset (pix) collimator position b1 r1 b2 r2 A B C A B C -.18 -.03 -.07 -.06 sp1: 9981 7785 6672 Sp2: 10987 10334 10042 apo_plotbias: ------------- Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00043818.fit -5.3 -3.6 -2.6 2.4 6.9 9.0 11.1 sdR-b1-00043818.fit -5.3 -3.6 -2.6 2.4 6.9 9.0 11.1 sdR-b2-00043818.fit -7.6 -6.4 -3.9 1.2 7.5 9.6 11.3 sdR-b2-00043818.fit -7.6 -6.4 -3.9 1.2 7.5 9.6 11.3 sdR-r1-00043818.fit -6.7 -5.1 -3.4 1.9 7.5 9.7 11.8 sdR-r1-00043818.fit -6.7 -5.1 -3.4 1.9 7.5 9.7 11.8 sdR-r2-00043818.fit -7.1 -5.3 -4.0 2.0 7.6 9.7 11.8 sdR-r2-00043818.fit -7.1 -5.3 -4.0 2.0 7.6 9.7 11.8 No problems.