APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday December 25, 2007 (MJD 54460) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Viktor Malanushenko (days) Stephanie Snedden (observer) Dmitry Bizyaev (observer) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science. Science? Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Christmas dinner in the evening. Christmas show fall later in the night. We took Christmas imager bias and Christmas imager flats. We didn't have any chance to open because of blowing snow and to observe a Christmas plate. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- All equipment are checked and work properly. Spectro collimation set for -1C. Ventilation is started at 23:30Z. Cart 2 is mounted. Home relax Primary mirror is done successfully. Night: ------ Christmas Snowfall in the evening. Christmas dinner menu: Prosciutto and provolone with crackers Hot spiced cider Egg rolls (home-made!) Salads of various kinds (fruit, green, fish, etc.) Orange scented green beans Sweet potatoes Vegetable fried rice Mashed potatoes w/ gravy Stuffing Bread Baked ham Pies (cherry, pecan) Chocolate cake Ice cream Russian and Ukrainian chocolates and candies Coffee, tea, and Hot Spiced Cider! endOfDinner ---------------- 04:40Z Imager mounted 04:46Z Imager biase taken, then imager flat taken Results: checkBias output: im> checkBias 7251 25 . (no errors) Open /skycat/imager/54460/7251-25-u-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54460/7251-25-g-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54460/7251-25-r-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54460/7251-25-i-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54460/7251-25-z-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54460/7251-25-o-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54460/7251-25-l-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54460/7251-25-t-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54460/7251-25-s-bias.gif/gif {photo h17} {astro h18} (no errors) biasCheck Results: Select index of reference mjd [27]: 26 Writing file /astrolog/54460/idBiasCheck-007251.par CCD 11 Offset. Left: 5.44 +/- 0.50 Right: 5.43 +/- 0.49 CCD 21 Offset. Left: 6.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 6.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 31 Offset. Left: 4.18 +/- 0.39 Right: 4.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 41 Offset. Left: 6.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 6.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 51 Offset. Left: -5.99 +/- 0.68 Right: -5.82 +/- 0.67 CCD 12 Offset. Left: 2.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 3.81 +/- 0.39 CCD 22 Offset. Left: 3.34 +/- 0.47 Right: 5.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 32 Offset. Left: -38.05 +/- 0.49 Right: 1.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 42 Offset. Left: 3.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 3.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 52 Offset. Left: 1.00 +/- 0.00 Right: -1.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 13 Offset. Left: 7.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 7.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 23 Offset. Left: 3.26 +/- 0.44 Right: 5.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 33 Offset. Left: 13.83 +/- 0.38 Right: 3.27 +/- 0.45 CCD 43 Offset. Left: 2.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 1.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 53 Offset. Left: 1.40 +/- 0.49 Right: 3.74 +/- 0.44 CCD 14 Offset. Left: 3.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 3.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 24 Offset. Left: 4.22 +/- 0.42 Right: 4.43 +/- 0.50 CCD 34 Offset. Left: -5.92 +/- 0.26 Right: -5.62 +/- 0.51 CCD 44 Offset. Left: 2.71 +/- 0.46 Right: 1.49 +/- 0.51 CCD 54 Offset. Left: 3.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 4.29 +/- 0.45 CCD 15 Offset. Left: 4.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 5.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 25 Offset. Left: 8.44 +/- 0.50 Right: 8.48 +/- 0.50 CCD 35 Offset. Left: 1.05 +/- 1.83 Right: 0.63 +/- 0.48 CCD 45 Offset. Left: 3.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 1.38 +/- 0.49 CCD 55 Offset. Left: 3.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 3.02 +/- 0.36 CCD 16 Offset. Left: 7.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 7.18 +/- 0.40 CCD 26 Offset. Left: 2.20 +/- 0.40 Right: 2.63 +/- 0.48 CCD 36 Offset. Left: -1.00 +/- 0.00 Right: -0.86 +/- 0.35 CCD 46 Offset. Left: 2.76 +/- 0.43 Right: 3.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 56 Offset. Left: 2.41 +/- 0.49 Right: 3.70 +/- 0.46 CCD 60 Offset. Left: 22.36 +/- 0.48 Right: 22.52 +/- 0.50 CCD 61 Offset. Left: 11.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 10.85 +/- 0.35 CCD 62 Offset. Left: 25.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 25.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 63 Offset. Left: 10.86 +/- 0.35 Right: 10.65 +/- 0.48 CCD 64 Offset. Left: 16.45 +/- 0.55 Right: 16.39 +/- 0.50 CCD 65 Offset. Left: -1.85 +/- 0.92 Right: -1.57 +/- 0.62 CCD 71 Offset. Left: 58.47 +/- 0.50 Right: 58.53 +/- 0.50 CCD 72 Offset. Left: 20.09 +/- 0.29 Right: 20.19 +/- 0.39 CCD 73 Offset. Left: -10.06 +/- 0.63 Right: -10.18 +/- 0.60 CCD 74 Offset. Left: 31.19 +/- 0.46 Right: 31.13 +/- 0.33 CCD 75 Offset. Left: -4.00 +/- 0.00 Right: -4.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 76 Offset. Left: 7.57 +/- 0.61 Right: -48.30 +/- 176.65 CCD 81 Offset. Left: 16.45 +/- 0.50 Right: 16.60 +/- 0.49 CCD 82 Offset. Left: 25.71 +/- 0.46 Right: 25.60 +/- 0.49 CCD 83 Offset. Left: 25.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 24.67 +/- 0.52 CCD 84 Offset. Left: 11.46 +/- 0.50 Right: 11.47 +/- 0.50 CCD 85 Offset. Left: 11.58 +/- 0.50 Right: 11.66 +/- 0.47 CCD 86 Offset. Left: 14.79 +/- 0.41 Right: 14.87 +/- 0.35 CCD 90 Offset. Left: 11.90 +/- 0.29 Right: 12.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 91 Offset. Left: 10.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 10.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 92 Offset. Left: 11.66 +/- 0.48 Right: 11.65 +/- 0.49 CCD 93 Offset. Left: 18.31 +/- 0.46 Right: 18.47 +/- 0.50 CCD 94 Offset. Left: 14.49 +/- 0.51 Right: 14.31 +/- 0.47 CCD 95 Offset. Left: 25.44 +/- 0.50 Right: 25.43 +/- 0.49 checkFlat output: im> checkFlat 7252 25 . {42 WARN: leftGain } {42 FAIL: } Open /skycat/imager/54460/7252-25-u-flat.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54460/7252-25-g-flat.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54460/7252-25-r-flat.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54460/7252-25-i-flat.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54460/7252-25-z-flat.gif/gif 0 --- 06:03Z Imager taken off, cartridge 2 is put on. No observations still available because of blowing snow, high humidity, dew point depression. 11:25Z endNight rejoiced ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7250 21:25Z 21:45Z 100 O 124.55 129.36 45 ignore 7251 04:46Z 05:01Z 100 O -124.88 -121.20 38 bias 7252 05:04Z 05:18Z 100 O -120.51 -116.86 38 calibration ---=== IMAGING RUN DETAILS ===--- 04:46Z Imager bias started, run 7251, frames 8-30 05:04Z Imager flats started, run 7252, frames 8-30 ---=== 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 ----- sequence 48252, plate -9999 ------- 21:09 48252 0.0 bias ----- sequence 48253, plate 2850 ------- 21:45 48253 10.0 flat 21:48 48254 2.0 arc 21:54 48255 2.0 arc 21:57 48256 3.0 arc ----- sequence 48257, plate -9999 ------- 23:06 48257 0.0 bias 23:12 48258 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 ===--- ---=== 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 20:14Z 31 11 17 267 (W) 556 - 20:46Z 33 13 21 270 (W) 612 - 21:19Z 32 11 34 255 (WSW) 507 - 21:49Z 30 12 20 252 (WSW) 459 - 22:20Z 30 11 26 277 (W) 609 - 22:50Z 30 11 31 254 (WSW) 800 - 23:23Z 28 7 28 268 (W) 974 - 23:51Z 26 4 25 267 (W) 6986 - 00:23Z 25 5 22 252 (WSW) 3307 - 00:56Z 24 10 25 273 (W) 3939 - 01:28Z 20 18 19 324 (NW) 1342 - 02:00Z 19 19 10 354 (NNW) 6847 - 02:32Z 19 18 8 28 (NNE) 2737 - 03:04Z 18 18 15 4 (N) 2948 - 03:40Z 17 16 2 359 (NNW) 1851 - 04:12Z 17 15 23 18 (NNE) 543 - 04:45Z 17 14 24 19 (NNE) 902 - 05:17Z 18 14 21 28 (NNE) 287 - 05:49Z 18 14 20 31 (NNE) 294 - 06:25Z 16 13 24 35 (NE) 283 - 06:57Z 14 12 15 56 (NE) 256 - 07:29Z 14 11 27 62 (ENE) 284 - 08:05Z 15 10 21 56 (NE) 229 - 08:38Z 16 8 13 45 (NE) 255 - 09:10Z 16 7 3 328 (NNW) 256 - 09:42Z 15 9 2 192 (SSW) 250 - 10:14Z 15 8 0 180 (S) 232 - 10:46Z 16 7 1 233 (SW) 203 - 11:18Z 15 9 5 264 (W) 208 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:30Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 00:43Z - stopped ventillation, closed louvers, fans off: dust, high wind No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:35Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,0 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 2 Counterweights at: 273 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 117 lbs, 20.2 psi Imager 189 lbs, 19.8 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_38_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_4_0 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures: SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.2210 -5.2480 Axial B -0.2123 -0.2117 Axial C -0.0015 -0.0014 Trans D 11.8440 11.2070 Lateral E 10.0838 10.1854 Lateral F 11.6586 11.7729 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12450. -6500. -6550. Actual: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12439. -6477. -6546. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 -200.00 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 99.59 -200.69 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: -0.4 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.8025 0.8025 Axial B 0.6120 0.6122 Axial C 0.5473 0.5477 Trans D 0.6007 0.6007 GALILS Commanded: 1627391. 1654175. 1471026. -5900. -7800. Actual: 1627496. 1653168. 1470885. -5887. -7780. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 60.00 -4.00 -20.00 118.90 SecOrient: 1257.27 60.17 -3.69 -19.71 119.17 -------------------- After Home Relax Primary: Altitude=30 PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.2080 -5.2480 Axial B -0.2148 -0.2117 Axial C -0.0013 -0.0014 Trans D 11.8400 11.2070 Lateral E 10.0330 10.1854 Lateral F 11.6332 11.7729 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12450. -6500. -6550. Actual: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12439. -6477. -6546. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 -200.00 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 99.59 -200.69 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: -1.4 Alt.: 70.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.8034 0.8025 Axial B 0.6129 0.6122 Axial C 0.5483 0.5477 Trans D 0.6008 0.6007 GALILS Commanded: 1626786. 1653406. 1471309. -5900. -7800. Actual: 1627496. 1653168. 1470885. -5887. -7780. Press stop button, unpress and axis init again: SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 60.00 -4.00 -20.00 118.90 SecOrient: 1256.99 59.83 -3.67 -19.70 119.40 PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.2080 -5.2480 Axial B -0.2148 -0.2117 Axial C -0.0014 -0.0014 Trans D 11.8400 11.2070 Lateral E 10.0330 10.1854 Lateral F 11.6332 11.7729 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12450. -6500. -6550. Actual: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12439. -6477. -6546. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 -200.00 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 99.59 -200.69 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: -1.9 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.8025 0.8025 Axial B 0.6121 0.6122 Axial C 0.5473 0.5477 Trans D 0.6008 0.6007 GALILS Commanded: 1627907. 1652027. 1470200. -5900. -7800. Actual: 1627496. 1653168. 1470885. -5887. -7780. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 60.00 -4.00 -20.00 118.90 SecOrient: 1256.62 60.02 -4.49 -20.23 119.27 PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.2300 -5.2480 Axial B -0.2138 -0.2117 Axial C -0.0006 -0.0014 Trans D 10.9250 11.2070 Lateral E 10.0711 10.1854 Lateral F 11.6586 11.7729 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12450. -6500. -6550. Actual: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12439. -6477. -6546. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 -200.00 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 99.59 -200.69 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: -7.8 Alt.: 90.003879 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.8082 0.8025 Axial B 0.6173 0.6122 Axial C 0.5524 0.5477 Trans D 0.6082 0.6007 GALILS Commanded: 1447171. 1472897. 1290774. 7600. 5700. Actual: 1447252. 1472925. 1290641. 7587. 5691. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1114.00 60.00 -4.00 -20.00 -192.00 SecOrient: 1114.01 59.94 -3.97 -19.94 -192.22 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- IDL 5.5a> collimate, 48255 % Compiled module: COLLIMATE. Reading /data/spectro/54460/sdR-b1-00048255.fit Reading /data/spectro/54460/sdR-b1-00048256.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.02 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 1.31 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.59 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.15 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -5.4 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54460-b1-00048255.log PostScript file = Collimate-54460-b1-00048255.ps Reading /data/spectro/54460/sdR-b2-00048255.fit Reading /data/spectro/54460/sdR-b2-00048256.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.24 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.24 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.11 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.07 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -2.3 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54460-b2-00048255.log PostScript file = Collimate-54460-b2-00048255.ps Reading /data/spectro/54460/sdR-r1-00048255.fit Reading /data/spectro/54460/sdR-r1-00048256.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.59 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.36 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.27 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.18 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1680 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 1680" Log file = Collimate-54460-r1-00048255.log PostScript file = Collimate-54460-r1-00048255.ps Reading /data/spectro/54460/sdR-r2-00048255.fit Reading /data/spectro/54460/sdR-r2-00048256.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.66 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.20 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.20 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.17 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1523 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 1523" Log file = Collimate-54460-r2-00048255.log PostScript file = Collimate-54460-r2-00048255.ps ------------------ Initial MechSend s: sp1>-11743, -12920,-13431 sp2>-2503, -3433, -3603 T current +1.3C, expected T=-1C Movements sp1> on -620 - no needed sp2> on -777 - no needed New MechSend s: sp1> no changed sp2> no changed --------------- Problems: Secondary Dewar Pressure (FAULT!!! : 2007-12-26 04:05:00Z) We hooked up LN2 system, then it starts to fill. No temperature rise was noticed.