APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday August 23, 2009 (MJD 55067) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Observers: Kaike Pan Howard Brewington Support: Robert Lupton Craig Loomis ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Shake! Pointing model Marvels science ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- The night was lost to clouds and some rain. We had a problem with the north kickPlate on the doghouse; see log. We noticed that chiller pressure for the spectro is only about 12. Is this the new normal? ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- 22:25Z Arrived on site. 23:00Z Started the checkout. 23:35Z Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 142G 123G 13G 91% / /dev/sda1 99M 30M 64M 33% /boot /dev/sdb1 917G 813G 58G 94% /data sdssfiles1p:/data1/data 1.5T 705G 688G 51% /files 00:30Z Could not move the scope in az axis; Robert and Craig worked on the problem. It did not seem to be a software problem. 01:00Z Imager bias Night: ------- 01:38Z Sunset 01:50Z Rain on site 02:19Z The az problem was tracked to the north bump switch on the doghouse. This switch should reset itself after getting kicked; however, we had to push and pull the plate to get the switch to reset. 03:06Z Evening twilight 03:28Z Moonset 10:02Z Not enough time for a pointing model, and we still have clouds with rearby radar returns. 10:03Z endNight finished and was happy. 11:11Z Morning twilight 12:36Z Sunrise ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8010 01:06Z 01:30Z 100 O 58.10 64.18 54 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): 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 21:33Z 66 48 10 225 (SW) 2928 - 22:05Z 68 47 10 239 (WSW) 2525 - 22:37Z 65 47 5 249 (WSW) 2291 - 23:09Z 62 48 0 231 (SW) 2099 - 23:41Z 68 48 1 238 (WSW) 1896 - 00:14Z 64 47 1 213 (SSW) 1871 - 00:46Z 63 39 9 154 (SSE) 1247 - 01:18Z 63 40 12 126 (SE) 1416 - 01:50Z 61 41 22 130 (SE) 1146 - 02:22Z 62 41 16 136 (SE) 1166 - 02:58Z 62 39 21 141 (SE) 1207 - 03:31Z 61 39 17 149 (SSE) 1212 - 04:03Z 61 40 20 164 (SSE) 1244 - 04:35Z 60 41 9 172 (S) 1265 - 05:07Z 60 41 17 150 (SSE) 1236 - 05:39Z 59 42 17 157 (SSE) 1205 - 06:11Z 59 41 12 151 (SSE) 1132 - 06:43Z 59 41 18 140 (SE) 1101 - 07:16Z 58 42 16 154 (SSE) 1222 - 07:48Z 59 42 16 167 (SSE) 1312 - 08:20Z 59 42 16 180 (S) 1354 - 08:52Z 59 42 13 185 (S) 1356 - 09:24Z 58 44 15 187 (S) 1436 - 09:56Z 56 43 7 195 (SSW) 1405 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- Never opened No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 09:59Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge BOSS Counterweights at: 220lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 209lbs, 21 psi Imager 102lbs, 18 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_39_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: NOSVN TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: 2.7.2.1 sdssProcedures: v2_44 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.6910 -0.0280 Axial B -0.0420 0.0470 Axial C -0.3730 -0.0360 Trans D 11.6150 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.3632 10.5791 Lateral F 11.9253 12.1793 GALILS Commanded: 9900. 400. 5850. 1200. 2950. 2750. Actual: 9900. 400. 5850. 1200. 2950. 2750. 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.: 18.9 Alt.: 30.020402 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.6750 18.5840 Axial B 15.6810 15.6220 Axial C 13.8910 13.8150 Trans D -11.6900 15.1080 GALILS Commanded: 1511983. 1479095. 1502289. -3650. -8450. Actual: 1511750. 1480200. 1502100. -3650. -8450. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1188.95 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 142.29 SecOrient: 1188.76 -4.29 -9.36 9.95 142.78 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---