APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Monday December 1, 2003 (MJD 52975) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Atsuko Nitta (swing) Dan Long Mike Harvanek ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- A frustrating night fighting moonlight, clouds, and poor seeing. 19 science exposures of 20 minutes or more on three plates yielded 7 usable exposures and no plates finished. Dinner was delicious though. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon ----------------- Spectros did not need any adjustments (checked at 10C ambient temp inside the enclosure). Everything else checked out fine. Gourmet Night -------------- Diners: Jim Gunn Connie Rockosi Scot Kleinman Atsuko Nitta Jurek Krzesinski Mike Harvanek Dan Long Craig Loomis Jon Davis Russet McMillan Jack Dembicky Bill Ketzeback John Barentine Jackie Diehl Menu: Smoked Salmon and Pate' from Zabar's NYC Roasted Shallot and Portabello Mushroom Risotto Baked/Fried Potato cakes Pasta with Sauteed Portabello Mushroom Pasta with Spicy Peanut Sauce Breaded Pork Cutlet with gravy Turkey, yes more turkey Chocolate Mousse Pie Pecan Pie Pumpkin Pie Butter Pecan Ice Cream Observing Night ---------------- Starting with spectroscopy Cartridge 6 1138 Rockosi50 00:31Z guide stars on slew 00:52Z preCalib 01:09Z start science 01:24Z astronomical twilight Too much moon and cloud. No usable signal in three exposures Cartridge 2 1665 seguetest84 17.3 15.0 21.6 10.8 FK5 on cleared offsets Guider not converging in a reasonable time. Trying a new guider flat. Guider flat centers were already good. For some reason though, guiding worked after the second flat was taken. 02:55Z preCalib 03:02Z start science 04:11Z seeing gets much worse, around 4" now. 07:15Z Thick clouds add to observing woes. After the first three science exposures all others were bad. Clouds thinning some. Trying another cartridge 09:32Z instChange Cartridge 5 1301 chunk66 16.6 8.1 18.3 7.7 5.0 4.4 5.4 4.2 52974 ------------------ 21.6 12.5 23.7 11.9 09:38Z gotoField Needed FK5. Later saw the too large to correct error of 1000 ticks in azimuth, which would account for the need for the FK5. Large speck in the middle of fiber 10 should be checked/cleaned With the moon down, clouds thinner, and seeing better, we should be able to get signal on this plate. 10:02Z start science. Struggling to get minimum signal in 20 and 25 minute exposures. 12:12Z Throwing in the towel. endNight finished happily. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4299 22:24Z 22:50Z 100 O 115.66 122.20 57 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):y QA Procedures Done (y/n):y b1-L: 1241 hot col 154 b1-R: 1033 b2-L: 1232 b2-R: 1206 r1-L: 1198 r1-R: 1233 hot col 1154, 1626 r2-L: 557 r2-R: 1459 hot col 1476 rightmost 2 fibers cut off at upper right. UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 23662, plate -9999 ------- 22:19 23662 0.0 bias ----- sequence 23663, plate 1301 ------- 22:27 23663 10.0 flat 22:30 23664 2.0 arc 22:33 23665 2.1 arc 22:35 23666 2.1 arc ----- sequence 23668, plate 1138 ------- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 00:54 23668 10.0 flat 00:57 23669 2.0 arc 01:31 23670 1200.1 target bad 02:05 23671 1800.1 target bad 02:27 23672 1203.3 target bad ----- sequence 23673, plate 1665 ------- 17.3 15.0 21.6 10.8 02:57 23673 10.0 flat 02:59 23674 2.0 arc 03:24 23675 1200.1 target 03:46 23676 1200.1 target 04:09 23677 1200.1 target 04:32 23678 1200.1 target 04:55 23679 1200.1 target bad 05:18 23680 1200.1 target bad 05:41 23681 1200.1 target bad 06:06 23682 1200.1 target bad 06:38 23683 1200.1 target bad 07:01 23684 1200.1 target bad 07:28 23685 1200.1 target bad 07:51 23686 1200.1 target bad ----- sequence 23687, plate 1301 ------- 16.6 8.1 18.3 7.7 09:57 23687 10.0 flat 5.0 4.4 5.4 4.2 52974 09:59 23688 2.0 arc ------------------ 10:24 23689 1200.1 target 21.6 12.5 23.7 11.9 10:52 23690 1500.1 target 11:25 23691 1500.1 target 11:59 23692 1500.1 target 12:09 23693 10.0 flat 12:12 23694 2.0 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:09Z 6 1138 -11.77 0.0033 56.64 0.0018 170.05 0.0026 1.000110 03:02Z 2 1665 117.15 -0.0049 57.37 0.0014 -87.62 0.0045 1.000340 10:01Z 5 1301 47.20 -0.0068 57.62 -0.0001 218.55 -0.0146 1.000280 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== DATA TAPE SUMMARY ===--- Goes: JL7081 Stays: JL7082 ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:09Z 6 1138 1.00011 -1086 412 150 -12 56.6 6.7 13 127 - 2.4 03:02Z 2 1665 1.00034 -3356 -1520 100 117 57.4 6.5 16 146 - 2.5 06:33Z 2 1665 1.00034 -3356 -1557 100 226 76.3 6.4 16 154 - 4.2 10:01Z 5 1301 1.00028 -2764 -1080 50 47 57.6 5.6 14 198 - 1.7 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 22:15Z 52 18 8 216 (SW) 377 - Thin Cirrus 22:46Z 50 17 5 184 (S) 382 - Thin Cirrus 23:19Z 48 17 9 143 (SE) 383 - Thin Cirrus 00:16Z 45 16 15 138 (SE) 302 - Cirrus 00:46Z 44 13 15 132 (SE) 288 - Cirrus 01:18Z 43 13 8 132 (SE) 194 - Cirrus 01:48Z 44 12 11 142 (SE) 70 - Cirrus 02:21Z 43 10 10 130 (SE) 71 - Cirrus 02:51Z 45 10 12 152 (SSE) 36 - Cirrus 03:25Z 42 12 13 161 (SSE) 108 - Cirrus 03:57Z 42 12 17 152 (SSE) 115 - Cirrus 04:27Z 41 12 17 145 (SE) 159 - Cirrus 04:58Z 42 13 15 157 (SSE) 104 - Cirrus 05:30Z 41 15 4 177 (S) 163 - Cirrus 06:02Z 41 15 13 150 (SSE) 163 - Cirrus 06:33Z 43 15 15 154 (SSE) 190 - Cirrus 07:03Z 42 15 15 151 (SSE) 241 - Cirrus 07:33Z 42 16 15 144 (SE) 313 - Thick Cirrus 08:04Z 42 16 18 141 (SE) 344 - Thick Cirrus 08:34Z 41 17 13 146 (SE) 393 - Thick Cirrus 09:04Z 42 17 15 173 (S) 501 - Thick Cirrus 09:34Z 43 17 15 180 (S) 273 - Thick Cirrus 10:08Z 42 17 16 188 (S) 283 - Cirrus 10:40Z 42 16 16 189 (S) 357 - Cirrus 11:13Z 41 17 9 185 (S) 437 - Thick Cirrus 11:45Z 41 17 16 182 (S) 413 - Thick Cirrus 12:17Z 41 17 16 187 (S) 378 - 12:50Z 41 17 11 181 (S) 407 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:15Z Doors Open, Fans On 00:00Z Enclosure Open 12:20Z Enclosure Closed Stowed at 30 deg alt, Cartridge 5 installed. Spectro auto-fill connected. Spectro dewar 12:30Z Dewar wt 113 lb Imager dewar 12:30Z Dewar wt 168 lb No interlocks bypassed. ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v3_121_0 Watcher: v2_24_0 MCP: v5_23_0 TPM: tpm_v2_36_0 AstroDa: v14_47 TCC: TCC 2.7.1 July 22 2003 sdssProcedures: v1_79 SoS: v4_10_6 hoggPT: v1_6_9 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.5490 0.5450 Axial B 0.6370 0.6370 Axial C 1.0880 1.0850 Trans D -8.4600 -8.4550 Lateral E 10.7950 10.7442 Lateral F 10.7950 10.7823 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2850. 850. -9250. 18400. 17850. Actual: 4600. -2866. 866. -9275. 18411. 17825. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 15.20 829.90 1.60 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 14.91 830.49 3.19 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 10.9 Alt.: 29.999137 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 1.5160 1.5150 Axial B 1.1080 1.1100 Axial C 1.1160 1.1150 Trans D -0.8260 -0.8260 GALILS Commanded: 1628820. 1548040. 1574276. -3900. -8750. Actual: 1628641. 1548187. 1574504. -3899. -8726. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 0.00 -25.00 0.00 146.27 SecOrient: 1256.95 0.06 -25.11 0.19 146.52 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---