APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Saturday July 19, 2008 (MJD 54667) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Kaike Pan (observer) Dmitry Bizyaev (observer) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- High humidity all night long did not allow us to open. Enclosure building bypass was found to be activated, by the way (the key switch is in the socket). ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ------------ Spectro focus checked, no adjustment was made. The focus is still set for 13 C. Night: ------ Sunset time: humidity 90+%. Dust 4000. Clouds all around except zenith part. 04:35Z Humidity is still "yellow" and dust is ~ 3800. We started ventilation. 05:00Z while we changed cartridge, humidity got worse, and cloud conditions became bad. We don't think we can get decent data now, so we don't open. 05:30Z Humidity jumps up again. We stopped ventilation. 10:06Z endNight finished and rejoiced. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7638 01:03Z 01:21Z 100 O 23.18 27.75 44 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 01:16 54180 2.0 arc 01:19 54181 3.0 arc 01:22 54182 3.0 arc ---=== 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 01:17Z 57 56 3 231 (SW) 5121 - partly cloudy 01:54Z 56 50 9 81 (E) 4080 - '' 02:27Z 56 49 8 85 (E) 4076 - '' 02:59Z 55 50 11 87 (E) 4545 - '' 03:31Z 56 49 16 92 (E) 4131 - '' 04:03Z 55 48 15 88 (E) 3875 - '' 04:35Z 55 47 17 114 (ESE) 3713 - '' 05:06Z 54 49 17 111 (ESE) 3992 - '' 05:38Z 53 49 19 122 (ESE) 3692 - ' 06:10Z 53 50 12 113 (ESE) 4029 - '' 06:42Z 52 50 12 114 (ESE) 3942 - '' 07:14Z 52 50 21 125 (SE) 3972 - '' 07:47Z 52 50 22 125 (SE) 3785 - '' 08:19Z 52 50 20 127 (SE) 3480 - '' 08:51Z 52 50 20 127 (SE) 3485 - '' 09:23Z 52 49 16 128 (SE) 2971 - '' 09:55Z 52 48 14 126 (SE) 2682 - '' ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 04:35Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 05:30Z - Ventilation stopped, doors closed. Status at: 10:10Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 7 Counterweights at: 257 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 228 lbs, 17.9 psi Imager 130 lbs, 18.9 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: v2_42 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.0210 0.0200 Axial B -0.0300 0.0000 Axial C -0.0210 -0.0230 Trans D -0.0190 0.0120 Lateral E 10.0711 10.0584 Lateral F 11.6332 11.6205 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.: 13.7 Alt.: 89.993293 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0400 -0.0440 Axial B -0.0570 -0.0570 Axial C -0.0600 -0.0670 Trans D -0.0210 -0.0110 GALILS Commanded: 1627460. 1653161. 1470849. -5900. -7800. Actual: 1627496. 1653168. 1470885. -5887. -7780. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 60.00 -4.00 -20.00 118.90 SecOrient: 1256.98 60.01 -3.99 -19.91 119.28 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus Infor: --------------------- im> caget tpm_TM_PMSSAvg tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA tpm_TM_PMSSAvg 14.0014 tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA 13.0125 sp1> mechSend s Coll_motor_A_status 132 01S0132 Coll_motor_B_status 132 02S0132 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 695 Last_close_transit.time 525 Humid_Hartmann 31.8 0xFD1D Humid_Cen_Optics 11.0 0xFE2A Temp_Median 15.0 Temp_Hartmann_Top 14.0 (0xFDB8) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 14.5 (0xFDA0) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 15.0 (0xFD8B) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 15.0 (0xFD8D) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 15.0 (0xFD8D) sp2> mechSend s Coll_motor_A_status 132 01S0132 Coll_motor_B_status 132 02S0132 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 710 Last_close_transit.time 625 Humid_Hartmann -25.1 0x0 Humid_Cen_Optics 12.4 0xFE18 Temp_Median 12.8 Temp_Hartmann_Top 13.5 (0xFDCC) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 13.2 (0xFDD8) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 12.6 (0xFDF0) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 12.8 (0xFDE8) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 13.0 (0xFDE0) IDL 5.5a> collimate, 54181 Reading /data/spectro/54667/sdR-b1-00054181.fit Reading /data/spectro/54667/sdR-b1-00054182.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.40 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.57 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.24 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.08 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -3.0 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54667-b1-00054181.log PostScript file = Collimate-54667-b1-00054181.ps Reading /data/spectro/54667/sdR-b2-00054181.fit Reading /data/spectro/54667/sdR-b2-00054182.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.37 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.30 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.18 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.01 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -0.4 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54667-b2-00054181.log PostScript file = Collimate-54667-b2-00054181.ps Reading /data/spectro/54667/sdR-r1-00054181.fit Reading /data/spectro/54667/sdR-r1-00054182.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.61 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.64 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.32 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.06 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 505 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 505" Log file = Collimate-54667-r1-00054181.log PostScript file = Collimate-54667-r1-00054181.ps Reading /data/spectro/54667/sdR-r2-00054181.fit Reading /data/spectro/54667/sdR-r2-00054182.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.85 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.25 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.30 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.06 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 521 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 521" Log file = Collimate-54667-r2-00054181.log PostScript file = Collimate-54667-r2-00054181.ps % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating illegal operand