APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday October 14, 2008 (MJD 54754) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Kaike Pan Steph Snedden Nathan De Lee ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Marvels Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- The first 4 hours was lost to bad weather. After we open, the sky was photometricc, the seeing was accteptable, 1.2-2.5". We obtained two exposures on plate 3055B, 3060A, one exposure on 3060B, finished 3037A, 3037B. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- ntp_check okay. All systems were checked and working properly. Spectro focus was adjusted for +5 C. High humidity prevented from ventilation. Night: ------ 04:30Z Humidity dropped to 76%. started ventilation. 04:45Z mount cart 5. 05:15Z enclosure off. 05:40Z Marvel calib 05:55Z cart 5, plate 3055B (Marvels). FK5 used for the field. 06:05Z 40 min exposure. 06:55Z midCal 07:10Z went back to the field, could not find stars nor FK5. Clearoffset, saw FK5 on the edge. Offset A=-12, D=4 used to center FK5. 07:20Z another 40 min exposure. 08:05Z calib 08:20Z cart 9 plate 3060A (marvels). FK5 used for the field. clea sky with bad seeing (2-3"). 08:30Z two 20 min exposures. 09:20Z calibration. 09:35Z cart, plate 3060B. SOGTF. 40 min exposure. 10:25Z calib. 10:38Z cart 1, plate 3037B. FK5 used. 10:49Z precalib 10:52Z 10 12sec expours. Frame 55477-486. 11:36Z cart 1, plate 3037A. SOGTF. 11:40Z precalib. 11:46Z 10 12 sec exposure (the observation finished at 12:15Z, about 2 hours later than the designed observing time interval). Frames numbers are 55491-55500. 12:50Z endNight rejoiced. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7735 00:20Z 00:39Z 100 O 98.10 102.98 45 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 ----- sequence 55470, plate -9999 ------- 00:22 55470 0.0 bias ----- sequence 55471, plate 3016 ------- 00:46 55471 10.0 flat 00:49 55472 2.0 arc 00:52 55473 3.0 arc 00:55 55474 3.0 arc ----- sequence 55475, plate 3037 ------- 10:52 55475 10.0 flat 10:55 55476 2.0 arc 10:59 55477 13.0 target 11:02 55478 12.0 target 11:05 55479 13.0 target 11:09 55480 13.0 target 11:12 55481 13.0 target 11:18 55482 13.0 target 11:21 55483 13.0 target 11:25 55484 13.0 target 11:28 55485 13.0 target 11:31 55486 13.0 target 11:34 55487 10.0 flat 11:37 55488 2.0 arc 11:45 55489 10.0 flat 11:47 55490 2.0 arc 11:51 55491 13.0 target 11:54 55492 13.0 target 11:58 55493 13.0 target 12:01 55494 13.0 target 12:04 55495 12.0 target 12:07 55496 13.0 target 12:11 55497 13.0 target 12:14 55498 13.0 target 12:18 55499 12.0 target 12:21 55500 13.0 target 12:24 55501 10.0 flat 12:26 55502 2.0 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 07:30Z 5 3055 -94.82 -0.0044 68.37 -0.0020 99.08 0.0000 1.000190 08:45Z 9 3060 194.49 -0.0024 51.04 -0.0044 35.88 0.0296 1.000020 09:43Z 9 3060 218.12 -0.0041 66.26 -0.0034 53.33 0.0251 1.000020 10:58Z 1 3037 149.62 -0.0006 50.94 -0.0031 -62.40 0.0100 1.000180 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 07:30Z 5 3055 1.00019 -1875 -159 260 -95 68.3 1.8 16 50 -- 1.8-3 08:46Z 9 3060 1.00002 -196 1024 10 195 51.0 5.4 15 42 -- 2.3-3 09:43Z 9 3060 1.00002 -196 1005 30 218 66.2 6.1 12 43 -- 1.5-2.2 10:58Z 1 3037 1.00018 -1776 -253 40 150 51.0 4.6 6 71 -- 1.7 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 22:52Z 44 29 18 238 (WSW) 12650 - 23:24Z 42 30 9 262 (W) 1586 - 23:56Z 38 30 11 282 (WNW) 1404 - 00:29Z 38 34 12 303 (WNW) 1560 - 01:01Z 39 36 14 307 (NW) 2008 - 01:33Z 39 36 12 302 (WNW) 2099 - 02:05Z 38 32 11 344 (NNW) 2137 - 02:37Z 37 32 7 352 (NNW) 9991 - 03:09Z 37 32 18 3 (N) 2077 - 03:41Z 37 32 20 21 (NNE) 2008 - 04:14Z 37 30 11 352 (NNW) 1971 - 04:46Z 38 31 19 1 (N) 2144 - 05:18Z 36 30 19 10 (N) 2246 - 05:50Z 36 22 16 9 (N) 2142 - 06:22Z 36 18 13 8 (N) 2304 - 06:54Z 36 17 19 29 (NNE) 2438 - 07:26Z 35 12 16 47 (NE) 2584 - 07:58Z 36 5 18 35 (NE) 364 - 08:29Z 40 -1 19 21 (NNE) 467 - 08:59Z 42 -1 7 54 (NE) 337 - 09:29Z 42 0 11 48 (NE) 150 - 09:59Z 41 -2 0 308 (NW) 114 - 10:31Z 41 -4 5 89 (E) 285 - 11:03Z 39 -3 6 79 (E) 321 - 11:35Z 40 -5 13 65 (ENE) 339 - 12:06Z 42 0 14 78 (ENE) 141 - 12:39Z 41 -1 12 85 (E) 428 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 04:30Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 05:15Z - Enclosure off. 12:30Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at:12:50 Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 1 Counterweights at: 253 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 130 lbs, 20 psi Imager 147 lbs, 21 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_39_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 -0.0300 -0.0300 Axial B 0.0380 0.0390 Axial C -0.0370 -0.0400 Trans D -0.7530 -0.7570 Lateral E 10.5791 10.5537 Lateral F 12.1666 12.1539 GALILS Commanded: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. Actual: 10471. -76. 5755. 8616. 10374. 10023. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -11.72 8.60 496.70 640.50 PriOrient: 1.06 -11.65 8.77 495.77 639.59 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 4.0 Alt.: 74.343855 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5630 18.5620 Axial B 15.6090 15.6080 Axial C 13.8170 13.8170 Trans D 15.1100 15.1170 GALILS Commanded: 1626591. 1528739. 1595611. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1256.98 -12.03 -28.00 -39.19 94.72 PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0300 -0.0300 Axial B 0.0380 0.0390 Axial C -0.0370 -0.0400 Trans D -0.7530 -0.7570 Lateral E 10.5791 10.5537 Lateral F 12.1666 12.1539 GALILS Commanded: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. Actual: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -11.72 8.60 496.70 640.50 PriOrient: 1.06 -11.65 8.77 495.77 639.59 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 4.0 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5630 18.5620 Axial B 15.6100 15.6080 Axial C 13.8170 13.8170 Trans D 15.1100 15.1170 GALILS Commanded: 1626578. 1528745. 1595599. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626650. 1528800. 1595600. -2950. -4550. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1256.97 -12.03 -28.00 -39.19 94.72 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus inform --------------------- Sp1> Coll_motor_A -1855 01P-0000001855 Coll_motor_B -1859 02P-0000001859 Coll_motor_C -1854 01P-0000001854 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 2 Last_open_transit.time 700 Last_close_transit.time 530 Humid_Hartmann 17.8 0xFDD1 Humid_Cen_Optics 10.7 0xFE2D Temp_Median 12.2 sp2> Coll_motor_A -2192 01P-0000002192 Coll_motor_B -2220 02P-0000002220 Coll_motor_C -2191 01P-0000002191 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 705 Last_close_transit.time 625 Humid_Hartmann -24.7 0xFFFC Humid_Cen_Optics 11.4 0xFE24 Temp_Median 9.7 IDL 5.5a> collimate, 55473 Reading /data/spectro/54754/sdR-b1-00055473.fit Reading /data/spectro/54754/sdR-b1-00055474.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.56 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 1.11 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.38 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.34 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -12.1 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54754-b1-00055473.log PostScript file = Collimate-54754-b1-00055473.ps Reading /data/spectro/54754/sdR-b2-00055473.fit Reading /data/spectro/54754/sdR-b2-00055474.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = 0.21 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.81 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.16 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.52 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -18.7 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54754-b2-00055473.log PostScript file = Collimate-54754-b2-00055473.ps Reading /data/spectro/54754/sdR-r1-00055473.fit Reading /data/spectro/54754/sdR-r1-00055474.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.08 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.05 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.33 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.59 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 5437 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 5437" Log file = Collimate-54754-r1-00055473.log PostScript file = Collimate-54754-r1-00055473.ps Reading /data/spectro/54754/sdR-r2-00055473.fit Reading /data/spectro/54754/sdR-r2-00055474.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.19 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.15 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.30 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.51 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 4690 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 4690" Log file = Collimate-54754-r2-00055473.log PostScript file = Collimate-54754-r2-00055473.ps