APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday December 14, 2008 (MJD 54815) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Audrey Simmons Howard Brewington Kaike Pan (Swing) Nathan DeLee (UF) JiWei Xie (UF) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- The night was lost to clouds, high winds, high humidity, and snow. We homed and relaxed the primary mirror and saveNominalMigValuesForLog. Completed the following cloudy-night tasks: Spectro bias loop Spectro darks Imager Monthly checkout We tried three times to completed the spectro dithered flats but had problems with the coll_motors of sp1; see log. [hjbrew@sdsshost2 hjbrew]$ uptime 08:56:32 up 66 days, 11:17, 69 users, load average: 1.14, 0.80, 0.67 ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- Adjust positions of fibers and positions of spectra on CCD. Connie and Jim finished their work, imager bias was taken, and looks normal. Spectro focus was set for about 4 C. removed data for mjd 54773-54782. No evening ventilation because of high humidity and dust. Night: ------- 23:54Z Sunset 00:00Z Per Kaike's request, we homed and relaxed the primary mirror again. The numbers did improve slightly; they are posted in the Mirror Section of the log. We did 'saveNominalMigValuesForLog' 00:30Z We started the Cloud Night tasks, i.e., spectro bias loop. The images and histogram looked good (frames 57251 to 5727560. Spectro apo_plotbias values for #57253: Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00057253.fit -6.0 -3.9 -2.7 1.7 7.2 8.3 9.8 sdR-b2-00057253.fit -8.1 -5.8 -4.5 1.7 6.8 9.1 10.6 sdR-r1-00057253.fit -6.9 -5.4 -3.9 1.1 6.6 8.1 9.8 sdR-r2-00057253.fit -8.4 -6.3 -4.7 0.5 6.3 7.9 10.0 01:27Z Evening twilight 01:42Z We started the spectro darks. The images and histogram looked good (frames 57276 to 57278). Spectro dark values for #57276: Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00057276.fit -2.5 -0.4 0.6 6.3 12.2 14.0 16.2 sdR-b2-00057276.fit -4.3 -2.7 -1.4 5.5 12.4 14.1 16.6 sdR-r1-00057276.fit -4.8 -2.9 -1.5 4.1 10.5 12.1 14.8 sdR-r2-00057276.fit -5.9 -3.8 -1.7 3.6 10.9 12.0 15.1 02:29Z Moonrise 02:45Z We started dithered flats; however, we had a problem with coll_motor_A for sp1. The motor became unhappy on the first flat. The motor was reset to the original values, and we tried again. This time it seemed to worked. 03:05Z We had a second problem with dithered flats; this time it was coll_motor_B of sp1. It failed on the third flat. We reset and tried again. 03:43Z We had a yet another problem with dithered flats; it was coll_motor_B of sp1 again. It must temp related although the spectro temps were at about 4-degrees C. We did not try again. 04:04Z Mounted the imager for monthly checkout; On-telescope bias Run # 7854, frames 8 to 35. Images looked good. 04:40Z Imager flat; Run # 7855; frames 8 to 35. See Problems Section for bias and flats results. Images looked good. 05:32Z Humidity was at 82% 07:41Z Humidity was at 84% 07:59Z Humidity was at 89% 08:28Z Humidity was at 92% 09:34Z Humidity was at 96% 11:10Z Started snowing 11:17Z endNight finished 12:23Z Morning twilight ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7853 23:07Z 23:22Z 100 O 139.88 143.77 40 ignore 7854 04:06Z 04:23Z 100 O -145.15 -140.88 43 bias 7855 04:39Z 04:56Z 100 O -136.97 -132.61 43 calibration ---=== 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 UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 57241, plate -9999 ------- 21:50 57241 0.0 bias 22:15 57242 0.0 bias ----- sequence 57243, plate 3095 ------- 22:55 57243 10.0 flat 22:59 57244 2.0 arc 23:15 57245 2.0 arc 23:23 57246 10.0 flat 23:26 57247 2.0 arc 23:31 57248 2.0 arc 23:34 57249 3.0 arc ----- sequence 57250, plate -9999 ------- 23:55 57250 0.0 bias ----- sequence 57251, plate 3095 ------- 00:34 57251 0.0 bias 00:36 57252 0.0 bias 00:39 57253 0.0 bias 00:41 57254 0.0 bias 00:43 57255 0.0 bias 00:45 57256 0.0 bias 00:48 57257 0.0 bias 00:50 57258 0.0 bias 00:52 57259 0.0 bias 00:55 57260 0.0 bias 00:57 57261 0.0 bias 00:59 57262 0.0 bias 01:01 57263 0.0 bias 01:04 57264 0.0 bias 01:06 57265 0.0 bias 01:08 57266 0.0 bias 01:10 57267 0.0 bias 01:13 57268 0.0 bias 01:15 57269 0.0 bias 01:17 57270 0.0 bias 01:20 57271 0.0 bias 01:22 57272 0.0 bias 01:24 57273 0.0 bias 01:26 57274 0.0 bias 01:29 57275 0.0 bias 01:56 57276 0.0 dark 02:13 57277 0.0 dark 02:31 57278 0.0 dark 02:54 57279 10.0 flat 02:58 57280 10.0 flat 03:03 57281 10.0 flat 03:20 57282 10.0 flat 03:24 57283 10.0 flat 03:29 57284 10.0 flat 03:33 57285 10.0 flat 03:37 57286 10.0 flat 03:41 57287 10.0 flat ---=== 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22:52Z 2 0 1.00000 1 1257 0 121 30.1 0.6 22 265 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 21:35Z 34 24 34 268 (W) 3266 - 22:07Z 34 24 26 265 (W) 3568 - 22:39Z 33 24 27 283 (WNW) 7437 - 23:11Z 32 25 20 257 (WSW) 4481 - 23:43Z 32 24 21 265 (W) 3886 - 00:27Z 31 24 18 275 (W) 3037 - 01:00Z 31 24 26 267 (W) 2035 - 01:30Z 30 24 16 273 (W) 1853 - 02:00Z 30 24 16 272 (W) 1756 - 02:32Z 30 24 18 278 (W) 1691 - 03:04Z 30 25 15 263 (W) 1759 - 03:36Z 30 25 21 262 (W) 1559 - 04:07Z 30 24 22 282 (WNW) 1583 - 04:38Z 29 24 20 263 (W) 1669 - 05:09Z 29 24 14 264 (W) 1707 - 05:39Z 29 25 11 258 (WSW) 1866 - 06:10Z 29 24 8 262 (W) 1711 - 06:41Z 29 25 16 245 (WSW) 1687 - 07:12Z 29 25 12 215 (SW) 1682 - 07:43Z 29 26 19 240 (WSW) 1792 - 08:13Z 29 26 12 229 (SW) 1817 - 08:44Z 29 27 16 260 (W) 1781 - 09:15Z 28 28 14 247 (WSW) 1700 - 09:46Z 30 28 19 232 (SW) 1607 - 10:17Z 29 29 27 237 (WSW) 1522 - 10:48Z 30 29 24 234 (SW) 1375 - 11:18Z 30 30 23 263 (W) 1391 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- Never opened No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:30ZZ Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 07 Counterweights at: 250 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 143lbs, 22psi Imager 145lbs, 18psi ---=== 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: v2_43 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- The following set of mirror numbers below were done during the afternoon checkout. PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0550 -0.0250 Axial B 0.0390 0.0540 Axial C -0.0290 -0.0320 Trans D -0.7510 -0.7550 Lateral E 10.6045 10.5918 Lateral F 12.1793 12.1793 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.: 1.0 Alt.: 30.066143 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5760 18.5740 Axial B 15.6170 15.6210 Axial C 13.8170 13.8120 Trans D 15.1070 15.1100 GALILS Commanded: 1626635. 1528814. 1595611. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.01 -12.01 -28.00 -39.19 94.71 Per Kaike's request, we homed and relaxed the primary. As contained in the following mirror stat, Axial A and B are slightly improved. PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0330 -0.0250 Axial B 0.0430 0.0540 Axial C -0.0370 -0.0320 Trans D -0.7600 -0.7550 Lateral E 10.5791 10.5918 Lateral F 12.1666 12.1793 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.: -0.3 Alt.: 30.068920 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5750 18.5740 Axial B 15.6180 15.6210 Axial C 13.8190 13.8120 Trans D 15.1110 15.1100 GALILS Commanded: 1627819. 1528329. 1593230. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626650. 1528800. 1595600. -2950. -4550. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1256.57 -11.16 -28.69 -39.64 94.15 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Imager monthly checkout below: biasCheck 7854: CCD 11 Offset. Left: 1.03 +/- 0.39 Right: 0.76 +/- 0.48 CCD 21 Offset. Left: 3.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 3.36 +/- 0.50 CCD 31 Offset. Left: 4.10 +/- 0.30 Right: 2.19 +/- 0.41 CCD 41 Offset. Left: 4.39 +/- 0.49 Right: 5.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 51 Offset. Left: -8.62 +/- 1.19 Right: -8.77 +/- 1.15 CCD 12 Offset. Left: -2.00 +/- 0.00 Right: -1.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 22 Offset. Left: -3.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 0.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 32 Offset. Left: -37.15 +/- 0.37 Right: -6.41 +/- 0.49 CCD 42 Offset. Left: 0.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 0.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 52 Offset. Left: -3.00 +/- 0.00 Right: -4.75 +/- 0.44 CCD 13 Offset. Left: 2.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 2.01 +/- 0.35 CCD 23 Offset. Left: 1.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 2.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 33 Offset. Left: 2.96 +/- 0.19 Right: 1.09 +/- 0.40 CCD 43 Offset. Left: -0.14 +/- 0.35 Right: -0.89 +/- 0.32 CCD 53 Offset. Left: -1.60 +/- 0.49 Right: 2.60 +/- 0.49 CCD 14 Offset. Left: -0.10 +/- 0.31 Right: -0.82 +/- 0.38 CCD 24 Offset. Left: 1.13 +/- 0.34 Right: 1.54 +/- 0.50 CCD 34 Offset. Left: -10.89 +/- 0.32 Right: -10.63 +/- 0.49 CCD 44 Offset. Left: 1.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 0.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 54 Offset. Left: 0.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 3.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 15 Offset. Left: 1.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 1.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 25 Offset. Left: 5.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 5.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 35 Offset. Left: -0.82 +/- 1.45 Right: 0.25 +/- 0.50 CCD 45 Offset. Left: 0.12 +/- 0.32 Right: -0.52 +/- 0.51 CCD 55 Offset. Left: 0.28 +/- 0.45 Right: 1.22 +/- 0.42 CCD 16 Offset. Left: 2.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 2.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 26 Offset. Left: 0.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 0.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 36 Offset. Left: -5.80 +/- 0.47 Right: -6.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 46 Offset. Left: 0.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 1.74 +/- 0.44 CCD 56 Offset. Left: 1.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 2.88 +/- 0.32 CCD 60 Offset. Left: 16.67 +/- 0.47 Right: 16.84 +/- 0.37 CCD 61 Offset. Left: 6.28 +/- 0.45 Right: 6.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 62 Offset. Left: 19.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 19.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 63 Offset. Left: 6.98 +/- 0.34 Right: 6.96 +/- 0.38 CCD 64 Offset. Left: 13.51 +/- 0.55 Right: 13.65 +/- 0.49 CCD 65 Offset. Left: -5.88 +/- 0.77 Right: -5.53 +/- 0.52 CCD 71 Offset. Left: 34.01 +/- 0.30 Right: 34.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 72 Offset. Left: 16.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 15.87 +/- 0.34 CCD 73 Offset. Left: -12.67 +/- 0.47 Right: -12.55 +/- 0.50 CCD 74 Offset. Left: 25.09 +/- 0.29 Right: 25.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 75 Offset. Left: -5.00 +/- 0.00 Right: -5.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 76 Offset. Left: 5.49 +/- 0.50 Right: -46.04 +/- 150.51 CCD 81 Offset. Left: 18.79 +/- 0.45 Right: 18.71 +/- 0.48 CCD 82 Offset. Left: 23.21 +/- 0.43 Right: 23.09 +/- 0.38 CCD 83 Offset. Left: 21.86 +/- 0.43 Right: 21.75 +/- 0.51 CCD 84 Offset. Left: 8.40 +/- 0.49 Right: 8.43 +/- 0.50 CCD 85 Offset. Left: 9.47 +/- 0.52 Right: 9.48 +/- 0.50 CCD 86 Offset. Left: 12.53 +/- 0.50 Right: 12.61 +/- 0.49 CCD 90 Offset. Left: 9.11 +/- 0.54 Right: 9.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 91 Offset. Left: 8.29 +/- 0.45 Right: 8.15 +/- 0.36 CCD 92 Offset. Left: 10.24 +/- 0.43 Right: 10.13 +/- 0.33 CCD 93 Offset. Left: 16.67 +/- 0.47 Right: 16.36 +/- 0.48 CCD 94 Offset. Left: 12.24 +/- 0.43 Right: 12.12 +/- 0.33 CCD 95 Offset. Left: 22.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 21.92 +/- 0.45 checkBias 7854 25: {55 WARN: } {55 FAIL: leftRNComp } Open /skycat/imager/54815/7854-25-u-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54815/7854-25-g-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54815/7854-25-r-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54815/7854-25-i-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54815/7854-25-z-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54815/7854-25-o-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54815/7854-25-l-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54815/7854-25-t-bias.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54815/7854-25-s-bias.gif/gif {photo h5} {astro h7} checkFlat 7855 25: {42 WARN: leftGain } {42 FAIL: } Open /skycat/imager/54815/7855-25-u-flat.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54815/7855-25-g-flat.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54815/7855-25-r-flat.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54815/7855-25-i-flat.gif/gif Open /skycat/imager/54815/7855-25-z-flat.gif/gif Spectro Focus infor: Set for about 4 C. -------------------- sp1> mechSend s Coll_motor_A -5665 01P-0000005665 Coll_motor_B -5864 02P-0000005864 Coll_motor_C -5765 01P-0000005765 Coll_motor_A_status 133 01S0133 Coll_motor_B_status 133 02S0133 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 715 Last_close_transit.time 545 Humid_Hartmann 17.0 0xFDD8 Humid_Cen_Optics 8.7 0xFE46 Temp_Median 5.9 sp2> mechSend s Coll_motor_A -2922 01P-0000002922 Coll_motor_B -3385 02P-0000003385 Coll_motor_C -3627 01P-0000003627 Coll_motor_A_status 133 01S0133 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 720 Last_close_transit.time 645 Humid_Hartmann -25.0 0x4 Humid_Cen_Optics 10.9 0xFE28 Temp_Median 3.7 IDL> collimate, 57248 Reading /data/spectro/54815/sdR-r1-00057248.fit Reading /data/spectro/54815/sdR-r1-00057249.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.47 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.40 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.24 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.13 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1185 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 1185" Log file = Collimate-54815-r1-00057248.log PostScript file = Collimate-54815-r1-00057248.ps Reading /data/spectro/54815/sdR-r2-00057248.fit Reading /data/spectro/54815/sdR-r2-00057249.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.65 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.35 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.25 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.01 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 117 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 117" Log file = Collimate-54815-r2-00057248.log PostScript file = Collimate-54815-r2-00057248.ps % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating illegal operand