APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday September 15, 2010 (MJD 55455) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Kaike Pan Alaina Shelden ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- MARVELS and BOSS Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Delayed opening due to radar returns. Humidity started rising towards the end of the night. DIMM had more of what looked like keyboard problems. We restarted it and shut off CCD cooling and then shut off the telescope and software. We observed the following, see log for details: MARVELS ------- Cart 5 3519A no broken fibers Cart 5 3519B no broken fibers BOSS ---- Cart 10 4204 not done Cart 14 4225 DONE Cart 16 4238 DONE Cart 13 4240 DONE ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- 00:30Z Started ventilation, telescope checked out fine. All actors fine. ThAr lamp on. 01:05Z Some radar returns. Keeping an eye on it. Night: ------ 03:30Z Enclosure off 04:45Z Cart 5 plate 3519A 03:35Z started cals 03:57Z sop gotoField, found stars 04:06Z started science exposure 04:59Z cals 04:17Z DIMM is having problems. The desktop sharing window says RECONNECTING and it isn't sending info to the weather page. We reset the computer and were able to turn off CCD cooling, but will not mess with it anymore. Summary, MARVELS Cart 5 plate 3519A K20 Frame Type Time Ave PMT Seeing ------------------------------------------------------------------ T03:35:48.910.fits TIO 11s 46625 T03:37:53.800.fits ThAr 160s 339.6 T03:42:28.800.fits TIO 11s 46989 T04:06:49.770.fits Science 50m 47.79 1.3" T04:59:06.450.fits TIO 11s 46019 T05:01:12.000.fits ThAr 160s 332.5 T05:05:46.590.fits TIO 11s 46177 05:37Z No broken fibers! 15/16 are there, but very low. 04:59Z Cart 5 plate 3519B 04:59Z sop gotoField, found stars 05:08Z science 06:00Z cals Summary, MARVELS Cart 5 plate 3519B K14 Frame Type Time Ave PMT Seeing ------------------------------------------------------------------ T05:08:19.010.fits Science 50m 24.27 1.5" T06:00:04.090.fits TIO 11s 46742 T06:02:10.000.fits ThAr 160s 339.5 T06:06:44.880.fits TIO 11s 46613 06:31Z No broken fibers, 39/40 there but very low. 06:31Z ThAr lamp off 06:00Z Cart 7A sop gotoField, too cloudy so switch to BOSS 06:24Z Cart 10 plate 4204 06:24Z full sop hartmann frames 119503-504 06:30Z sop gotoField, stars on gotoField 06:41Z sop doScience 900 X2 Cart 10 plate 4204 summary Exp type --------------------- 119507 arc 119508 flat 119509-10 science (S/N)^2 accumulated for plate 4204 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55455 1.9 4.0 2.1 4.6 900.8 12.6 4204-55455-01 55455 1.5 2.9 1.6 3.3 900.8 9.3 4204-55455-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 3.4 6.9 3.7 7.9 1801.6 --> 21.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ 07:20Z Cart 14 plate 4225 07:20Z sop gotoField, hartmann frames 119511-12 found stars 07:31Z sop doScience 900 X3 Cart 14 plate 4225 summary Exp type --------------------- 119513 arc 119514 flat 119515-17 science (S/N)^2 accumulated for plate 4225 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55452 1.4 3.0 1.0 2.8 900.8 8.2 4225-55452-01 55452 2.0 4.4 1.5 4.1 900.8 12.0 4225-55452-01 55454 3.7 8.2 3.1 7.6 900.8 22.6 4225-55452-01 55455 3.6 7.3 2.9 6.5 900.8 20.3 4225-55452-01 55455 3.7 7.3 3.2 7.0 900.8 21.2 4225-55452-01 55455 3.4 6.9 2.9 6.4 900.8 19.6 4225-55452-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 17.8 37.1 14.6 34.4 5404.8 --> 103.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ 08:26Z Cart 16 plate 4238 08:26Z sop gotoField, hartmann frames 119518-19, stars on edge of fibers 08:34Z Guide images look MUCH better than they did yesterday. 08:35Z sop doScience 900 X5 08:42Z humidity creeping up... Cart 16 plate 4238 summary Exp type --------------------- 119520 arc 119521 flat 119522-26 science (S/N)^2 accumulated for plate 4238 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55454 3.6 7.4 3.1 6.0 900.8 20.1 4238-55452-01 55455 2.5 5.3 2.1 4.5 900.8 14.4 4238-55452-01 55455 2.7 5.3 2.6 4.9 900.8 15.5 4238-55452-01 55455 2.8 5.4 2.5 5.2 900.8 15.9 4238-55452-01 55455 2.6 5.1 2.3 4.7 900.8 14.7 4238-55452-01 55455 2.7 5.5 2.4 5.0 900.8 15.6 4238-55452-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 16.9 34.0 15.0 30.3 5404.8 --> 96.2 ------------------------------------------------------------ 10:04Z Cart 13 plate 4240 10:04Z sop gotoField, hartmann frames 119527-28, found stars 10:10Z sop doScience 900 X5 Cart 13 plate 4240 summary Exp type --------------------- 119529 arc 119530 flat 119531-35 science (S/N)^2 accumulated for plate 4240 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55455 3.6 7.2 3.8 6.3 900.8 20.9 4240-55455-01 55455 3.5 7.1 3.6 6.0 900.8 20.2 4240-55455-01 55455 3.8 7.5 3.7 6.3 900.8 21.3 4240-55455-01 55455 3.6 7.8 3.7 6.5 900.8 21.6 4240-55455-01 55455 3.5 8.0 3.7 6.5 900.8 21.7 4240-55455-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 18.0 37.6 18.5 31.6 4504.0 --> 105.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ 11:40Z Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off 11:47Z endNight finished, and there was much rejoicing. Yay. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---=== 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04:09Z 5 0 238.32 0.0000 74.80 0.0000 68.26 0.0000 1.000180 offset arc 0 0 0 06:54Z 10 -22.93 0.0000 55.14 0.0000 160.84 0.0000 1.000070 offset arc 0 0.002 0 07:41Z 14 19.11 0.0000 55.82 0.0000 195.97 0.0000 1.000295 offset arc -0.001 0.003 0 08:36Z 16 32.41 0.0000 52.76 0.0000 206.80 0.0000 1.000303 offset arc -0.001 0.003 0 11:27Z 13 -34.91 0.0000 51.96 0.0000 151.26 0.0000 1.000337 offset ar 0 0.003 0 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04:09Z 5A 1.00018 -1778 -72 275 238 74.9 17.0 4 284 -- 1.3" 06:53Z 10 1.00007 -691 1074 481 -23 55.2 15.4 2 178 -- 1.2" 07:41Z 14 1.00029 -2912 -996 252 19 55.8 15.5 6 186 -- 1.2" 08:36Z 16 1.00030 -2991 -1022 282 32 52.8 14.7 6 180 -- 1.6" 11:27Z 13 1.00034 -3326 -1338 242 -35 52.0 15.7 1 286 -- 1.3" ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 00:37Z 63 44 1 352 (NNW) 632 - clouds 04:10Z 62 38 4 284 (WNW) 543 - clear 06:54Z 59 45 2 177 (S) 624 - 07:42Z 59 46 6 186 (S) 602 - 08:13Z 59 48 5 186 (S) 619 - clear/humid 08:43Z 58 48 4 128 (SE) 646 - 09:15Z 58 48 3 176 (S) 708 - 09:55Z 58 49 7 124 (SE) 720 - clear/humid 10:30Z 59 48 1 153 (SSE) 655 - 11:03Z 59 47 0 31 (NNE) 693 - 11:36Z 60 45 1 260 (W) 715 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:30Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 03:30Z - Opened enclosure. 11:21Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:46Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 13 Counterweights at: 283 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scale: SP2 228.1 lbs, 18.7 psi SP1 127.5 lbs, 22.2 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- Watcher: v2_36_0 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 getVersions, 2010-09-16 00:18:59 ----STUI software STUI: 1.0b2 2010-07-21 alerts: trunk+svn114742 apo: trunk+svn114701 boss: v2_3_7 boss.daq: 1.2.14 boss.specMech: 3.0.1 gcamera: v1_2_0 guider: v1_2_0_dfc hub: Tag: UNTAGGED_REVISION 502:504M mcp: v6_6_5 mcp.plc: 25 platedb: v1_0_5 sop: v1_1_4 sos: v1_1_4 tcc: 2.13.0 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06 ------ -- Other versions ---- idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_4_19 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_7 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.5090 -5.5100 Axial B 16.0920 16.0940 Axial C 15.9210 15.9220 Trans D 11.0080 11.0100 Lateral E 10.6172 10.6553 Lateral F 12.2301 12.2301 GALILS Commanded: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13050. 12650. Actual: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13053. 12647. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 PriOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 17.4 Alt.: 30.000004 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -7.8320 -7.8320 Axial B -0.0380 -0.0410 Axial C 13.8160 13.8180 Trans D 14.1840 14.1840 GALILS Commanded: -1606584. -1626124. -1593501. -1650. 50. Actual: 1585350. 1566695. 1598880. -1462. -69. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: -1276.96 -9.05 -4.26 -58.32 23.44 PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.5100 -5.5100 Axial B 16.0910 16.0940 Axial C 15.9200 15.9220 Trans D 11.0080 11.0100 Lateral E 10.6299 10.6553 Lateral F 12.2301 12.2301 GALILS Commanded: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13050. 12650. Actual: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13053. 12647. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 PriOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 17.0 Alt.: 29.999989 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -7.8350 -7.8320 Axial B -0.0390 -0.0410 Axial C 13.8160 13.8180 Trans D 14.1850 14.1840 GALILS Commanded: 1585299. 1566641. 1598887. -1450. -50. Actual: 1585350. 1566695. 1598880. -1462. -69. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1256.97 -9.02 -4.00 -58.08 23.33 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---