APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday March 15, 2005 (MJD 53445) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Swing: Howard Brewington Night: Mike Harvanek Jurek Krzesinski ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- A photometric night was lost to blowing snow and humidity. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Swing: ========== Had no problems to report as part of the afternoon checkout. The spectro focus was checked but not adjusted. The focus numbers are in the Problems Section. Night: ========== High humidity and/or blowing snow prevented us from opening tonight. endNight finished. Nothing else to report. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5203 23:04Z 23:19Z 100 O -131.19 -127.31 39 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): YES QA Procedures Done (y/n): NO UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 31416, plate -9999 ------- 23:00 31416 0.0 bias ----- sequence 31417, plate 2053 ------- 23:16 31417 10.0 flat 23:19 31418 2.0 arc 23:24 31419 2.1 arc 23:26 31420 2.1 arc ----- sequence 31421, plate -9999 ------- 01:11 31421 0.0 bias 01:17 31422 0.0 bias ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== DATA TAPE SUMMARY ===--- Goes: none Stays: none ---=== 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 22:54Z 19 16 7 323 (NW) 228 - 23:30Z 18 16 9 308 (NW) 107 - 00:03Z 16 12 8 3 (N) 96 - 01:22Z 15 13 9 9 (N) 89 - partly cloudy 01:53Z 15 12 17 38 (NE) 69 - partly cloudy 02:24Z 15 11 14 29 (NNE) 50 - clear 02:55Z 14 12 13 51 (NE) 45 - clear 03:26Z 14 10 13 57 (ENE) 49 - clear 03:57Z 12 9 13 59 (ENE) 51 - clear 04:27Z 13 8 20 36 (NE) 41 - clear 04:59Z 14 4 18 30 (NNE) 35 - clear 05:29Z 14 2 20 38 (NE) 32 - clear 06:00Z 15 1 17 26 (NNE) 44 - clear 06:32Z 15 1 25 29 (NNE) 89 - clear 07:02Z 15 1 21 40 (NE) 75 - clear 07:32Z 15 1 11 27 (NNE) 102 - clear 08:02Z 15 0 26 51 (NE) 286 - clear 08:32Z 14 0 25 64 (ENE) 330 - clear 09:03Z 14 1 20 57 (ENE) 227 - clear 09:35Z 16 -3 18 37 (NE) 309 - clear 10:07Z 16 -4 27 28 (NNE) 367 - clear 10:40Z 16 -4 27 27 (NNE) 395 - clear 11:12Z 17 -7 20 32 (NNE) 457 - clear ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- We never opened due to blowing snow and high humidity. Telescope stowed at 30 degrees with cartridge 1 (plate 2053) mounted. Counterweights at 275. Spectro auto-fill connected. Imager dewar 11:09 235 lb, 20 psi Spectro dewar 11:09 112 lb, 22 psi No interlocks bypassed. ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v3_143_0a Watcher: v2_30_0 MCP: v5_26_0 TPM: tpm_v2_47_0 AstroDa: v14_47 TCC: TCC 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures: v1_98 SoS: v4_10_7 hoggPT: v1_6_9 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.5780 0.5770 Axial B 0.5900 0.5880 Axial C 0.9460 0.9460 Trans D -8.1960 -8.1960 Lateral E 10.0584 10.0330 Lateral F 11.6078 11.5951 GALILS Commanded: 4300. -1900. 2850. -13300. -7600. -7650. Actual: 4300. -1900. 2850. -13300. -7600. -7650. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 4.57 1.18 64.25 -249.76 PriOrient: 0.00 4.56 0.88 65.00 -249.58 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: -7.0 Alt.: 30.035611 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 1.5690 1.5680 Axial B 1.0550 1.0460 Axial C 1.1610 1.1590 Trans D -0.2060 -0.2020 GALILS Commanded: 1619214. 1604940. 1528550. -13800. -9950. Actual: 1619200. 1604950. 1528550. -13800. -9950. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 27.97 -10.00 -90.00 257.89 SecOrient: 1256.99 27.97 -10.02 -89.95 257.50 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- ---== Spectro Focus Numbers ==--- IDL 5.5a> collimate, 31419 Reading /data/spectro/53445/sdR-b1-00031419.fit Reading /data/spectro/53445/sdR-b1-00031420.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.02 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.62 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.41 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.19 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 6.8 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-53445-b1-00031419.log PostScript file = Collimate-53445-b1-00031419.ps Reading /data/spectro/53445/sdR-b2-00031419.fit Reading /data/spectro/53445/sdR-b2-00031420.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.63 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.08 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.19 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.22 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 7.9 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-53445-b2-00031419.log PostScript file = Collimate-53445-b2-00031419.ps Reading /data/spectro/53445/sdR-r1-00031419.fit Reading /data/spectro/53445/sdR-r1-00031420.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.62 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.35 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.26 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.18 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1638 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 1638" Log file = Collimate-53445-r1-00031419.log PostScript file = Collimate-53445-r1-00031419.ps Reading /data/spectro/53445/sdR-r2-00031419.fit Reading /data/spectro/53445/sdR-r2-00031420.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.28 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.39 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.16 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.16 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -1441 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston -1441" Log file = Collimate-53445-r2-00031419.log PostScript file = Collimate-53445-r2-00031419.ps IDL 5.5a>