APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday December 14, 2006 (MJD 54084) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Days: Howard Brewington Night: Elena Malanushenko Dan Long ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- We finished four plates tonight ( 4 2406, 5 2574, 6 2501, 9 2668) and nearly finished one other ( 7 2420). There was some oddness of an exposure somehow never making it from the spectrographs to the DA. No error messages or anything else strange in the murmur log we could see to indicate why. It was started just before 06:00Z and should have read out 20 minutes later. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- I had to do a iack for sp2 because of Watcher errors about exec micro. And, we are still getting Watcher errors about sp2's mech systems not being connected although both spectros seem to be working okay. The spectro focus was checked and adjusted; see Problems Section for the focus numbers and amount adjusted. Night: ---------- 00:10Z Enclosure Open 00:30Z Cartridge 1 2039 segue 0 0 0 0 Double gflat needed FK5 needed (clouds and bright sky probably the reason). High cloud of varying thickness covering much of the sky Seeing around 2 arcseconds. Guider efficiency 20 - 30%. 01:06Z preCalib 01:15Z Waiting on the clouds. 01:49Z First (attempted) science 41886 Seeing a little better (1.7"), clouds thin enough to give about 40% efficiency. Unfortunately it dropped during the exposure. It was well short of the minimum signal - declared bad. Plate is passing beyond observable time. No data on this one. 02:44Z instChange 02:48Z Cartridge 2 2629 segFaint 0 0 0 0 Double gflat needed FK5 needed 03:04Z preCalib Efficiency too low to warrant starting an exposure. Plate only available long enough for one exp and sky didn't cooperate. 03:22Z instChange 03:25Z Cartridge 9 2668 segue 11.1 ??.? 10.2 ??.? Double gflat needed 11.3 ??.? 10.5 ??.? 54083 guide stars on slew. ------------------- 22.4 ??.? 20.7 ??.? Done 05:02Z preCalib 05:15Z First science 41893 Definitely done in 1 additional exposure. 05:42Z instChange 05:47Z Cartridge 7 2420 survey 23.7 12.3 22.1 17.6 Double gflat needed guide stars on slew Needed to disableFiber 6 05:53Z preCalib Seeing around 2.2 arcseconds but much clearer now. 06:00Z First science 41896 06:40Z For some reason, that exposure never showed up in the pool. Elena didn't see any errors in her sop session. The next exposure showed up as expected. No idea where the 1200s exposure started at 06:00Z went. The murmur log shows no evidence of it ever reading out (or even failing to). 07:25Z Seeing improving to around 1.6. Plate expired during 4th (5th really ) exposure Did not quite finish the plate. 07:54Z Taking requested postCal 07:59Z instChange 08:04Z Cartridge 5 2574 survey 27.9 13.4 32.3 18.4 Done Double gflat needed guide stars on slew 08:11Z preCalib 08:19Z First science 41904 Done in three exposures 09:36Z instChange 09:40Z Cartridge 4 2406 segFaint 34.7 21.7 40.6 26.4 Double gflat needed 22.0 17.3 28.0 23.5 54082 guide stars on slew 18.5 15.0 22.0 24.1 54081 09:48Z preCalib ------------------- 09:55Z First science 41909 75.2 54.0 90.6 74.0 Done Done in five additional exposures 11:59Z instChange (Telescope did not move. Made slew from laptop while Elena re-established her sop TCC connection). 12:06Z Cartridge 6 2501 survey 8.9 7.3 9.2 6.3 Double gflat needed 16.0 13.7 17.6 11.6 54083 Guide stars on slew ------------------- 12:11Z preCalib 24.9 21.0 26.8 17.9 Done 12:16Z preCalib again by accident 12:22Z First science 41920 Done in one additional exposure (only needed 3. got 7!). 12:55Z Enclosure Closed. 13:16Z endNight rejoiced. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6627 22:32Z 23:14Z 100 O 130.63 141.18 85 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):y QA Procedures Done (y/n):y UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 41871, plate -9999 ------- 22:33 41871 0.0 bias 22:37 41872 0.0 bias ----- sequence 41873, plate 2501 ------- 23:00 41873 10.0 flat 23:02 41874 2.0 arc 23:07 41875 2.0 arc 23:10 41876 3.0 arc 23:31 41877 10.0 flat 23:34 41878 2.0 arc ----- sequence 41879, plate -9999 ------- 23:42 41879 0.0 bias ----- sequence 41880, plate 2629 ------- 23:45 41880 0.0 bias 00:03 41881 0.0 bias 00:19 41882 0.0 bias ----- sequence 41883, plate 2039 ------- 00:26 41883 0.0 bias ----- sequence 41883, plate 2039 ------- 01:08 41884 10.0 flat 01:10 41885 2.0 arc 02:10 41886 1501.0 target bad (low S/N) 02:40 41887 10.0 flat 02:42 41888 2.0 arc ----- sequence 41889, plate 2629 ------- 03:06 41889 10.0 flat 03:08 41890 2.0 arc ----- sequence 41891, plate 2668 ------- 11.1 ??.? 10.2 ??.? 05:04 41891 10.0 flat 11.3 ??.? 10.5 ??.? 54083 05:06 41892 2.0 arc ------------------- 05:41 41893 1500.0 target 22.4 ??.? 20.7 ??.? Done ----- sequence 41894, plate 2420 ------- 23.7 12.3 22.1 17.6 05:55 41894 10.0 flat 05:57 41895 2.0 arc 06:42 41896 1201.0 target 07:06 41897 1201.0 target 07:29 41898 1200.0 target 07:52 41899 1201.0 target 07:56 41900 10.0 flat 07:58 41901 2.0 arc ----- sequence 41902, plate 2574 ------- 27.9 13.4 32.3 18.4 Done 08:13 41902 10.0 flat 08:15 41903 2.0 arc 08:41 41904 1200.0 target 09:04 41905 1200.0 target 09:32 41906 1501.0 target ----- sequence 41907, plate 2406 ------- 34.7 21.7 40.6 26.4 09:50 41907 10.0 flat 22.0 17.3 28.0 23.5 54082 09:53 41908 2.0 arc 18.5 15.0 22.0 24.1 54081 10:17 41909 1201.0 target ------------------- 10:39 41910 1200.0 target 75.2 54.0 90.6 74.0 Done 11:05 41911 1200.0 target 11:33 41912 1502.0 target 11:52 41913 902.0 target 11:55 41914 10.0 flat 11:57 41915 2.0 arc ----- sequence 41916, plate 2501 ------- 8.9 7.3 9.2 6.3 12:13 41916 10.0 flat 16.0 13.7 17.6 11.6 54083 12:15 41917 2.0 arc ------------------- 12:18 41918 10.0 flat 24.9 21.0 26.8 17.9 Done 12:21 41919 2.0 arc 12:44 41920 1200.0 target ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:20Z 1 2039 28.93 0.0021 43.05 0.0047 204.33 -0.0009 1.000250 03:41Z 9 2668 80.41 0.0007 45.25 0.0043 239.88 -0.0032 1.000240 06:00Z 7 2420 81.04 0.0010 35.64 0.0042 238.10 0.0080 1.000190 08:12Z 5 2574 60.03 0.0010 53.76 0.0037 227.84 0.0007 1.000150 10:00Z 4 2406 78.30 0.0022 67.76 0.0057 246.20 0.0016 1.000210 12:34Z 6 2501 35.50 0.0022 79.98 0.0057 212.41 0.0016 1.000210 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:20Z 1 2039 1.00025 -2469 -739 100 29 43.1 5.0 13 25 - 2.0 01:49Z 1 2039 1.00025 -2469 -748 100 20 45.6 4.7 16 11 - 1.7 03:41Z 9 2668 1.00024 -2370 -664 100 80 45.3 4.9 19 359 - 2.0 05:16Z 9 2668 1.00024 -2370 -759 60 57 64.0 3.9 24 21 - 1.8 05:59Z 7 2420 1.00019 -1876 -259 60 81 35.6 4.7 11 353 - 2.2 07:47Z 7 2420 1.00007 -691 649 60 58 56.8 4.3 12 5 - 1.6 08:12Z 5 2574 1.00015 -1481 3 60 60 53.7 4.9 19 22 - 1.7 09:59Z 4 2406 1.00021 -2074 -581 0 78 67.6 5.9 17 11 - 2.1 12:34Z 6 2501 1.00021 -2074 -598 0 36 80.0 5.1 21 11 - 1.3 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 22:10Z 43 18 7 1 (N) 94 - Cirrus 22:40Z 43 19 12 355 (NNW) 60 - Cirrus 23:11Z 41 20 11 356 (NNW) 103 - Cirrus 23:41Z 40 20 5 19 (NNE) 142 - Cirrus 00:11Z 39 19 14 1 (N) 69 - Cirrus 01:02Z 41 17 23 20 (NNE) 46 - Cirrus 01:33Z 42 14 15 359 (NNW) 80 - Cirrus 02:04Z 41 16 19 26 (NNE) 89 - Cirrus 02:35Z 40 17 13 14 (NNE) 63 - Cirrus 03:06Z 41 17 22 15 (NNE) 75 - Cirrus 03:36Z 40 19 19 12 (NNE) 75 - Cirrus 04:06Z 40 19 16 4 (N) 83 - Cirrus 04:38Z 40 20 17 20 (NNE) 411 - Cirrus 05:12Z 38 22 17 28 (NNE) 410 - Cirrus 05:44Z 40 21 20 21 (NNE) 273 - Cirrus Wisps 06:14Z 40 19 21 23 (NNE) 237 - Clear 06:44Z 41 17 21 21 (NNE) 106 - Cirrus Wisps 07:15Z 41 16 25 24 (NNE) 113 - Clear 07:46Z 39 18 19 11 (N) 88 - Clear 08:16Z 41 16 28 21 (NNE) 90 - Cirrus Wisps 08:47Z 41 14 22 15 (NNE) 86 - Clear 09:17Z 41 14 21 25 (NNE) 87 - Clear 09:47Z 40 16 23 24 (NNE) 73 - Clear 10:17Z 42 16 12 0 (N) 80 - Clear 10:48Z 42 17 15 6 (N) 101 - Clear 11:18Z 42 16 14 28 (NNE) 89 - Thin Cirrus 11:48Z 41 8 24 16 (NNE) 120 - Cirrus Wisps 12:21Z 42 2 14 7 (N) 157 - Cirrus Wisps 12:53Z 40 12 13 14 (NNE) 155 - Thin Cirrus ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:30Z Doors Open, Louvers Open, Fans On 00:10Z Enclosure Opened. 12:55Z Enclosure Closed, Louvers Closed, Fans Off. Stowed at 30 deg alt, Cartridge 2 installed. Spectro auto-fill connected. Spectro dewar 13:00Z Dewar wt 150 lb Imager dewar 13:00Z Dewar wt 105 lb No interlocks bypassed. ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_29_0 Watcher: v2_35_0 MCP: v6_3_2 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13 TCC: TCC 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures: v2_20 SoS: v5_1_4 hoggPT: v1_6_9 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 24.6780 24.6730 Axial B 26.2710 26.2680 Axial C 27.9360 27.9320 Trans D 13.5800 13.5820 Lateral E 9.9695 9.9695 Lateral F 11.5570 11.5443 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2000. 2650. -9300. -9800. -9800. Actual: 4600. -2000. 2650. -9300. -9800. -9800. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 6.6 Alt.: 30.013110 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 1.5520 1.5540 Axial B 1.1390 1.1390 Axial C 1.1890 1.1920 Trans D -0.0520 -0.0510 GALILS Commanded: 1614137. 1595006. 1543101. -10550. -5800. Actual: 1614050. 1594700. 1543100. -10550. -5800. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 20.00 -10.00 -100.00 176.64 SecOrient: 1257.10 20.07 -9.95 -100.40 176.51 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- --== Spectro Focus Numbers ==-- IDL 5.5a> collimate, 41875 Reading /data/spectro/54084/sdR-b1-00041875.fit speclog_version: Command not found. Reading /data/spectro/54084/sdR-b1-00041876.fit speclog_version: Command not found. COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.29 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 1.67 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.53 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.71 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -25.3 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54084-b1-00041875.log PostScript file = Collimate-54084-b1-00041875.ps Reading /data/spectro/54084/sdR-b2-00041875.fit speclog_version: Command not found. Reading /data/spectro/54084/sdR-b2-00041876.fit speclog_version: Command not found. COLLIMATE: Min offset = 0.03 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.62 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.12 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.42 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -15.1 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54084-b2-00041875.log PostScript file = Collimate-54084-b2-00041875.ps Reading /data/spectro/54084/sdR-r1-00041875.fit speclog_version: Command not found. Reading /data/spectro/54084/sdR-r1-00041876.fit speclog_version: Command not found. COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.40 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.34 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.28 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.94 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 8555 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 8555" Log file = Collimate-54084-r1-00041875.log PostScript file = Collimate-54084-r1-00041875.ps Reading /data/spectro/54084/sdR-r2-00041875.fit speclog_version: Command not found. Reading /data/spectro/54084/sdR-r2-00041876.fit speclog_version: Command not found. COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.13 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.31 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.22 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.62 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 5637 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 5637" Log file = Collimate-54084-r2-00041875.log PostScript file = Collimate-54084-r2-00041875.ps % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating illegal operand IDL 5.5a> sp1 was adjusted +4000, and sp2 was adjusted +2700 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++