APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday March 26, 2008 (MJD 54552) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Elena Malanushenko (observer) Dan Oravetz (observer) Dmitry Bizyaev (dayshift) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Finished: cartridge 9, 2958 cartridge 6, 2892 cartridge 3, 2893 cartridge 1, 2787 cartridge 4, 2551 Please check the mirrors for dust. We had dust counts between 2000 and 2500 most of the night with a spike in the dust count up to ~8000 counts for about 45 minutes. The humidity wasn't higher than ~20% all night and we repeatedly checked cars and windshields to confirm that pollen wasn't an issue. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: --------- ntp_check ok iccSoundOff ok imager bias ok spectro bias ok idl>apo_plotbias, 51266 Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00051266.fit -5.6 -3.7 -2.6 2.6 7.6 8.9 10.9 sdR-b2-00051266.fit -7.9 -6.4 -4.1 1.0 7.3 8.5 11.0 sdR-r1-00051266.fit -7.4 -5.4 -3.4 2.3 7.7 9.6 11.6 sdR-r2-00051266.fit -7.5 -5.4 -4.1 1.1 7.4 9.3 11.6 Collimation checked and set up at +8C. 00:40Z - Ventilation began (later because dust count is rather high, ~2600). 01:00Z - Cartridge 9 mounted. Night: ----- 01:24Z - Sunset. 01:30Z - Enclosure off. Cartridge 9, 2958, baotest187 ***************************** 01:53Z - gotoField. Did not find guide stars on gotoField and did not find fk5 star at first either. Used a spiral pattern to find the fk5 in fiber 10. 02:26Z- Pre-Calibs. Previous signal acquired: 54551: ----- b1 r1 b2 r2 -- -- -- -- 4.7 6.1 6.1 5.4 4.6 5.8 7.2 6.0 4.0 3.9 6.8 6.2 4.2 5.0 9.8 5.8 --- --- --- --- 17.5 20.9 29.9 23.4 02:33Z - Science. 1500s. (S/N)^2 = 5.0 3.5 5.7 3.8 03:01Z - Science. 1500s. 4.1 5.5 6.2 5.6 This plate is FINISHED. Cartridge 3, 2893, segue179 *************************** 03:41Z - gotoField. Guide stars found on gotoField. 03:51Z - Pre-Calibs. Previous signal acquired: 54540: 54551: ----- ----- b1 r1 b2 r2 b1 r1 b2 r2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4.0 1.6 1.6 2.5 4.4 1.1 1.1 3.2 4.3 1.5 0.7 3.1 --- --- --- --- 8.7 2.6 1.8 6.3 03:58Z - Science. 1500s. (S/N)^2 = 3.5 1.8 4.8 5.6 04:26Z - Science. 1500s. 4.3 1.6 4.6 5.3 04:54Z - Post-Calibs. 06:50Z - gotoField. Guide stars found on gotoField. 06:54Z - Pre-Calibs. 07:00Z - Science. 1500s. 3.6 2.2 2.3 4.8 07:28Z - Science. 1500s. 3.0 2.2 1.5 4.3 07:57Z - Science. 1500s. 2.9 2.2 1.3 4.0 This plate is FINISHED. Cartridge 6, 2892, segue179 *************************** 05:04Z - gotoField. Guide stars found on gotoField. 05:08Z - Pre-Calibs. 05:14Z - Science. 1500s. (S/N)^2 = 13.9 7.5 29.8 11.1 05:48Z - Science. 0900s. 7.6 1.9 19.9 9.0 06:01Z - Science. 0900s. 7.4 2.0 21.4 9.3 06:19Z - Post-Calibs. 06:27Z - Science. 0900s. 6.2 2.2 21.6 9.1 This plate is FINISHED. Cartridge 1, 2787, chunk165 *************************** 08:29Z - gotoField. Guide stars found on gotoField. 08:38Z - Pre-Calibs. 08:45Z - Science. 1200s. (S/N)^2 = 4.8 4.7 6.2 8.2 09:08Z - Science. 1200s. 6.1 6.1 8.2 10.5 09:36Z - Science. 1500s. 6.1 5.9 7.8 10.8 This plate is FINISHED. Cartridge 4, 2551, segue148 *************************** 10:08Z - gotoField. Used fk5 to acquire the field. 10:16Z - Pre-Calibs. 10:24Z - Science. 1500s. (S/N)^2 = 8.6 5.9 5.7 8.5 10:52Z - Science. 1200s. 7.6 4.1 4.5 7.5 11:16Z - Science. 1500s. 9.2 6.7 4.8 8.8 11:44Z - Post-Calibs. This plate is FINISHED. 12:00Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. 12:08Z - endNight rejoiced. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7399 22:15Z 22:56Z 100 O -132.28 -122.09 82 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 51267, plate 1670 ------- 23:06 51267 10.0 flat 23:08 51268 2.0 arc 23:13 51269 3.0 arc 23:16 51270 3.0 arc 00:00 51271 3.0 arc 00:03 51272 3.0 arc 00:24 51273 10.0 flat 00:27 51274 2.0 arc ----- sequence 51275, plate -9999 ------- 00:57 51275 0.0 bias 01:02 51276 0.0 bias ----- sequence 51277, plate 2958 ------- 02:28 51277 10.0 flat 02:31 51278 2.0 arc 03:00 51279 1500.0 target 03:28 51280 1501.0 target ----- sequence 51281, plate 2893 ------- 03:53 51281 10.0 flat 03:56 51282 2.0 arc 04:25 51283 1500.0 target 04:53 51284 1501.0 target 04:56 51285 10.0 flat 04:58 51286 2.0 arc ----- sequence 51287, plate 2892 ------- 05:11 51287 10.0 flat 05:13 51288 2.0 arc 05:42 51289 1500.0 target 06:00 51290 902.0 target 06:18 51291 901.0 target 06:21 51292 10.0 flat 06:24 51293 2.0 arc 06:44 51294 900.0 target ----- sequence 51295, plate 2893 ------- 06:56 51295 10.0 flat 06:59 51296 2.0 arc 07:28 51297 1500.0 target 07:55 51298 1501.0 target 08:24 51299 1500.0 target ----- sequence 51300, plate 2787 ------- 08:40 51300 10.0 flat 08:43 51301 2.0 arc 09:07 51302 1201.0 target 09:35 51303 1501.0 target 10:03 51304 1500.0 target ----- sequence 51305, plate 2551 ------- 10:18 51305 10.0 flat 10:21 51306 2.0 arc 10:51 51307 1500.0 target 11:14 51308 1200.0 target 11:43 51309 1501.0 target 11:46 51310 10.0 flat 11:49 51311 2.0 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:00Z 9 2958 95.18 0.0025 68.28 0.0060 261.20 0.0211 1.000220 04:05Z 3 2893 81.28 0.0015 51.02 0.0053 242.10 0.0399 1.000300 11:38Z 4 2551 173.00 0.0040 58.01 0.0029 -13.77 0.0332 1.000020 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:00Z 9 2958 1.00022 -2173 -639 25 95 68.3 7.9 22 266 ---- 1.2" 04:05Z 3 2893 1.00030 -2963 -1224 50 81 51.0 7.1 21 267 ---- 1.2" 11:38Z 4 2551 1.00002 -198 1044 50 173 58.0 4.8 14 268 ---- 1.3" ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 22:50Z 54 9 10 264 (W) 3443 - clear 23:20Z 54 9 17 262 (W) 3067 - clear 23:51Z 55 8 22 246 (WSW) 2833 - clear 00:23Z 52 7 19 254 (WSW) 2954 - clear 00:55Z 50 5 11 245 (WSW) 2775 - clear 01:30Z 48 2 16 262 (W) 2839 - clear 02:01Z 47 2 17 267 (W) 2260 - clear 02:31Z 46 1 13 264 (W) 2211 - clear 03:02Z 46 1 23 267 (W) 2578 - clear 03:33Z 45 1 25 274 (W) 2367 - clear 04:04Z 44 1 20 270 (W) 2003 - clear 04:35Z 44 1 14 267 (W) 2417 - clear 05:05Z 43 2 16 266 (W) 1903 - clear 05:36Z 43 4 18 266 (W) 1886 - clear 06:06Z 43 5 11 269 (W) 2256 - clear 06:36Z 42 5 11 276 (W) 2442 - clear 07:07Z 41 5 12 277 (W) 2349 - clear 07:37Z 42 1 12 282 (WNW) 2063 - clear 08:08Z 41 3 12 282 (WNW) 6127 - clear 08:39Z 41 4 19 303 (WNW) 5404 - clear 09:10Z 41 3 15 299 (WNW) 3069 - clear 09:41Z 41 3 17 307 (NW) 2285 - clear 10:12Z 41 3 19 293 (WNW) 1983 - clear 10:43Z 41 3 24 288 (WNW) 2285 - clear 11:14Z 41 3 16 279 (W) 2618 - clear 11:46Z 40 3 13 268 (W) 2851 - clear ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:40Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 01:30Z - Enclosure off. 12:00Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 12:05Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 5 Counterweights at: 270 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 189.10 lbs, 20.84 psi Imager 105.50 lbs, 21.77 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_38_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_38 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.0170 0.0200 Axial B -0.0050 0.0000 Axial C -0.0270 -0.0230 Trans D 0.0030 0.0120 Lateral E 10.0838 10.0584 Lateral F 11.6459 11.6205 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12450. -6500. -6550. Actual: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12439. -6477. -6546. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 -200.00 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 99.59 -200.69 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 11.1 Alt.: 74.709625 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0360 -0.0440 Axial B -0.0500 -0.0570 Axial C -0.0600 -0.0670 Trans D -0.0180 -0.0110 GALILS Commanded: 1627504. 1653161. 1470799. -5900. -7800. Actual: 1627496. 1653168. 1470885. -5887. -7780. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 60.00 -4.00 -20.00 118.90 SecOrient: 1256.98 60.03 -4.01 -19.92 119.26 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- sp1> caget tpm_TM_PMSSAvg tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA tpm_TM_PMSSAvg 8.48714 tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA 9.79 sp1> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 1 SlitID 40 Air On Shutter_open_sensor Off Shutter_closed_sensor On Left_open_sensor Off Left_closed_sensor On Right_open_sensor Off Right_closed_sensor On Coll_motor_A -2750 01P-0000002750 Coll_motor_B -2582 02P-0000002582 Coll_motor_C -2871 01P-0000002871 Coll_motor_A_status 132 01S0132 Coll_motor_B_status 132 02S0132 Coll_motor_C_status 132 01S0132 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 2 Last_open_transit.time 705 Last_close_transit.time 540 Humid_Hartmann 10.9 0xFE2B Humid_Cen_Optics 10.9 0xFE2B Temp_Median 10.8 Temp_Hartmann_Top 10.3 (0xFE50) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 10.7 (0xFE3E) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 11.0 (0xFE35) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 11.2 (0xFE2C) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 10.9 (0xFE39) AD 28160 1294 sp1> sp2 sp2 sp2> mechSend s SpectroID 2 SlitID 8 Air On Shutter_open_sensor Off Shutter_closed_sensor On Left_open_sensor Off Left_closed_sensor On Right_open_sensor Off Right_closed_sensor On Coll_motor_A -79 01P-0000000079 Coll_motor_B -565 02P-0000000565 Coll_motor_C -647 01P-0000000647 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 720 Last_close_transit.time 645 Humid_Hartmann -24.9 0x0 Humid_Cen_Optics 11.4 0xFE24 Temp_Median 8.8 Temp_Hartmann_Top 9.3 (0xFE7C) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 9.6 (0xFE70) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 8.5 (0xFE9C) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 9.0 (0xFE88) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 8.8 (0xFE90) AD 22335 1094 IDL 5.5a> collimate, 51269 Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-b1-00051269.fit Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-b1-00051270.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.45 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.89 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.34 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.22 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -7.9 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54552-b1-00051269.log PostScript file = Collimate-54552-b1-00051269.ps Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-b2-00051269.fit Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-b2-00051270.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.09 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.53 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.16 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.27 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -9.6 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54552-b2-00051269.log PostScript file = Collimate-54552-b2-00051269.ps Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-r1-00051269.fit Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-r1-00051270.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.86 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.17 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.30 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.39 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 3606 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 3606" Log file = Collimate-54552-r1-00051269.log PostScript file = Collimate-54552-r1-00051269.ps Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-r2-00051269.fit Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-r2-00051270.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.11 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.05 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.30 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.39 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 3529 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 3529" Log file = Collimate-54552-r2-00051269.log PostScript file = Collimate-54552-r2-00051269.ps In-focus for ambient temperature +5.3C Yeterday T was higher in the evening. Moving pistons to collimate at +8 C: sp1> mechPiston 2500 sp2> mechPiston 2700 Now the collimation should be good for +8 C. One more time collimation check: IDL 5.5a> collimate, 51271 Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-b1-00051271.fit Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-b1-00051272.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.67 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.71 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.33 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.06 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -2.1 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54552-b1-00051271.log PostScript file = Collimate-54552-b1-00051271.ps Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-b2-00051271.fit Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-b2-00051272.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.27 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.33 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.15 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.09 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -3.3 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54552-b2-00051271.log PostScript file = Collimate-54552-b2-00051271.ps Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-r1-00051271.fit Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-r1-00051272.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.01 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.40 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.32 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.21 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1944 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 1944" Log file = Collimate-54552-r1-00051271.log PostScript file = Collimate-54552-r1-00051271.ps Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-r2-00051271.fit Reading /data/spectro/54552/sdR-r2-00051272.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.11 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.08 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.31 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.26 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 2357 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 2357" Log file = Collimate-54552-r2-00051271.log PostScript file = Collimate-54552-r2-00051271.ps additional piston move: sp1> mechPiston 900 failed to move actuator C. Then position checked and issued command mechMoveColl 0 0 900 Now actuators all moved +900 relative to the initial position. sp2> mechPiston 1700 Now it should be good for +8 C.