APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday December 25, 2008 (MJD 54826) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Dan Oravetz Audrey Simmons Kaike Pan (swing) Steph Snedden (support) Dinner guests: Steph Snedden Elisa Snedden Adela Castelain Sebastian Castelain Lillia Castelain Bill Ketzeback ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Night was lost due to any combination of clouds, humidity, and wind. A fuse for the #2 azmiuth ampifier was replaced during afternoon checkout. Appetizer: Chex mix Main course: Salad Roast goose Mashed potatoes and gravy Green bean casserole Stuffing Cranberry sauce Sparkling cider Dessert: Christmas cookies Chocolate, Apple, and Pumpkin pie Pizzelles ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- All systems checked. 7 A slow fuse for Azithum amplifer #2 was found blow out. We replaced it. No other problem to report. Spectro focus set for about 0.5 C. The replaced imager dewar. 90% humidity, no evenining ventilation. Night: ------ Any combination of clouds, humidity, and wind kept us closed all night. 11:20Z - The APO Weather Status page was very colorful. We called it a night. 11:24Z - endNight rejoiced. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7871 22:26Z 22:44Z 100 O 140.48 145.08 44 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):n QA Procedures Done (y/n):n UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 57535, plate -9999 ------- 22:28 57535 0.0 bias ----- sequence 57536, plate 3175 ------- 22:40 57536 10.0 flat 22:43 57537 2.0 arc 22:46 57538 2.0 arc 22:48 57539 3.0 arc 23:04 57540 10.0 flat 23:07 57541 2.0 arc 23:12 57542 3.0 arc 23:15 57543 2.0 arc 00:22 57544 10.0 flat 00:25 57545 2.0 arc 00:28 57546 3.0 arc 00:31 57547 2.0 arc ----- sequence 57548, plate -9999 ------- 01:57 57548 0.0 bias 02:17 57549 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 ===--- ---=== 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 21:19Z 33 33 23 250 (WSW) 716 - 21:51Z 34 32 28 244 (WSW) 707 - 22:24Z 33 33 24 238 (WSW) 618 - 22:56Z 33 32 23 231 (SW) 728 - 23:28Z 33 31 19 220 (SW) 692 - 00:00Z 33 31 20 220 (SW) 695 - 00:32Z 33 31 26 217 (SW) 675 - 01:09Z 33 30 20 234 (SW) 587 - 01:41Z 34 30 20 213 (SSW) 599 - 02:13Z 34 30 14 216 (SW) 557 - 02:45Z 33 29 25 204 (SSW) 640 - 03:17Z 33 28 22 204 (SSW) 577 - 03:49Z 33 28 26 201 (SSW) 625 - 04:22Z 33 28 29 210 (SSW) 658 - 04:54Z 32 28 29 200 (SSW) 636 - 05:26Z 33 25 27 202 (SSW) 562 - 05:58Z 32 25 33 228 (SW) 468 - 06:30Z 33 25 21 201 (SSW) 443 - 07:02Z 32 26 26 216 (SW) 386 - 07:34Z 32 27 25 222 (SW) 494 - 08:07Z 32 27 29 206 (SSW) 501 - 08:39Z 31 27 26 206 (SSW) 522 - 09:11Z 32 26 33 218 (SW) 477 - 09:43Z 31 27 20 201 (SSW) 548 - 10:15Z 32 27 17 226 (SW) 515 - 10:47Z 31 27 29 214 (SW) 570 - 11:19Z 31 27 32 227 (SW) 631 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- We never opened, nor ventilated. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:21Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 3 Counterweights at: 250 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 117.30 lbs, 21.51 psi Imager 189.60 lbs, 19.29 psi ---=== 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: SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0350 -0.0330 Axial B 0.0420 0.0430 Axial C -0.0380 -0.0370 Trans D -0.7550 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.5791 10.5791 Lateral F 12.1793 12.1666 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.: 0.9 Alt.: 87.191079 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5800 18.5760 Axial B 15.6170 15.6170 Axial C 13.8160 13.8170 Trans D 15.1070 15.1110 GALILS Commanded: 1626591. 1528745. 1595674. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.00 -12.05 -28.00 -39.19 94.73 PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0350 -0.0330 Axial B 0.0420 0.0430 Axial C -0.0380 -0.0370 Trans D -0.7550 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.5791 10.5791 Lateral F 12.1793 12.1666 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.: 0.9 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5800 18.5760 Axial B 15.6170 15.6170 Axial C 13.8160 13.8170 Trans D 15.1070 15.1110 GALILS Commanded: 1626603. 1528758. 1595662. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626650. 1528800. 1595600. -2950. -4550. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.00 -12.04 -28.00 -39.19 94.73 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus Infor: ------------------- sp1> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 1 SlitID 35 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 -8066 01P-0000008066 Coll_motor_B -8264 02P-0000008264 Coll_motor_C -8182 01P-0000008182 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 2 Last_open_transit.time 705 Last_close_transit.time 540 Humid_Hartmann 19.6 0xFDB7 Humid_Cen_Optics 12.7 0xFE12 Temp_Median 6.6sp2> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 2 SlitID 3 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 -5457 `1P-0000005457 Coll_motor_B -5931 02P-0000005931 Coll_motor_C -6162 01P-0000006162 Coll_motor_A_status 133 01S0133 Coll_motor_B_status 132 02S0132 Coll_motor_C_status 132 01S0132 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 720 Last_close_transit.time 630 Humid_Hartmann -25.0 0x4 Humid_Cen_Optics 16.1 0xFDE4 Temp_Median 4.4 IDL 5.5a> collimate, 57546 Reading /data/spectro/54826/sdR-b1-00057546.fit Reading /data/spectro/54826/sdR-b1-00057547.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.31 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 1.26 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.39 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.48 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -17.1 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54826-b1-00057546.log PostScript file = Collimate-54826-b1-00057546.ps Reading /data/spectro/54826/sdR-b2-00057546.fit Reading /data/spectro/54826/sdR-b2-00057547.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = 0.02 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.49 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.11 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.32 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -11.4 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54826-b2-00057546.log PostScript file = Collimate-54826-b2-00057546.ps Reading /data/spectro/54826/sdR-r1-00057546.fit Reading /data/spectro/54826/sdR-r1-00057547.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.00 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.17 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.25 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.65 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 5967 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 5967" Log file = Collimate-54826-r1-00057546.log PostScript file = Collimate-54826-r1-00057546.ps Reading /data/spectro/54826/sdR-r2-00057546.fit Reading /data/spectro/54826/sdR-r2-00057547.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.07 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.10 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.27 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.42 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 3829 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 3829"