APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday June 3, 2009 (MJD 54986) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Elena Malanushenko Audrey Simmons Howard Brewington (set up DIMM) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Had a late start opening because of nearby storms. Partly cloudy before midnight. Mostly clear after midnight. We observed the following MARVELS plates (with broken fiber identification bundle #, fiber, tape, overlay #): Cart 9, plate 3280B - spectra 89,90 broken (blue #6, blue, magenta, 98) Cart 5, plate 3280A Cart 7, plate 3418A Cart 4, plate 3489A&B Cart 6, plate 3496 The spectro dewer will need to be swapped out. DIMM worked just fine tonight. Thank you Howard. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- Afternoon checkout went smoothly. Collimators checked, but not adjusted. They are currently set for ~12C. 00:00Z - Started ventilating, but stopped at 00:10Z because of nearby radar. Night: ------ Did not open at sunset because of nearby storms. 02:06Z - Sunset. 02:33Z - Started ventilating. *** 03:46Z - Opened enclosure to mostly clear skies. We did not force a fill since the spectrographs filled just two hours ago. We should be ok for the rest of the night. 03:47Z - Evening 18-degree twilight. 03:54Z - goToField cart 9, MARVELS plate 3280B, HD89744. GSFOGTF. 03:54Z - Began calibration sequence. T03:54:07.750.fits[0] 11.000000 49569.726562 T03:56:13.040.fits[0] 160.000000 175.106247 T04:00:48.760.fits[0] 11.000000 50065.636719 04:07Z - Plugged connector into field B, but when we went back to the field, there were no stars on goToField, nor with an fk5 or spiralPattern. We noticed that the altitude fiducial was too large, so we corrected it, and then we were able to find the field again. 04:31Z - Began 50-min exposure. Seeing 1.1". Beginning altitude 41 degrees. T04:31:17.580.fits[0] 3000.000000 20.153999 Broken fibers corresponding to spectra 89/90. *** 05:24Z - Calibrations. T05:24:43.980.fits[0] 11.000000 49957.000000 T05:26:50.390.fits[0] 160.000000 173.981247 T05:31:25.910.fits[0] 11.000000 49739.273438 05:25Z - Switched to cart 5, MARVELS plate 3412A, K8. GSFOGTF. 05:38Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.2" T05:38:22.620.fits[0] 3000.000000 34.131332 No broken fibers. *** 06:32Z - Calibrations. T06:32:07.490.fits[0] 11.000000 49968.816406 T06:34:13.060.fits[0] 160.000000 169.268753 T06:38:48.060.fits[0] 11.000000 49735.183594 06:33Z - Switched to cart 7, MARVELS plate 3418A, HAT-P-4. GSFOGTF. 06:47Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.2". Altitude 74 degrees. T06:44:05.270.fits[0] 3000.000000 27.471001 No broken fibers. *** 07:38Z - Calibrations. T07:38:56.440.fits[0] 11.000000 49714.453125 T07:41:01.850.fits[0] 160.000000 165.556244 T07:45:37.090.fits[0] 11.000000 49596.000000 07:39Z - Mounted cart 4, MARVLES plate 3489A, FIELD1349. GSFOGTF. 07:53Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.3". Altitude 80 degrees. Seeing 2.0" by the end of the exposure. T07:53:19.440.fits[0] 3000.000000 26.419001 *** 08:46Z - Calibrations. T08:46:05.100.fits[0] 11.000000 49100.453125 T08:48:10.580.fits[0] 160.000000 163.912506 T08:52:46.230.fits[0] 11.000000 49033.546875 08:46Z - Switched to side B of plate 3489, KEPLER3.TRES-2. GSFOGTF. 08:57Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 2.0". Alt 73 degrees. T08:57:11.100.fits[0] 3000.000000 19.919001 *** 09:49Z - Calibrations. T09:49:22.070.fits[0] 11.000000 49176.183594 T09:51:29.640.fits[0] 160.000000 167.225006 T09:56:05.670.fits[0] 11.000000 49341.546875 09:50Z - Mounted cart 6, MARVELS pre-selection plate 3496. GSFOGTF. 10:01Z - Precals. 10:08Z - 2x12 second exposures. Seeing 1.3" 10:30Z - 3x20 second exposures. *** 10:19Z - Morning 18-degree twilight. 10:41Z - Mounted cart 9, plate 3280 for tomorrow. 10:56Z - Closed enclosure and stopped ventilating. 10:58Z - endNight rejoiced. ---=== 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): n QA Procedures Done (y/n): n UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 61535, plate -9999 ------- 23:48 61535 0.0 bias ----- sequence 61536, plate 0 ------- 00:26 61536 10.0 flat 00:28 61537 2.0 arc 00:33 61538 3.0 arc 00:36 61539 3.0 arc ----- sequence 61540, plate -9999 ------- 01:41 61540 0.0 bias ----- sequence 61541, plate 3496 ------- 10:03 61541 10.0 flat 10:05 61542 2.0 arc 10:11 61543 13.0 target 10:29 61544 13.0 target 10:33 61545 20.0 target 10:36 61546 20.0 target 10:41 61547 20.0 target ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04:33Z 9 3280 -118.07 -0.0010 42.63 0.0017 100.02 0.0241 1.000100 05:56Z 5 3412 120.27 0.0000 52.95 0.0025 -89.18 0.0022 1.000280 07:56Z 4 3489 169.25 0.0019 80.61 0.0001 -12.25 0.0307 1.000120 09:01Z 4 3489 171.74 0.0017 73.36 -0.0002 -10.74 0.0218 1.000320 10:13Z 6 3496 225.07 -0.0225 78.34 -0.0021 51.53 0.0256 1.000120 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23:54Z 9 0 1.00019 -1875 -246 50 121 30.0 17.0 16 268 - N/A 04:33Z 9 3280 1.00010 -986 339 -50 -118 42.6 14.2 1 175 - 1.1 05:56Z 5 3412 1.00028 -2764 -1142 -25 120 53.0 14.3 2 233 - 1.2 07:57Z 4 3489 1.00012 -1184 187 50 169 80.6 10.7 14 78 - 1.3 09:01Z 4 3489 1.00032 -3159 -1390 100 172 73.4 9.4 15 78 - 2.0 10:13Z 6 3496 1.00012 -1184 264 125 225 78.3 8.9 8 88 - 1.3 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 23:51Z 65 31 14 277 (W) 1295 - Partly cloudy 00:21Z 62 30 7 239 (WSW) 1323 - " 00:54Z 60 30 12 252 (WSW) 1396 - " 01:25Z 59 30 8 276 (W) 1324 - " 02:06Z 56 32 14 29 (NNE) 1493 - " 02:37Z 57 29 1 228 (SW) 2089 - " 03:10Z 55 28 13 24 (NNE) 2560 - " 03:42Z 57 30 0 245 (WSW) 1858 - Clear 04:14Z 57 31 3 191 (S) 1476 - " 04:46Z 58 31 1 203 (SSW) 1478 - Partly cloudy 05:17Z 57 31 0 208 (SSW) 1526 - " 05:49Z 57 31 1 209 (SSW) 1631 - " 06:22Z 56 31 7 125 (SE) 1510 - " 06:52Z 56 31 1 160 (SSE) 1479 - " 07:25Z 54 33 6 109 (ESE) 1360 - Clear 07:55Z 51 33 11 82 (E) 1273 - " 08:28Z 49 37 13 75 (ENE) 1194 - " 08:59Z 49 40 13 80 (E) 1167 - " 09:32Z 47 41 13 81 (E) 1247 - " 10:07Z 47 40 10 85 (E) 1330 - 10:38Z 53 34 3 175 (S) 1283 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 02:33Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 03:45Z - Opened enclosure. 10:56Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 10:56Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 9 Counterweights at: 265 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 59.40 lbs, 17.72 psi Imager lbs, psi (IMAGER IS WARM) ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_39_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_6_0 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.10.0 2009-01-12 sdssProcedures: v2_44 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0260 -0.0280 Axial B 0.0310 0.0470 Axial C -0.0290 -0.0360 Trans D -0.7570 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.5791 10.5791 Lateral F 12.1793 12.1793 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.: 17.6 Alt.: 30.000389 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5830 18.5840 Axial B 15.6320 15.6220 Axial C 13.8100 13.8150 Trans D 15.1010 15.1080 GALILS Commanded: 1626635. 1528670. 1595611. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1256.97 -12.04 -28.04 -39.21 94.73 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00061535.fit -5.9 -3.9 -2.6 2.4 7.6 9.5 10.8 sdR-b2-00061535.fit -8.1 -6.1 -4.3 1.3 7.4 9.5 11.1 sdR-r1-00061535.fit -6.6 -4.6 -3.2 2.3 7.7 9.9 12.1 sdR-r2-00061535.fit -7.0 -5.8 -3.9 1.6 7.9 10.0 12.9 ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sp1> Coll_motor_A 2300 Coll_motor_B 2299 Coll_motor_C 1698 Temp_Median 14.3 sp2> Coll_motor_A 1301 Coll_motor_B 1292 Coll_motor_C 900 Temp_Median 13.0 ------------- IDL 5.5a> collimate, 61538 % Compiled module: COLLIMATE. Reading /data/spectro/54986/sdR-b1-00061538.fit Reading /data/spectro/54986/sdR-b1-00061539.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.56 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.74 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.31 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.12 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -4.2 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54986-b1-00061538.log PostScript file = Collimate-54986-b1-00061538.ps Reading /data/spectro/54986/sdR-b2-00061538.fit Reading /data/spectro/54986/sdR-b2-00061539.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.17 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.33 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.14 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.08 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -2.7 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54986-b2-00061538.log PostScript file = Collimate-54986-b2-00061538.ps Reading /data/spectro/54986/sdR-r1-00061538.fit Reading /data/spectro/54986/sdR-r1-00061539.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.78 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.43 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.33 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.23 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 2130 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 2130" Log file = Collimate-54986-r1-00061538.log PostScript file = Collimate-54986-r1-00061538.ps Reading /data/spectro/54986/sdR-r2-00061538.fit Reading /data/spectro/54986/sdR-r2-00061539.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.86 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.27 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.33 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.10 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 889 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 889" Log file = Collimate-54986-r2-00061538.log PostScript file = Collimate-54986-r2-00061538.ps