APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Friday September 11, 2009 (MJD 55086) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Observers: Dmitry Bizyaev Howard Brewington Support: Craig Loomis ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Guider and Software Tests! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Most of the night was lost to clouds and rain. We did some darks to test the system but had problems as last night. We opened about one hour before twilight but could not get the guider to work. Craig was notified. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- 23:00Z Started the afternoon checkout. 23:10Z Restarted the servers. 23:31Z Started the imager bias. 23:32Z Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 142G 123G 12G 92% / /dev/sda1 99M 30M 64M 33% /boot /dev/sdb1 917G 829G 42G 96% /data ]sdssfiles1p:/data1/data 1.5T 775G 618G 56% /files hub25mp:/home 92G 48G 45G 52% /home_hub25m 23:38Z Verified that the STUI actors were happy; also checked the status of the hub25m and perms. Could not do 'boss ping' because of work being done on r1 gain adjustments. Also, could not ping the platedb. 00:00Z Did telescope checkout but did not open doors or turn on fans. Night: ------ 01:16Z Sunset with cloused; we waited. 02:40Z Evening twilight Clouds and rain kept us closed for most of the night, but we did some darks to exercise the system. 06:00:09 .tcc 0 tcc W UserNum=3; MsgsLost=14; Text="outputresumes" 06:00:09 .tcc 0 tcc W UserNum=3; MsgLost=1; Text-"user mailbox full; no more errors reported for this user until output resumes" 08:02Z The darks failed, but we did not try to restart because of work being done off site on the software. sop w text="failed to take dark" 08:30Z Opened doors and turned on fans. 08:45Z Changed the spectro dewar. 09:00Z Craig and Connie are working and taking exposures. 09:40Z We opened under clearing skies with Cart 11. 10:06Z We found the field and started the guider but got an error in STUI log. We set Craig an I.M. about the problem. I cannot paste the error in the log because I'm still have trouble pasting from the STUI log window to the night log. Jon B is working on this problem for me. 10:33Z Another error in STUI log about a problem with a script. We I.M.ed Craig. 10:43Z Craig said that he could not fix the problem fast enough to be useful this morning. 10:51Z Humidity is at 82% and increasing; we closed. 11:09Z endNight finished and was happy! 11:20Z Morning twilight 12:44Z Sunrise ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8028 23:32Z 23:49Z 100 O 53.19 57.58 43 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): QA Procedures Done (y/n): UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ---=== 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 21:08Z 57 44 4 121 (ESE) 1095 - 21:40Z 56 42 0 202 (SSW) 929 - 22:12Z 52 47 6 287 (WNW) 885 - 22:44Z 52 48 6 256 (WSW) 915 - 23:18Z 52 48 1 225 (SW) 999 - 23:50Z 54 48 2 212 (SSW) 860 - 00:22Z 52 48 1 326 (NW) 1020 - 00:54Z 53 42 7 47 (NE) 1311 - 01:26Z 53 39 8 54 (NE) 1274 - 01:58Z 53 38 6 83 (E) 1318 - 02:31Z 51 38 3 9 (N) 1322 - 03:03Z 51 38 10 58 (ENE) 1135 - 03:35Z 52 40 12 53 (NE) 1067 - 04:07Z 51 40 10 64 (ENE) 1038 - 04:39Z 47 43 18 80 (E) 1411 - 05:11Z 44 40 37 67 (ENE) 1064 - 05:44Z 46 41 18 69 (ENE) 972 - 06:16Z 48 40 13 44 (NE) 774 - 06:48Z 51 35 8 72 (ENE) 612 - 07:20Z 50 38 16 71 (ENE) 886 - 07:52Z 50 38 1 234 (SW) 1045 - 08:24Z 51 38 1 254 (WSW) 1267 - 08:56Z 50 39 1 95 (E) 1256 - 09:29Z 49 38 14 83 (E) 1017 - 10:01Z 49 40 5 105 (ESE) 1364 - 10:33Z 48 41 9 81 (E) 1487 - 11:05Z 47 42 11 80 (E) 1666 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 08:30Z Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 09:40Z Enclosure off. 10:51Z Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 05:30Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge Counterweights at: 250 units LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 267 lbs, 18 psi Imager 177 lbs, 19 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_40_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: NOSVN TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: 0 sdssProcedures: v2_44 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.6930 -0.6940 Axial B -0.0300 -0.0410 Axial C -0.3710 -0.3710 Trans D 11.6130 11.6170 Lateral E 10.3759 10.3505 Lateral F 11.9253 11.9253 GALILS Commanded: 9900. 400. 5850. 1200. 2950. 2750. Actual: 9900. 400. 5850. 1200. 2950. 2750. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -3.30 5.10 278.08 178.06 PriOrient: 0.00 -3.04 5.26 277.70 178.07 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 13.1 Alt.: 30.001412 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.6190 18.6150 Axial B 15.6260 15.6120 Axial C 13.8420 13.8170 Trans D -11.7890 -11.7780 GALILS Commanded: 1597778. 1566181. 1588147. -7600. -12400. Actual: 1597700. 1566200. 1588100. -7600. -12400. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 234.42 SecOrient: 1257.03 -4.01 -9.02 10.18 234.70 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---