APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday September 23, 2009 (MJD 55098) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Observers: Alaina Sheldon Howard Brewington Paul Harding (CWRU) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Guiber tests and boss science during the first half of the night, and clouds during the second half. When we went to instChange, with 'sop gotoInstrumentChange,' the slithead latches did not release. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- 22:00Z Arrived on site 22:15Z Restarted the servers. 22:40Z Started imager bias 22:50Z Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 142G 123G 12G 92% / /dev/sda1 99M 30M 64M 33% /boot /dev/sdb1 917G 810G 61G 94% /data hub25mp:/home 92G 52G 41G 56% /home_hub25m sdssfiles1p:/data1/data 1.8T 76G 1.8T 5% /files 22:59Z Verified that the STUI actors were happy; also checked the status of the hub25m and perms. 23:23Z Cracked doors; turned on fans. 00:41Z Closed doors; did spectro collimation checkout. Adjusted sp2: 26038,25266,25758 (new numbers) Collimate numbers are in the Prob Section 00:55Z Opened doors again Night: ------ 00:58Z Sunset and enclosure off. 01:50Z sop goToField, Cart 12, plate 3536 02:00Z sop doCalib Note: this flat and the previous one was done with 20-second exp. Paul changed the code to 30 seconds for a flat 101934 flat (20-sec exp) 101935 arc 02:06Z 101936 05-minute boss science exp in twilight without guider running 02:12Z 101937 05-minute boss science exp in twilight without guider running 02:20Z 101938 10-minute boss science exp as twilight ended without guider running 02:20Z Twilight end 02:35Z Boss iack 02:40Z 101939 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 02:59Z 101940 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 03:17Z sop doCalibs 101941 flat (30-second exp) 101942 arc 03:23Z 101943 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 03:41Z 101944 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 03:58Z 101945 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 04:19Z 101946 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 04:39Z sop doCalibs 101947 flat 101948 arc 04:47Z 101949 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 05:04Z 101950 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 05:21Z 101951 15-minute boss science exp with guider running (focus problems at end of this exp) 05:38Z 101952 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 05:56Z sop doCalibs 101953 flat 101954 arc 06:01Z sop gotoInstrumentChange Note: when we went to instChange, the slithead latches did not release. 06:07Z sop gotoField, cart 10, plate 3552 06:10Z sop doCalibs 101955 flat 101956 arc 06:25Z 101957 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 06:41Z 101958 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 06:58Z 101959 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 07:15Z 101960 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 07:33Z sop doCalibs 101961 flat 101962 arc 07:37Z sop gotoInstrumentChange 07:42Z sop gotoField, cart 11, plate 3615 07:45Z sop doCalibs 101963 flat 101964 arc 07:56Z 101965 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 08:13Z 101966 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 08:30Z 101967 15-minute boss science exp with guider running 08:48Z sop doCalibs 101968 flat 101969 arc 09:04Z enclosure on; doors left cracked; fan on 11:20Z doors closed; fans off 11:25Z endNight finished 11:30Z Morning twilight ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8051 22:42Z 23:16Z 100 O 52.51 61.00 70 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 ---=== 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 20:39Z 50 26 4 213 (SSW) 421 - 21:11Z 52 26 7 237 (WSW) 445 - 21:43Z 53 28 9 186 (S) 459 - 22:15Z 53 28 6 244 (WSW) 501 - 22:46Z 48 25 3 207 (SSW) 461 - 23:18Z 49 24 11 188 (S) 475 - 23:50Z 47 25 4 263 (W) 405 - 00:23Z 47 27 7 196 (SSW) 465 - 00:55Z 42 27 8 63 (ENE) 502 - 01:27Z 40 27 14 76 (ENE) 506 - 01:59Z 39 27 13 81 (E) 541 - 02:31Z 38 27 14 83 (E) 572 - 03:03Z 38 27 11 83 (E) 529 - 03:35Z 37 27 10 91 (E) 572 - 04:08Z 37 27 8 93 (E) 589 - 04:40Z 38 26 13 113 (ESE) 547 - 05:12Z 40 31 18 130 (SE) 617 - 05:44Z 39 30 14 109 (ESE) 571 - 06:16Z 38 28 8 111 (ESE) 587 - 06:48Z 37 27 8 109 (ESE) 596 - 07:21Z 37 27 7 131 (SE) 617 - 07:53Z 39 30 2 167 (SSE) 676 - 08:25Z 39 30 6 163 (SSE) 685 - 08:57Z 39 31 5 100 (E) 650 - 09:29Z 40 30 1 134 (SE) 711 - 10:01Z 39 29 2 185 (S) 655 - 10:34Z 40 31 6 124 (SE) 769 - 11:06Z 38 28 6 108 (ESE) 637 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:23Z Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 00:58Z Enclosure off. 11:20Z Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:40ZZ Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 11 Counterweights at: 245 units LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 246 lbs, 22 psi Imager 1456 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: TCC 2.11.0 2009-06-24 sdssProcedures: v2_44 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.6960 -0.6940 Axial B -0.0330 -0.0410 Axial C -0.3770 -0.3710 Trans D 11.6080 11.6170 Lateral E 10.3759 10.3505 Lateral F 11.9507 11.9253 GALILS Commanded: 9900. 400. 5850. 1200. 2950. 2750. Actual: 9917. 401. 5832. 1205. 2954. 2757. 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.: 8.4 Alt.: 30.000004 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.6090 18.6150 Axial B 15.6140 15.6120 Axial C 13.8260 13.8170 Trans D -11.7810 -11.7780 GALILS Commanded: 1597671. 1566099. 1588260. -7600. -12400. Actual: 1597721. 1566188. 1588095. -7597. -12380. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 234.42 SecOrient: 1257.01 -4.08 -9.00 10.19 234.75 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- IDL> collimate, 101928 Reading /data/spectro/55098/sdR-b1-00101928.fit SDSSPROC: Read noise = 32.4435 23.4716 27.8113 24.3421 electrons Reading /data/spectro/55098/sdR-b1-00101929.fit SDSSPROC: Read noise = 28.7135 22.8563 25.6329 23.9182 electrons COLLIMATE: Min offset = -3.00 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 2.80 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 2.49 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.54 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 12.0 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-55098-b1-00101928.log PostScript file = Collimate-55098-b1-00101928.ps Reading /data/spectro/55098/sdR-b2-00101928.fit SDSSPROC: Read noise = 1.69513 1.85633 2.01387 1.98395 electrons Reading /data/spectro/55098/sdR-b2-00101929.fit SDSSPROC: Read noise = 1.70905 1.84730 1.98420 1.97564 electrons COLLIMATE: Min offset = 2.20 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 2.80 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.23 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 2.62 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -58.4 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-55098-b2-00101928.log PostScript file = Collimate-55098-b2-00101928.ps Reading /data/spectro/55098/sdR-r1-00101928.fit SDSSPROC: Read noise = 2.08845 2.19260 2.36305 10.5007 electrons Reading /data/spectro/55098/sdR-r1-00101929.fit SDSSPROC: Read noise = 2.00912 2.15062 2.17088 10.4941 electrons COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.40 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.20 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.18 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.14 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -829 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston -829" Log file = Collimate-55098-r1-00101928.log PostScript file = Collimate-55098-r1-00101928.ps Reading /data/spectro/55098/sdR-r2-00101928.fit SDSSPROC: Read noise = 2.39943 2.48399 2.55286 3.06322 electrons Reading /data/spectro/55098/sdR-r2-00101929.fit SDSSPROC: Read noise = 2.39301 2.53266 2.56320 3.00362 electrons COLLIMATE: Min offset = 1.60 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 2.80 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.33 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 2.01 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 11523 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 11523" Log file = Collimate-55098-r2-00101928.log PostScript file = Collimate-55098-r2-00101928.ps % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating illegal operand IDL>