APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Monday February 20, 2006 (MJD 53787) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- swing: Jurek Krzesinski night: Steph Snedden, Howard Brewington ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Clouds! No Data. The grade-5 GN2 needs to be replaced. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon checkout: ------------------- No problems to report. Night: ------ 00:50Z We opened at sunset under lots of clouds. 1:15Z Cart 08, plate 2418 (chunk135). Guide stars on goToField with last night's offsets. Clouds became a greater problem as twilight ended. We waited but captured no signal on this plate. 03:06Z Enclosure on, fans on, doors and louvers opened. 06:49Z Enclosure off as the sky cleared; however, clouds became a problem again when we tried to find the field of Cart 03. 06:51Z Cart 03, plate 2221, (chunk119). Clouds, clouds and more clouds as we hunted for an Fk5 with no success. So, we got not signal on the plate either. endNight finished and was happy. The grade-5 GN2 needs to be replaced. Misc Watcher messages are in the Problem Section. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6030 22:35Z 22:53Z 100 O -161.24 -156.68 41 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 37532, plate -9999 ------- 21:42 37532 0.0 bias 22:37 37533 0.0 bias 23:20 37534 0.0 bias ----- sequence 37535, plate 2418 ------- 23:34 37535 10.0 flat 23:36 37536 2.0 arc 23:41 37537 2.1 arc 23:43 37538 2.1 arc 02:04 37539 10.0 flat 02:06 37540 2.0 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02:11Z 8 2418 71.09 0.0013 45.49 0.0027 234.11 0.0026 1.000100 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== DATA TAPE SUMMARY ===--- Goes: JL Stays: JL ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02:11Z 8 2418 1.00010 -988 579 200 71 45.4 2.2 14 258 gdr 1.9 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 20:47Z 39 14 22 269 (W) 437 - 21:17Z 41 15 21 258 (WSW) 567 - 21:51Z 41 13 15 259 (W) 520 - 22:23Z 42 12 23 244 (WSW) 720 - 22:56Z 40 11 18 274 (W) 690 - 23:28Z 38 12 17 264 (W) 647 - 00:00Z 36 12 17 267 (W) 590 - 00:32Z 36 14 18 268 (W) 558 - 00:44Z 36 14 20 266 (W) 565 - 01:16Z 35 14 19 264 (W) 500 - 01:47Z 36 13 19 262 (W) 528 - 02:19Z 35 13 14 264 (W) 514 - 02:51Z 35 11 14 267 (W) 518 - 03:23Z 35 5 13 277 (W) 501 - 03:55Z 35 4 13 266 (W) 545 - 04:28Z 35 1 16 263 (W) 481 - 05:00Z 36 3 20 241 (WSW) 785 - 05:32Z 36 3 21 248 (WSW) 468 - 06:04Z 35 4 17 239 (WSW) 411 - 06:36Z 35 7 14 258 (WSW) 455 - 07:07Z 35 8 17 245 (WSW) 373 - 07:38Z 35 10 20 244 (WSW) 297 - 08:10Z 35 11 25 233 (SW) 278 - 08:42Z 35 12 20 257 (WSW) 285 - 09:14Z 34 12 27 250 (WSW) 291 - 09:47Z 34 10 21 253 (WSW) 322 - 10:19Z 33 10 16 255 (WSW) 305 - 10:51Z 33 11 15 260 (W) 324 - 11:23Z 32 9 13 266 (W) 362 - 11:55Z 32 11 13 271 (W) 367 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:07Z fans on, doors and louvers opened. 00:50Z Enclosure off 03:06Z Enclosure on 06:50Z Enclosure off 11:54Z Enclosure on, fans off, doors and louvers closed. Telescope at 121,30,00 mount; Cart 03 mounted. LN2 connected and turned on; Spectrographs were forced filled. Imager 187lbs 21psi Spectero 245lbs 26psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_18_0a Watcher: v2_31_0 MCP: NOCVS|Jan 13 2006|13:56:12 TPM: tpm_v3_3_0 AstroDa: v15_11 TCC: TCC 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures: v2_11 SoS: v5_1_0 hoggPT: v1_6_9 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.8490 -5.8440 Axial B -5.6870 -5.6770 Axial C 0.9390 0.9420 Trans D -9.9990 -9.9940 Lateral E 10.3759 10.3759 Lateral F 11.9507 11.9380 GALILS Commanded: 4700. -2450. 3000. -7800. 3300. 3000. Actual: 4700. -2450. 3000. -7800. 3300. 3000. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -1.68 7.05 385.25 92.02 PriOrient: 0.00 -1.52 7.02 384.99 93.81 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 3.6 Alt.: 30.100101 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 1.5420 1.5420 Axial B 1.0570 1.0470 Axial C 1.1730 1.1650 Trans D -0.1100 -0.1240 GALILS Commanded: 1593444. 1603668. 1554301. -6800. -5900. Actual: 1593450. 1603650. 1554300. -6800. -5900. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 15.87 0.00 -50.00 136.76 SecOrient: 1257.00 15.88 0.01 -49.55 136.73 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectrograph checkout: ---------------------- sp1> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_5_0 Bootup 719771169 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 7350 Coll_motor_B 7363 Coll_motor_C 7334 Requested_exp.time 0.0 Exp_time_left 0.0 Last_exp.time 2.1 Exp_state None Shutter_open_transit .72 Shutter_close_transit .56 Coll_motor_A_status 0x84 Coll_motor_B_status 0x84 Coll_motor_C_status 0x85 sp2> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_5_0 Bootup 719771169 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 -4152 Coll_motor_B -7451 Coll_motor_C -6770 Requested_exp.time 0.0 Exp_time_left 0.0 Last_exp.time 2.1 Exp_state None Shutter_open_transit .73 Shutter_close_transit .64 Coll_motor_A_status 0x85 Coll_motor_B_status 0x85 Coll_motor_C_status 0x84 Spectrographs are in focus. ---=== Misc Watcher Messages ===--- m1 temp (Excessive Front-Back Difference (Right Half):Excessive Front-Back Difference (Upper Half): 2006-02-21 01:02:45Z ) tracking (Excessive Az Tracking Error:: 2006-02-21 01:03:32Z) altitude (Windscreen touched in altitude: UP (2006-02-21 02:56:59Z sdssmcp): 2006-02-21 02:57:14Z) m2 temp (Excessive Front-Back Difference (Lower Half):: 2006-02-21 08:05:53Z)