APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday April 12, 2007 (MJD 54203) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Howard Brewington Audrey Simmons ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- There is a rather large light leak in the upper enclosure of the 2.5m on the west door. The entire night was lost due to clouds, high humidity, wind, dust, and snow. Misc watcher errors in problem section. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon checkout: ------------------- Everything went smoothly. We checked the spectro focus and determined that it didnt need adjusting. Night: ------ High wind, high dust, and lots of clouds around sunset. 00:31Z - Began ventilation with doors and louvers open, fans on. 01:45Z - Opened enclosure. Segue plate 2559, cart 2 mounted. 02:10Z - Closed enclosure due to thick clouds and radar threats. The doors and louvers were left open with fans on. 03:40Z - Closed doors and louvers. Fans turned off. Dust count rose to ~3800 and we were engulfed in clouds. The entire night was lost due to high dust, humidity, snow, wind, and clouds. 10:04Z - endNight rejoiced ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6778 23:32Z 23:53Z 100 O -97.02 -91.75 49 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): yes QA Procedures Done (y/n): yes UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 44189, plate -9999 ------- 23:32 44189 0.0 bias 23:37 44190 0.0 bias ----- sequence 44191, plate 2560 ------- 00:01 44191 10.0 flat 00:03 44192 2.0 arc ---=== 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23:38Z 5 0 1.00000 -1580 200 0 121 30.0 9.7 22 252 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 22:45Z 51 12 33 251 (WSW) 3929 - Clouds, wind 23:17Z 50 14 34 259 (W) 3362 - " 23:48Z 49 13 19 274 (W) 2977 - " 00:20Z 48 13 22 251 (WSW) 2670 - " 00:53Z 47 12 30 262 (W) 2396 - " 01:25Z 44 13 18 260 (W) 2503 - " 01:57Z 43 12 22 251 (WSW) 2301 - " 02:30Z 43 12 19 225 (SW) 2442 - " 03:02Z 43 12 18 214 (SW) 2622 - " 03:34Z 43 13 32 240 (WSW) 3812 - " 04:06Z 42 13 26 236 (SW) 3832 - " 04:38Z 41 14 20 234 (SW) 3647 - " 05:10Z 41 14 21 220 (SW) 3430 - " 05:44Z 40 15 21 236 (SW) 3199 - " 06:15Z 40 15 17 224 (SW) 2866 - ", snow 06:45Z 39 15 14 261 (W) 2608 - " 07:15Z 39 18 14 257 (WSW) 2486 - " 07:45Z 38 19 18 251 (WSW) 2427 - " 08:16Z 38 17 21 233 (SW) 2200 - " 08:46Z 37 16 23 244 (WSW) 2288 - " 09:16Z 31 27 20 257 (WSW) 2161 - " 09:46Z 28 29 17 269 (W) 1867 - " 10:16Z 30 25 8 266 (W) 1865 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:31Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 01:45Z - Enclosure off. 02:10Z - Enclosure on due to radar threats and thick clouds. The doors and louvers were left open and fans left on. 03:40Z - Doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 10:07Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 2 Counterweights at: 250 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 133.30 lbs, 19.73 psi Imager 152.80 lbs, 18.45 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_32_0 Watcher: v2_35_0 MCP: v6_3_2 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures: v2_25 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.0050 -0.0050 Axial B 0.0030 0.0090 Axial C 0.0080 0.0160 Trans D -0.0010 0.0040 Lateral E 9.9695 9.9568 Lateral F 11.5443 11.5443 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2000. 2650. -9300. -9800. -9800. Actual: 4600. -2000. 2650. -9300. -9800. -9800. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 9.4 Alt.: 30.001926 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0290 -0.0240 Axial B -0.0350 -0.0280 Axial C -0.0440 -0.0370 Trans D -0.0090 -0.0040 GALILS Commanded: 1614011. 1596921. 1543082. -10550. -5800. Actual: 1614050. 1594700. 1543100. -10550. -5800. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 20.00 -10.00 -100.00 176.64 SecOrient: 1257.57 20.51 -9.40 -100.04 176.23 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- apo_plotbias, 44189: Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00044189.fit -4.6 -3.4 -2.3 3.2 8.0 9.8 12.0 sdR-b1-00044189.fit -4.6 -3.4 -2.3 3.2 8.0 9.8 12.0 sdR-b2-00044189.fit -7.6 -6.3 -4.8 1.5 7.8 9.7 11.5 sdR-b2-00044189.fit -7.6 -6.3 -4.8 1.5 7.8 9.7 11.5 sdR-r1-00044189.fit -6.4 -4.8 -3.4 1.7 7.6 9.3 11.5 sdR-r1-00044189.fit -6.4 -4.8 -3.4 1.7 7.6 9.3 11.5 sdR-r2-00044189.fit -7.1 -5.8 -3.7 2.4 7.9 10.0 12.1 sdR-r2-00044189.fit -7.1 -5.8 -3.7 2.4 7.9 10.0 12.1 Misc watcher errors: altitude (Windscreen touched in altitude: UP (2007-04-13 01:41:24Z sdssmcp): 2007-04-13 01:41:36Z) currents (High Rot Drive Current:: 2007-04-13 02:01:43Z)