APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday November 30, 2008 (MJD 54801) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Observers: Dmitry Bizyaev Howard Brewington ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! BOSS/SEGUE 11.0 hours ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Added signal to plates 3112, 3157, 3148, and 3152. Declared plate 3145 DONE The DIMM is still not operational. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- No problems discovered during afernoon checkout. The spectro focus was checked but not adjusted; the Collimate numbers are posted in the Problems Section. Cart 07 was mounted. 23:00Z Opened doors and louvers, turned on fans. Night: ------ 23:50Z Enclosure off, topped-off spectro secondary dewars, checked top/bottom balance, did a test slew, checked fiducial crossings for each axis, and started the DIMM. DIMM notes: The DIMM failed shortly after starting twilight; it complained about a filter-position error. 23:56Z Sunset 00:29Z Cart 07, plate 3145 (Segue). Guide stars found with goToField. Seeing was about 2.1" as reported by the guider. This plate was declared DONE; see below. 01:03 56865 10.0 flat 01:05 56866 2.0 arc 01:21 Evening twilight 01:43 56867 1800.0 target 02:16 56868 1800.0 target 02:19 56869 10.0 flat 02:21 moonset 02:21 56870 2.0 arc MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp ------------------------------------- 54794 7.2 4.2 11.1 5.3 1800.0 54794 8.9 4.2 13.7 5.6 1800.0 54794 9.6 5.1 13.8 5.4 1800.0 54794 8.5 4.5 13.4 4.9 1801.0 54795 4.5 2.1 7.0 3.4 1800.0 54795 6.0 2.6 9.9 3.9 1800.0 54795 2.1 0.8 3.6 1.5 1800.0 54795 0.6 0.2 0.9 0.4 1800.0 54800 3.4 1.0 5.0 1.6 1801.0 54800 4.2 0.8 6.2 1.4 1800.0 54800 6.2 2.3 10.6 2.4 1801.0 54801 5.7 2.7 9.3 4.4 1800.0 54801 4.1 2.3 7.2 3.8 1800.0 Total: 71.0 32.8 111.7 44.0 23403.0 Total when ALL b,r values > 2.0: 60.7 30.0 96.0 39.1 16202.0 02:27Z Cart 03, plate 3112 (Segue). Guide stars found with goToField. Seeing was about 1.9" as reported by the guider. Four exposures were completed; see below. 02:37 56871 10.0 flat 02:40 56872 2.0 arc 03:14 56873 1800.0 target 03:48 56874 1800.0 target 03:52 56875 10.0 flat 03:55 56876 2.0 arc 04:29 56877 1801.0 target 05:03 56878 1801.0 target 05:06 56879 10.0 flat 05:08 56880 2.0 arc MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp ------------------------------------- 54801 4.7 3.2 6.9 4.7 1800.0 54801 5.4 3.5 8.4 6.3 1800.0 54801 6.9 4.0 11.2 7.0 1801.0 54801 6.3 3.7 9.1 4.5 1801.0 Total: 23.3 14.4 35.6 22.5 7202.0 05:15Z Cart 08, plate 3157 (Segue). Guide stars found with goToField. Seeing was about 1.8" as reported by the guider. The guider flat failed twice during setup, i.e., the counts were too low. Four exposures were completed; however, the last one <2.0 S/N in the r2 camera. 05:32 56881 10.0 flat 05:35 56882 2.0 arc 06:11 56883 1800.0 target 06:44 56884 1800.0 target 06:48 56885 10.0 flat 06:50 56886 2.0 arc 07:27 56887 1800.0 target 08:00 56888 1800.0 target 08:04 56889 10.0 flat 08:06 56890 2.0 arc MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp ------------------------------------- 54795 7.3 4.1 8.6 2.3 1801.0 54795 8.4 3.5 8.8 2.1 1800.0 54795 8.6 3.9 9.3 2.5 1800.0 54800 7.4 3.5 6.9 3.6 1800.0 54800 8.3 4.5 7.2 3.8 1800.0 54800 6.9 3.9 6.4 2.3 1800.0 54800 5.6 3.6 5.0 2.3 1800.0 54801 6.5 3.3 7.3 2.7 1800.0 54801 5.5 3.3 7.3 2.5 1800.0 54801 5.2 3.3 5.4 2.3 1800.0 54801 4.0 2.8 3.5 1.6 1800.0 Total: 73.7 39.7 75.7 28.0 19801.0 Total when ALL b,r values > 2.0: 69.7 36.9 72.2 26.4 18001.0 08:14Z Cart 06, plate 3148 (Segue). FK5 star used to find field. Seeing was about 1.8" as reported by the guider. One exposure was completed. 08:26 56891 10.0 flat 08:29 56892 2.0 arc 09:04 56893 1800.0 target MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp ------------------------------------- 54801 7.8 5.9 10.6 3.7 1800.0 Total: 7.8 5.9 10.6 3.7 1800.0 09:00Z We considered some imaging; however, the seeing was up and down. 09:11Z Cart 09, plate 3152 (Segue).Guide stars found with goToField. Seeing was about 1.8 to 2.1" as reported by the guider. Five exposures were completed but plate was not declared done. 09:25 56894 10.0 flat 09:28 56895 2.0 arc 10:02 56896 1800.0 target 10:35 56897 1800.0 target 11:08 56898 1801.0 target 11:18 56899 10.0 flat 11:21 56900 2.0 arc 12:00 56901 1800.0 target 12:20 Morning twilight 12:33 56902 1800.0 target 12:36 56903 10.0 flat 12:39 56904 2.0 arc MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp ------------------------------------- 54793 2.0 0.9 2.5 1.5 1800.0 54800 4.3 2.0 4.9 3.0 1800.0 54800 7.1 2.7 7.2 4.6 1800.0 54800 9.6 2.9 10.5 5.5 1800.0 54800 7.9 2.9 9.5 4.8 1800.0 54801 5.9 3.2 8.3 4.1 1800.0 54801 7.9 3.3 9.1 4.7 1800.0 54801 8.5 3.1 10.3 5.6 1801.0 54801 8.1 3.0 10.2 5.0 1800.0 54801 6.2 2.4 8.1 3.9 1800.0 Total: 67.5 26.4 80.6 42.7 18001.0 12:45Z Enclosure on, doors closed, fans off. 12:53Z endNight finished and was happy ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7837 21:26Z 22:15Z 100 O 100.87 113.01 78 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 56859, plate -9999 ------- 21:29 56859 0.0 bias ----- sequence 56860, plate 3152 ------- 21:37 56860 10.0 flat 21:40 56861 2.0 arc 21:45 56862 2.0 arc 21:47 56863 3.0 arc ----- sequence 56864, plate -9999 ------- 22:45 56864 0.0 bias ----- sequence 56865, plate 3145 ------- 01:03 56865 10.0 flat 01:05 56866 2.0 arc 01:43 56867 1800.0 target 02:16 56868 1800.0 target 02:19 56869 10.0 flat 02:21 56870 2.0 arc ----- sequence 56871, plate 3112 ------- 02:37 56871 10.0 flat 02:40 56872 2.0 arc 03:14 56873 1800.0 target 03:48 56874 1800.0 target 03:52 56875 10.0 flat 03:55 56876 2.0 arc 04:29 56877 1801.0 target 05:03 56878 1801.0 target 05:06 56879 10.0 flat 05:08 56880 2.0 arc ----- sequence 56881, plate 3157 ------- 05:32 56881 10.0 flat 05:35 56882 2.0 arc 06:11 56883 1800.0 target 06:44 56884 1800.0 target 06:48 56885 10.0 flat 06:50 56886 2.0 arc 07:27 56887 1800.0 target 08:00 56888 1800.0 target 08:04 56889 10.0 flat 08:06 56890 2.0 arc ----- sequence 56891, plate 3148 ------- 08:26 56891 10.0 flat 08:29 56892 2.0 arc 09:04 56893 1800.0 target ----- sequence 56894, plate 3152 ------- 09:25 56894 10.0 flat 09:28 56895 2.0 arc 10:02 56896 1800.0 target 10:35 56897 1800.0 target 11:08 56898 1801.0 target 11:18 56899 10.0 flat 11:21 56900 2.0 arc 12:00 56901 1800.0 target 12:33 56902 1800.0 target 12:36 56903 10.0 flat 12:39 56904 2.0 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:16Z 7 3145 13.64 0.0009 46.58 -0.0017 191.57 0.0088 0.999950 02:44Z 3 3112 16.68 0.0042 56.17 -0.0015 193.96 0.0264 0.999910 05:40Z 8 3157 18.72 0.0022 50.08 -0.0020 195.75 0.0173 0.999970 08:38Z 6 3148 86.10 0.0038 58.33 -0.0041 248.36 0.0103 1.000030 09:53Z 9 3152 107.20 0.0012 55.48 -0.0043 -97.23 0.0280 1.000100 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:15Z 7 3145 0.99995 494 1821 220 14 46.6 1.8 20 311 gdr 2.1 02:44Z 3 3112 0.99991 888 2058 160 17 56.1 1.3 19 18 gdr 1.9 05:40Z 8 3157 0.99997 297 1586 160 19 50.1 0.4 0 13 gdr 1.5 08:38Z 6 3148 1.00003 -295 1082 170 86 58.3 -0.1 18 348 gdr 1.8 09:53Z 9 3152 1.00010 -986 457 110 107 55.4 -0.3 21 7 gdr 1.8 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 20:57Z 36 20 11 330 (NNW) 254 - 21:29Z 35 20 13 308 (NW) 285 - 22:01Z 36 19 12 323 (NW) 303 - 22:33Z 36 19 9 268 (W) 553 - 23:04Z 37 20 4 349 (NNW) 781 - 23:34Z 36 20 16 308 (NW) 682 - 00:04Z 35 19 6 323 (NW) 449 - 00:34Z 35 20 13 327 (NNW) 476 - 01:06Z 35 20 13 307 (NW) 458 - 01:38Z 35 20 8 335 (NNW) 428 - 02:10Z 34 18 13 343 (NNW) 468 - 02:41Z 34 18 10 22 (NNE) 446 - 03:11Z 33 18 5 350 (NNW) 522 - 03:43Z 34 18 10 316 (NW) 442 - 04:15Z 33 18 0 236 (SW) 411 - 04:47Z 33 18 8 311 (NW) 367 - 05:19Z 32 19 7 358 (NNW) 350 - 05:49Z 32 19 13 47 (NE) 315 - 06:19Z 32 19 10 338 (NNW) 250 - 06:52Z 32 20 12 14 (NNE) 244 - 07:24Z 32 20 9 340 (NNW) 227 - 07:56Z 32 20 12 358 (NNW) 275 - 08:28Z 31 20 10 352 (NNW) 260 - 09:00Z 31 20 11 0 (N) 269 - 09:32Z 31 20 15 5 (N) 255 - 10:03Z 31 21 20 353 (NNW) 276 - 10:33Z 30 21 17 18 (NNE) 269 - 11:05Z 30 21 20 0 (N) 269 - 11:37Z 29 21 17 33 (NNE) 267 - 12:09Z 29 20 26 19 (NNE) 274 - 12:40Z 29 19 15 31 (NNE) 582 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:00Z Doors and louvers open, fans on. 23:50Z Enclosure off. 12:45Z Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 01:00Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 09 Counterweights at: 250lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 211lbs, 20psi Imager 175lbs, 25psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_39_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_4_0 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures: v2_43 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0280 -0.0250 Axial B 0.0480 0.0540 Axial C -0.0370 -0.0320 Trans D -0.7650 -0.7550 Lateral E 10.5791 10.5918 Lateral F 12.1793 12.1793 GALILS Commanded: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. Actual: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. 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.: 2.3 Alt.: 30.003337 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5740 18.5740 Axial B 15.6190 15.6210 Axial C 13.8170 13.8120 Trans D 15.1120 15.1100 GALILS Commanded: 1626654. 1528821. 1595548. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626650. 1528800. 1595600. -2950. -4550. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.00 -11.98 -28.01 -39.19 94.69 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00056859.fit -5.1 -4.0 -2.9 2.3 7.6 8.6 10.3 sdR-b2-00056859.fit -8.0 -6.3 -4.2 1.1 7.3 9.7 10.9 sdR-r1-00056859.fit -6.6 -4.5 -3.3 2.1 7.5 8.7 11.5 sdR-r2-00056859.fit -7.8 -5.7 -4.3 1.7 7.2 9.3 11.4 Done for 78.218779 sec. % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating underflow % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating illegal operand IDL 5.5a> apo_plotbias, 56859 ---=== Spectro Collimate Numbers ===--- IDL 5.5a> collimate, 56862 Reading /data/spectro/54801/sdR-b1-00056862.fit Reading /data/spectro/54801/sdR-b1-00056863.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.13 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.99 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.51 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.00 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 0.1 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54801-b1-00056862.log PostScript file = Collimate-54801-b1-00056862.ps Reading /data/spectro/54801/sdR-b2-00056862.fit Reading /data/spectro/54801/sdR-b2-00056863.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.64 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.05 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.14 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.25 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 9.0 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54801-b2-00056862.log PostScript file = Collimate-54801-b2-00056862.ps Reading /data/spectro/54801/sdR-r1-00056862.fit Reading /data/spectro/54801/sdR-r1-00056863.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.33 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.46 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.22 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.02 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 150 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 150" Log file = Collimate-54801-r1-00056862.log PostScript file = Collimate-54801-r1-00056862.ps Reading /data/spectro/54801/sdR-r2-00056862.fit Reading /data/spectro/54801/sdR-r2-00056863.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.50 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.48 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.23 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.13 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -1199 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston -1199" Log file = Collimate-54801-r2-00056862.log PostScript file = Collimate-54801-r2-00056862.ps % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating illegal operand IDL 5.5a>