APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday April 22, 2010 (MJD 55309) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Viktor Malanushenko Dmitry Bizyaev Steph Snedden (remote support) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- MARVELS until 09:07 (6.5 h), then BOSS (1.8 h) ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Looks like the winter is back to the mountain: -6 C and snow around. Night was lost due to snow, high wind, clouds, and then high humidity. We were unable to get the lindy cart out because of snow, and then icy surface. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- Murmur log didn't want to start up in the evening. cleanupmurmur did not help. Fixed as sdsshost2> setup iop sdsshost2> dscRun stop_mursrsvr sdsshost2> dscRun start_mursrvr Night: ------ Awful snow storm in the evening and first part of the night. High humidity and clouds over the rest of the night. We were unable to perform dithered flat tests because it was unsafe to drive cartridges out of the cart bay: snow and rain, then rough crust of ice on the pavement. 10:30Z endNight finished. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---=== 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 01:05Z 29 28 36 247 (WSW) 2996 - 01:38Z 29 28 31 229 (SW) 2309 - 02:11Z 26 25 27 256 (WSW) 3241 - 02:45Z 24 23 22 270 (W) 2106 - cloudy 03:18Z 24 24 24 277 (W) 2528 - '' 03:52Z 24 24 21 273 (W) 11423 - '' 04:25Z 23 23 24 284 (WNW) 3017 - '' 04:58Z 23 22 22 280 (W) 2052 - '' 05:31Z 22 21 18 285 (WNW) 1304 - '' 06:03Z 22 21 19 262 (W) 722 - '' 06:36Z 22 21 21 268 (W) 709 - '' 07:10Z 21 20 22 271 (W) 635 - '' 07:44Z 21 20 21 269 (W) 778 - '' 08:16Z 21 20 16 269 (W) 950 - '' 08:50Z 21 19 23 269 (W) 844 - '' 09:23Z 20 18 21 269 (W) 598 - '' 09:56Z 21 18 22 279 (W) 596 - '' 10:29Z 21 17 25 292 (WNW) 593 - '' ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- Never opened. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 10:30Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 14 Counterweights at: 245 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 254 lbs, 15 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_40_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_6_5 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.11.0 2009-06-24 sdssProcedures: v3_02 -----STUI software----- STUI ------- 0.5.2 2010-03-19 hub --------- Tag: sdss3_v1_1_3 boss -------- v2_2_2 specMech-- 3.0.1 guider -------v1_0_20e gcamera --- v1_0_6 MCP ------- v6_6_5 alerts ------- v1_0_3 ? platedb ----v1_0_3 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.6980 -0.6940 Axial B -0.0290 -0.0410 Axial C -0.3750 -0.3710 Trans D 11.6080 11.6170 Lateral E 10.3759 10.3505 Lateral F 11.9380 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.: -2.8 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.6080 18.6150 Axial B 15.6400 15.6120 Axial C 13.8280 13.8170 Trans D -11.7790 -11.7780 GALILS Commanded: 1597715. 1566162. 1588128. -7600. -12400. Actual: 1597721. 1566188. 1588095. -7597. -12380. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 234.42 SecOrient: 1257.00 -4.02 -9.00 10.19 234.70 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---