APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday May 14, 2008 (MJD 54601) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Night: Steph Snedden, Shannon Watters Swing: Kaike Pan ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- It was cloudy off and on throughout the night (of course there wasn't any precipitation). We acquired signal on 2 plates. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ----------- All systems were checked, and working properly. The spectro focus was set for 6.5 C. Data for mjds 54590-594 were removed. Night: ------- 02:25Z CART 9, PLATE 2908, SEGUE179 NGSOGTF, FK5 used. T=5.4C, relfoc=0, seeing~1.7" No previous signal 03:08Z Precals 03:17Z Science (1500): 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.4 03:45Z Science (1200): 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.4 04:09Z Science (1200): 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.7 04:32Z Midcals 05:50Z Midcals (we've been waiting for clouds to pass) 06:00Z Science (1200): 1.8 4.0 1.3 3.4 06:23Z Science (1200): 1.8 4.5 1.3 4.4 06:46Z Science (1200): 2.0 3.9 1.8 4.6 07:09Z Postcal 07:19Z CART 3, PLATE 2175, SEGUE117 GSOGTF. T=6.1C, relfoc=0, seeing < 1.0" No previous signal 07:26Z Precals 07:33Z Science (900): 0.4 0.6 1.7 0.7 07:59Z Science (900): 1.1 1.9 2.9 3.4 08:17Z Science (900): 1.4 2.8 3.5 5.0 08:35Z Science (900): 1.8 3.1 4.1 5.6 08:53Z Postcals 09:03Z CART 4, PLATE 2819, SEGUEFAINT167 GSOGTF. T=6.4C, relfoc=, seeing~ 09:08Z Precals Became too cloudy for science. endNight finished ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7506 23:49Z 00:06Z 100 O -60.44 -56.17 43 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 52787, plate -9999 ------- 23:56 52787 0.0 bias ----- sequence 52788, plate 2819 ------- 00:09 52788 10.0 flat 00:12 52789 2.0 arc 00:16 52790 3.0 arc 00:19 52791 3.0 arc ----- sequence 52792, plate -9999 ------- 00:36 52792 0.0 bias 00:49 52793 0.0 bias ----- sequence 52794, plate 2908 ------- 03:11 52794 10.0 flat 03:13 52795 2.0 arc 03:44 52796 1501.0 target 04:07 52797 1202.0 target 04:31 52798 1200.0 target 04:34 52799 10.0 flat 04:37 52800 2.0 arc 05:52 52801 10.0 flat 05:55 52802 2.0 arc 06:22 52803 1200.0 target 06:45 52804 1200.0 target 07:08 52805 1200.0 target 07:11 52806 10.0 flat 07:14 52807 2.0 arc ----- sequence 52808, plate 2175 ------- 07:27 52808 10.0 flat 07:30 52809 2.0 arc 07:49 52810 903.0 target 08:16 52811 900.0 target 08:34 52812 900.0 target 08:52 52813 901.0 target 08:55 52814 10.0 flat 08:58 52815 2.0 arc ----- sequence 52816, plate 2819 ------- 09:11 52816 10.0 flat 09:13 52817 2.0 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:07Z 9 2908 68.44 -0.0007 43.32 0.0012 232.18 0.0267 1.000220 07:25Z 3 2175 5.78 -0.0013 62.67 0.0009 184.82 0.0253 0.999950 09:12Z 4 2819 131.88 0.0036 76.15 0.0021 -56.51 0.0278 1.000050 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:07Z 9 2908 1.00022 -2173 -594 0 69 43.3 5.6 5 5 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 22:44Z 44 22 16 293 (WNW) 2148 - 23:16Z 44 22 20 270 (W) 2177 - 23:47Z 45 22 12 288 (WNW) 2152 - 00:18Z 46 23 12 262 (W) 2365 - 00:48Z 44 23 14 313 (NW) 2331 - 01:03Z 44 23 8 265 (W) 2396 - 01:35Z 42 23 12 329 (NNW) 2354 - 02:07Z 40 23 2 297 (WNW) 2547 - 02:40Z 41 21 10 15 (NNE) 2506 - 03:12Z 42 21 8 356 (NNW) 3329 - 03:42Z 41 21 3 328 (NNW) 3136 - 04:16Z 41 23 5 6 (N) 3229 - 04:48Z 41 26 7 315 (NW) 2697 - 05:20Z 42 27 8 286 (WNW) 2688 - 05:52Z 42 27 7 269 (W) 2571 - 06:24Z 43 24 8 270 (W) 2519 - 06:57Z 42 24 9 263 (W) 2593 - 07:29Z 42 22 9 251 (WSW) 2467 - 08:00Z 43 21 10 231 (SW) 2516 - 08:33Z 42 22 8 228 (SW) 2388 - 09:05Z 43 23 6 266 (W) 2417 - 09:37Z 43 25 6 264 (W) 2640 - 10:10Z 43 26 9 249 (WSW) 2755 - 10:42Z 43 26 3 259 (W) 2775 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:45Z Opened louvers, cracked doors, turned on fans. 02:05Z Enclosure off. 10:45Z Enclosure on, doors closed, fans and blowers off, louvers closed. Telescope stowed at 121, 30, 0 with cart 4 mounted and the counterweights at 253. Spectrograph in auto-fill mode. No interlocks are bypassed. 10:50Z Spectro dewar: 257.2 lb, 23.43 psi Imager dewar: 178.3 lb, 22.93 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_38_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_40 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.0190 0.0200 Axial B -0.0180 0.0000 Axial C -0.0260 -0.0230 Trans D -0.0020 0.0120 Lateral E 10.0838 10.0584 Lateral F 11.6459 11.6205 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12450. -6500. -6550. Actual: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12439. -6477. -6546. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 -200.00 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 99.59 -200.69 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 6.1 Alt.: 30.000004 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0400 -0.0440 Axial B -0.0500 -0.0570 Axial C -0.0510 -0.0670 Trans D -0.0190 -0.0110 GALILS Commanded: 1628279. 1652783. 1470893. -5900. -7800. Actual: 1627500. 1653150. 1470900. -5900. -7800. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 60.00 -4.00 -20.00 118.90 SecOrient: 1257.11 60.00 -4.36 -20.15 119.29 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus Info: ------------------- Focus checked by used cartridge 4. It currently set for sp1> caget tpm_TM_PMSSAvg tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA tpm_TM_PMSSAvg 7.3 tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA 8.1 Sp1> mechSend s Coll_motor_A -2666 01P-0000002666 Coll_motor_B -2495 02P-0000002495 Coll_motor_C -2686 01P-0000002686 Coll_motor_A_status 133 01S0133 Coll_motor_B_status 132 02S0132 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 705 Last_close_transit.time 535 Humid_Hartmann 19.6 0xFDB8 Humid_Cen_Optics 9.8 0xFE39 Temp_Median 10.0 Sp2> mechSend s Coll_motor_A 327 01P0000000327 Coll_motor_B -222 02P-0000000222 Coll_motor_C 133 01P0000000133 Coll_motor_A_status 132 01S0132 Coll_motor_B_status 132 02S0132 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 725 Last_close_transit.time 650 Humid_Hartmann -24.9 0x0 Humid_Cen_Optics 10.1 0xFE34 Temp_Median 7.7 IDL 5.5a> collimate, 52790 Reading /data/spectro/54601/sdR-r1-00052790.fit Reading /data/spectro/54601/sdR-r1-00052791.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.65 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.48 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.30 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 1272 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 1272" Log file = Collimate-54601-r1-00052790.log PostScript file = Collimate-54601-r1-00052790.ps Reading /data/spectro/54601/sdR-r2-00052790.fit Reading /data/spectro/54601/sdR-r2-00052791.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.70 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.23 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.24 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.05 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 434 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 434" Log file = Collimate-54601-r2-00052790.log apo_plotbias: ------------ Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00052793.fit -5.9 -4.2 -2.6 2.1 7.3 8.4 10.6 sdR-b2-00052793.fit -7.5 -6.2 -3.7 1.3 7.6 8.9 11.4 sdR-r1-00052793.fit -7.1 -5.7 -3.9 1.3 7.0 8.3 10.3 sdR-r2-00052793.fit -8.0 -6.1 -4.8 1.2 6.5 7.8 9.9