APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Monday December 22, 2008 (MJD 54823) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Dmitry Bizyaev Elena Malanushen Kaike Pan (swing) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Overcast and strong wind for whole night. No observations. Spectro dewar did not hold normal pressure. The pressure has been re-built several times. (Spectro has been connected the most of night). ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- Spectro focus checked but no adjustment made. It is set for about 1.5 C. All systems were checked, and no Problem to report. 23:20Z mounted cartridge 2, and started ventilation. Night: ------ Clouds. 00:10Z enclosure is off with hope to still get a couple of exposures on first plate. Cart 2 plate 3105 is mounted. We could not gind the guider stars and FK5 because clouds. Wait 03:10Z enclosure is on, overcast is heavy. Keep ventilation. The spectro dewar is connected. I several times re-build the pressure in spectro dewas during the night. Overcast and strong wind for whole night. 11:40Z stop ventilation and end night. endNight is completed. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7868 22:44Z 23:00Z 100 O 141.94 146.03 42 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): QA Procedures Done (y/n): UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 57488, plate -9999 ------- 22:41 57488 0.0 bias ----- sequence 57489, plate 3155 ------- 22:51 57489 10.0 flat 22:54 57490 2.0 arc 22:58 57491 3.0 arc 23:00 57492 3.0 arc ----- sequence 57493, plate -9999 ------- 23:35 57493 0.0 bias 23:45 57494 0.0 bias ---=== 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 21:30Z 35 7 21 244 (WSW) 455 - overcast for 22:02Z 35 6 14 254 (WSW) 412 - whole night 22:33Z 35 7 16 247 (WSW) 463 - 23:06Z 34 4 18 222 (SW) 444 - 23:37Z 35 7 16 239 (WSW) 512 - 23:54Z 35 7 17 229 (SW) 530 - 00:26Z 33 7 13 253 (WSW) 526 - 00:58Z 33 7 18 242 (WSW) 603 - 01:30Z 33 9 12 248 (WSW) 605 - 02:02Z 33 10 21 239 (WSW) 670 - 02:34Z 33 11 12 258 (WSW) 751 - 03:07Z 34 11 21 254 (WSW) 724 - 03:39Z 34 12 26 249 (WSW) 763 - 04:11Z 32 11 20 227 (SW) 1405 - 04:43Z 33 12 23 203 (SSW) 1550 - 05:15Z 33 12 26 222 (SW) 1574 - 05:47Z 32 13 22 214 (SW) 1575 - 06:19Z 32 13 26 239 (WSW) 1480 - 06:52Z 32 12 28 224 (SW) 1453 - 07:24Z 31 12 27 226 (SW) 1391 - 07:56Z 31 12 21 230 (SW) 1434 - 08:28Z 30 12 22 231 (SW) 1411 - 09:00Z 29 12 16 245 (WSW) 1420 - 09:32Z 29 11 21 246 (WSW) 1395 - 10:04Z 30 13 29 245 (WSW) 636 - 10:37Z 29 13 25 250 (WSW) 660 - 11:09Z 29 14 22 245 (WSW) 632 - 11:41Z 30 14 32 246 (WSW) 638 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:20Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 00:10Z - Enclosure off. 03:10Z - Enclosure on 11:40Z - doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:50Z 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 186 lbs, 8.6 psi (filling) Imager 163 lbs, 19 psi ---=== 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: SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0330 -0.0330 Axial B 0.0410 0.0430 Axial C -0.0380 -0.0370 Trans D -0.7590 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.5918 10.5791 Lateral F 12.1793 12.1666 GALILS Commanded: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. Actual: 10471. -76. 5755. 8616. 10374. 10023. 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.: 1.9 Alt.: 41.134329 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5780 18.5760 Axial B 15.6160 15.6170 Axial C 13.8170 13.8170 Trans D 15.1060 15.1110 GALILS Commanded: 1626597. 1528808. 1595510. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1256.97 -11.98 -28.00 -39.19 94.69 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus Infor: -------------------- The focus is set for about 1.5 C. sp1> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 1 SlitID 33 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 -6625 01P-0000006625 Coll_motor_B -6824 02P-0000006824 Coll_motor_C -6741 01P-0000006741 Coll_motor_A_status 133 01S0133 Coll_motor_B_status 133 02S0133 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 720 Last_close_transit.time 545 Humid_Hartmann 12.7 0xFE11 Humid_Cen_Optics 12.1 0xFE19 Temp_Median 6.0 sp2> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 2 SlitID 1 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 -4737 01P-0000004737 Coll_motor_B -5214 02P-0000005214 Coll_motor_C -5441 01P-0000005441 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 700 Last_close_transit.time 625 Humid_Hartmann -24.4 0xFFFC Humid_Cen_Optics 13.0 0xFE0C Temp_Median 3.8 IDL 5.5a> collimate, 57491 % Compiled module: COLLIMATE. Reading /data/spectro/54823/sdR-b1-00057491.fit Reading /data/spectro/54823/sdR-b1-00057492.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.63 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 1.03 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.39 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.18 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -6.4 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54823-b1-00057491.log PostScript file = Collimate-54823-b1-00057491.ps Reading /data/spectro/54823/sdR-b2-00057491.fit Reading /data/spectro/54823/sdR-b2-00057492.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.36 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.07 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.09 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.07 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 2.5 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54823-b2-00057491.log PostScript file = Collimate-54823-b2-00057491.ps Reading /data/spectro/54823/sdR-r1-00057491.fit Reading /data/spectro/54823/sdR-r1-00057492.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.82 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.16 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.28 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.35 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 3245 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 3245" Log file = Collimate-54823-r1-00057491.log PostScript file = Collimate-54823-r1-00057491.ps Reading /data/spectro/54823/sdR-r2-00057491.fit Reading /data/spectro/54823/sdR-r2-00057492.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.74 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.21 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.26 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.06 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 556 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 556" Note: focus of SP2 for cartridge 1 is 2200 steps lows than for another catridges.