APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Saturday May 23, 2009 (MJD 54975) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Dan Oravetz Dmitry Bizyaev ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- SEGUE 2 Science ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- The night was mostly-to-partly cloudy, with scattered patches of clear sky. Exposed SEGUE 2 plates: 3331 (c. 5) - almost done, but not yet 3429 (c. 6) - got useful signal, but not finished 3426 (c. 7) - '' ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon ========= Restarted the servers. Old data cleaned (MJD 54947 - 54972). Disk space : sdsshost2.apo.nmsu.edu % df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 142G 119G 17G 88% / /dev/sda1 99M 30M 64M 33% /boot /dev/sdb1 917G 733G 138G 85% /data sdssfiles1p:/data1/data 1.5T 594G 799G 43% /files The plugMapM file for cart. 7, 3246, had the cartridge ID set as 8 instead of 7, so it was adjusted to 7. Spectro bias ok Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00061346.fit -6.1 -4.6 -3.0 2.3 7.5 8.6 10.8 sdR-b2-00061346.fit -8.2 -6.6 -4.4 0.7 6.9 9.4 10.7 sdR-r1-00061346.fit -7.2 -5.6 -4.2 0.9 6.4 8.6 9.8 sdR-r2-00061346.fit -8.2 -6.7 -5.1 0.7 6.5 8.6 10.7 Checked fiducial crossings and mirror numbers. Spectrographs set for ~12C still. No adjustments made. 01:30Z started ventilation cart. 5 is mounted Night ===== 02:05Z despite the bad forecast, sky is more clear than cloudy. All other parameters are decent, so we decided to open. Enclosure off. 02:49Z gotoField with cart 5 plate 3331 fk5 used (too bright sky) 02:57Z precal 03:26Z science 1800 - some clouds in the field, but the exposure is good 03:59Z science 1800 - more clouds, worse signal 04:29Z midcal 04:36Z science 1800 - very good exposure, despite some clouds 05:09Z science 1800 - good exposure , some clouds 05:42Z science 1800 - decent exposure, some clouds 06:16Z postcal (S/N)^2 accumulated for plate 3331 Attention: the script does not count test or bad exposures ---- logfile-54975.html ---- --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54975 7.0 5.2 9.3 5.9 1800.0 27.4 54975 3.8 2.6 4.9 3.9 1574.0 15.2 54975 10.6 7.9 13.5 10.0 1800.0 42.0 54975 9.4 7.6 10.8 8.4 1800.0 36.2 54975 8.9 6.6 10.4 7.6 1800.0 33.5 --------------------------------------------------- Total: 39.7 29.9 48.9 35.8 8774.0 --> 154.3 Total when ALL b,r values > 2.0: 39.7 29.9 48.9 35.8 8774.0 --> 154.3 (limit=156.5) --------------------------------------------------- This plate was not finished -- 06:27Z cart. 6 plate 3429 is mounted GSOGTF 06:29Z precal 06:37Z science 1800 good spectrum. Some clouds, any way. Note: GUIDE star magnitudes for this plate are all set to 0 in its plugMapM file. It does not hurt observations, the only inconvenience that the guider shows efficiency =0. 07:10Z science 1800 - a lot of clouds in the field, poor signal 07:42Z midcal 07:50Z science 1800 - even worse (but still acceptable), because of clouds 08:23Z science 1800 - same poor 08:56Z science 1800 - getting better 09:30Z postcal This plate was not finished: --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54975 11.0 7.5 13.9 7.9 1800.0 40.3 54975 4.1 2.9 4.9 2.8 1801.0 14.7 54975 2.7 2.4 3.1 2.2 1801.0 10.4 54975 3.7 3.4 4.0 2.7 1800.0 13.8 54975 6.4 5.7 7.6 5.2 1800.0 24.9 --------------------------------------------------- Total: 27.9 21.9 33.5 20.8 9002.0 --> 104.1 Total when ALL b,r values > 2.0: 27.9 21.9 33.5 20.8 9002.0 --> 104.1 (limit=156.5) --------------------------------------------------- -- 09:38Z cart. 7 plate 3426 is mounted GSOGTF 09:44Z precal 09:52Z science 1800 decent exposure, some clouds in the field The plate was not finished: --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54975 4.7 5.1 7.1 3.7 1800.0 20.6 --------------------------------------------------- Similar to plate 3429, guide stars have no real magnitudes in plugMapM file for plate 3426 and our guider reports zero efficiency for them. -- 10:32Z enclosure on, ventilation switched to internal. 10:39Z endNight manually completed. ---=== 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 ----- sequence 61341, plate -9999 ------- 00:03 61341 0.0 bias ----- sequence 61342, plate 3246 ------- 00:15 61342 10.0 flat 00:17 61343 2.0 arc 00:20 61344 2.0 arc 00:23 61345 2.0 arc ----- sequence 61346, plate -9999 ------- 00:27 61346 0.0 bias ----- sequence 61347, plate 3331 ------- 03:00 61347 10.0 flat 03:02 61348 2.0 arc 03:58 61349 1800.0 target 04:27 61350 1574.0 target 04:31 61351 10.0 flat 04:34 61352 2.0 arc 05:08 61353 1800.0 target 05:41 61354 1800.0 target 06:14 61355 1800.0 target 06:18 61356 10.0 flat 06:21 61357 2.0 arc ----- sequence 61358, plate 3429 ------- 06:31 61358 10.0 flat 06:34 61359 2.0 arc 07:08 61360 1800.0 target 07:41 61361 1801.0 target 07:45 61362 10.0 flat 07:47 61363 2.0 arc 08:22 61364 1801.0 target 08:55 61365 1800.0 target 09:28 61366 1800.0 target 09:32 61367 10.0 flat 09:34 61368 2.0 arc ----- sequence 61369, plate 3426 ------- 09:46 61369 10.0 flat 09:48 61370 2.0 arc 10:23 61371 1800.0 target ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:19Z 5 3331 194.12 -0.0007 74.68 -0.0013 17.67 0.0055 1.000140 06:58Z 6 3429 194.15 -0.0028 69.59 -0.0017 19.60 0.0107 1.000080 10:05Z 7 3426 280.80 -0.0027 56.83 0.0012 117.32 -0.0003 1.000130 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:19Z 5 3331 1.00014 -1381 -50 -30 194 74.7 9.4 6 269 -- 1.4" 06:58Z 6 3429 1.00008 -789 448 -30 194 69.6 9.2 6 204 -- 1.3" 10:05Z 7 3426 1.00013 -1283 68 -30 281 56.8 8.4 7 225 -- 1.6" ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 00:09Z 50 35 0 286 (WNW) 1401 - 00:40Z 51 35 2 261 (W) 1427 - 00:56Z 49 35 1 244 (WSW) 1300 - partly cloudy 01:29Z 49 36 2 255 (WSW) 1453 - '' 01:59Z 48 36 1 241 (WSW) 1348 - '' 02:32Z 48 35 1 215 (SW) 1434 - '' 03:03Z 49 33 4 263 (W) 1488 - '' 03:35Z 49 34 4 270 (W) 1471 - '' 04:06Z 49 34 2 252 (WSW) 1530 - '' 04:39Z 49 35 4 257 (WSW) 1696 - '' 05:10Z 49 35 5 258 (WSW) 1620 - '' 05:43Z 48 34 7 253 (WSW) 1646 - '' 06:16Z 48 34 6 208 (SSW) 1543 - '' 06:46Z 48 34 5 194 (SSW) 1724 - '' 07:19Z 48 34 4 242 (WSW) 1551 - '' 07:49Z 48 34 5 260 (W) 1566 - '' 08:21Z 48 34 8 256 (WSW) 1520 - '' 08:53Z 48 34 9 239 (WSW) 1526 - '' 09:24Z 47 34 4 215 (SW) 1535 - '' 09:58Z 47 36 7 231 (SW) 1605 - '' 10:28Z 46 36 7 225 (SW) 1635 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 01:30Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 02:05Z - Enclosure off. 10:32Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 10:36Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 7 Counterweights at: 268 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 254 lbs, 23.1 psi Imager --- lbs --- psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_39_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_6_0 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.10.0 2009-01-12 sdssProcedures: v2_44 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0260 -0.0280 Axial B 0.0330 0.0470 Axial C -0.0300 -0.0360 Trans D -0.7560 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.5918 10.5791 Lateral F 12.1793 12.1793 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.: 9.9 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5850 18.5840 Axial B 15.6300 15.6220 Axial C 13.8090 13.8150 Trans D 15.1010 15.1080 GALILS Commanded: 1626584. 1528865. 1595573. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.00 -11.99 -27.97 -39.17 94.69 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Bias ------------ IDL 5.5a> apo_plotbias, 61341 Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00061341.fit -6.0 -3.8 -2.7 2.8 8.0 9.4 11.2 sdR-b2-00061341.fit -8.0 -5.6 -4.4 1.8 7.3 9.2 11.6 sdR-r1-00061341.fit -6.6 -5.1 -3.6 2.4 8.0 10.2 12.4 sdR-r2-00061341.fit -7.3 -6.0 -3.9 2.2 8.5 10.6 12.9 Spectrograph Temp. Settings --------------------------- sp1> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 1 SlitID 39 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 2300 01P0000002300 Coll_motor_B 2299 02P0000002299 Coll_motor_C 1698 01P0000001698 Coll_motor_A_status 133 01S0133 Coll_motor_B_status 132 02S0132 Coll_motor_C_status 132 01S0132 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 2 Last_open_transit.time 700 Last_close_transit.time 530 Humid_Hartmann 10.8 0xFE2C Humid_Cen_Optics 9.2 0xFE41 Temp_Median 13.2 Temp_Hartmann_Top 12.1 (0xFE04) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 13.0 (0xFDDE) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 13.3 (0xFDD5) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 13.4 (0xFDD0) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 13.2 (0xFDD9) AD 7807 1294 sp2> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 2 SlitID 7 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 1200 01P0000001200 Coll_motor_B 1195 02P0000001195 Coll_motor_C 800 01P0000000800 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 2 Last_open_transit.time 705 Last_close_transit.time 625 Humid_Hartmann -25.1 0x0 Humid_Cen_Optics 9.3 0xFE40 Temp_Median 11.8 Temp_Hartmann_Top 11.8 (0xFE14) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 12.3 (0xFDFC) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 11.8 (0xFE14) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 11.8 (0xFE14) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 11.8 (0xFE10) AD 30527 1094 IDL 5.5a> collimate, 61344 Reading /data/spectro/54975/sdR-b1-00061344.fit Reading /data/spectro/54975/sdR-b1-00061345.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.48 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.75 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.29 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.13 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -4.7 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54975-b1-00061344.log PostScript file = Collimate-54975-b1-00061344.ps Reading /data/spectro/54975/sdR-b2-00061344.fit Reading /data/spectro/54975/sdR-b2-00061345.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.41 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.20 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.15 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.02 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 0.7 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54975-b2-00061344.log PostScript file = Collimate-54975-b2-00061344.ps Reading /data/spectro/54975/sdR-r1-00061344.fit Reading /data/spectro/54975/sdR-r1-00061345.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.59 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.57 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.30 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.06 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 578 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 578" Log file = Collimate-54975-r1-00061344.log PostScript file = Collimate-54975-r1-00061344.ps Reading /data/spectro/54975/sdR-r2-00061344.fit Reading /data/spectro/54975/sdR-r2-00061345.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.81 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.38 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.32 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.04 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 362 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 362" Log file = Collimate-54975-r2-00061344.log PostScript file = Collimate-54975-r2-00061344.ps % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating illegal operand