APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday September 25, 2008 (MJD 54735) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Steph Snedden - observer Viktor Malanushenko - observer Robert Ross - visitor ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Clear night (except around sunset), high humidity and moderate/bad seeing. Obtained signal on 5 segue plates: Cart 8 plate 3138 Cart 5 plate 3130 Cart 6 plate 3142 - DONE Cart 9 plate 3106 Cart 2 plate 3123 We have not problems during tonight except high humidity. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- The tccmon section on laptop was stopped. Victor rerun it. No other problems during afternoon checkout. Collimation was checked and good for +8C. 00:20Z - doors and louvers opened, start ventilation. Night: ------ 01:00Z - enclosure off Cartridge 8 plate 3138 segue aug08d , GSOGTF 01:59:34Z gotoField 02:07:53Z preCalibs 02:14:43Z doNextScience 1500 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.7 02:42:45Z doNextScience 1500 3.3 2.8 3.3 2.9 03:10:39Z doNextScience 1500 3.1 2.8 3.1 2.4 03:38:40Z postCalibs Cartridge 5 plate 3130 segue aug08d , GSOGTF 03:51:31Z gotoField 04:07:02Z doNextScience 1500 04:13:39Z endStare -abort (high humidity) 04:20Z -- high humidity, enclosure on, stop vent, louvers and doors closed. 05:25Z enclosure off 05:31:35Z Cartridge 5 plate 3130 segue aug08d , GSOGTF 05:37:23Z preCalibs 05:45:02Z doNextScience 1500 3.1 2.9 3.2 2.8 06:15:38Z Cartridge 6 plate 3142 segue aug08d , GSOGTF 06:24:11Z preCalibs 06:31:19Z doNextScience 1500 10.1 5.0 9.2 5.6 06:59:09Z doNextScience 1500 11.0 5.8 9.1 6.1 07:26:55Z doNextScience 1500 9.6 6.0 7.4 5.4 07:54:55Z postCalibs 08:01:41Z doNextScience 900 4.6 4.3 3.9 4.2 DONE 08:21:33Z Cartridge 9 plate 3106 segue jul08ce , GSOGTF 08:31:09Z preCalibs 08:38:53Z doNextScience 1500 11.1 4.7 12.8 9.7 09:06:42Z doNextScience 1500 9.7 4.0 10.7 8.7 09:34:31Z doNextScience 1500 7.2 3.4 8.5 6.0 10:03:12Z postCalibs 10:10:39Z Cartridge 2 plate 3123 segue aug08d , GSOGTF 10:19:31Z preCalibs 10:26:17Z doNextScience 1500 11.0 4.6 9.2 5.5 10:54:03Z doNextScience 1500 8.6 5.0 7.3 5.0 11:21:55Z postCalibs 11:40Z endNight finished and rejoiced. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7701 22:42Z 22:58Z 100 O 54.83 58.77 38 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): Yes QA Procedures Done (y/n): Yes UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 54953, plate -9999 ------- 23:01 54953 0.0 bias 23:10 54954 0.0 bias ----- sequence 54955, plate 3142 ------- 23:49 54955 10.0 flat 23:51 54956 2.0 arc 23:54 54957 3.0 arc 23:57 54958 2.0 arc ----- sequence 54959, plate 3138 ------- 02:10 54959 10.0 flat 02:13 54960 2.0 arc 02:41 54961 1500.0 target 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.7 03:10 54962 1500.0 target 3.3 2.8 3.3 2.9 03:37 54963 1501.0 target 3.1 2.8 3.1 2.4 03:41 54964 10.0 flat 03:43 54965 2.0 arc ----- sequence 54966, plate 3130 ------- 04:02 54966 10.0 flat 04:04 54967 2.0 arc 05:40 54968 10.0 flat 05:42 54969 2.0 arc 06:12 54970 1501.0 target 3.1 2.9 3.2 2.8 ----- sequence 54971, plate 3142 ------- 06:26 54971 10.0 flat 06:29 54972 2.0 arc 06:58 54973 1500.0 target 10.1 5.0 9.2 5.6 07:26 54974 1500.0 target 11.0 5.8 9.1 6.1 07:54 54975 1500.0 target 9.6 6.0 7.4 5.4 07:57 54976 10.0 flat 07:59 54977 2.0 arc 08:18 54978 900.0 target 4.6 4.3 3.9 4.2 ----- sequence 54979, plate 3106 ------- 08:33 54979 10.0 flat 08:36 54980 2.0 arc 09:06 54981 1500.0 target 11.1 4.7 12.8 9.7 09:33 54982 1501.0 target 9.7 4.0 10.7 8.7 10:02 54983 1500.0 target 7.2 3.4 8.5 6.0 10:04 54984 10.0 flat 10:07 54985 2.0 arc ----- sequence 54986, plate 3123 ------- 10:22 54986 10.0 flat 10:24 54987 2.0 arc 10:53 54988 1500.0 target 11.0 4.6 9.2 5.5 11:21 54989 1500.0 target 8.6 5.0 7.3 5.0 11:24 54990 10.0 flat 11:26 54991 2.0 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02:14Z 8 3138 14.01 -0.0004 44.15 0.0002 191.94 0.0137 1.000100 04:07Z 5 3130 68.30 0.0013 54.13 0.0009 233.88 0.0052 1.000220 05:45Z 5 3130 28.82 0.0003 69.99 -0.0004 204.76 0.0102 1.000140 06:31Z 6 3142 -6.48 -0.0000 57.14 -0.0002 174.53 0.0140 1.000050 08:39Z 9 3106 -44.65 -0.0000 57.26 0.0003 143.41 0.0194 1.000160 10:26Z 2 3123 26.36 -0.0004 49.32 0.0024 202.02 0.0212 1.000210 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23:44Z 6 3142 1.00000 1 1257 0 121 30.3 11.6 5 95 02:14Z 8 3138 1.00010 -986 508 125 14 44.1 9.1 15 112 --- 2.0" 04:07Z 5 3130 1.00022 -2171 -505 125 68 54.1 7.7 12 117 --- 1.8" 05:45Z 5 3130 1.00014 -1381 87 100 29 70.0 8.0 16 135 --- 1.9" 06:31Z 6 3142 1.00005 -493 826 75 -7 57.1 7.8 13 125 --- 1.6" 08:39Z 9 3106 1.00016 -1579 -74 75 -45 57.3 9.4 1 204 --- 1.4" 10:26Z 2 3123 1.00021 -2073 -508 25 26 49.3 8.2 1 165 --- 1.2" ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 23:27Z 55 43 2 222 (SW) 933 - 23:57Z 51 43 2 116 (ESE) 1062 - 00:27Z 50 42 8 115 (ESE) 1973 - 00:57Z 49 42 12 111 (ESE) 1717 - 01:27Z 48 42 13 112 (ESE) 1465 - 01:57Z 48 41 14 111 (ESE) 1541 - 02:27Z 47 41 16 110 (ESE) 1573 - 02:57Z 47 41 16 113 (ESE) 1604 - 03:28Z 46 40 17 109 (ESE) 1557 - 03:58Z 46 42 18 124 (SE) 1483 - 04:28Z 45 41 13 115 (ESE) 1409 - 04:58Z 45 39 14 130 (SE) 1314 - 05:28Z 46 38 15 141 (SE) 1303 - 05:58Z 46 39 17 138 (SE) 1237 - 06:28Z 46 39 6 141 (SE) 1358 - 06:59Z 46 38 6 99 (E) 1299 - 07:31Z 46 37 0 192 (SSW) 1204 - 08:03Z 48 38 0 210 (SSW) 1376 - 08:35Z 48 34 1 225 (SW) 1202 - 09:07Z 48 32 1 208 (SSW) 1181 - 09:37Z 47 34 2 211 (SSW) 1055 - 10:08Z 47 36 2 194 (SSW) 1163 - 10:40Z 45 34 0 161 (SSE) 1163 - 11:10Z 43 40 6 128 (SE) 1448 - 11:42Z 43 40 6 112 (ESE) 1460 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:20Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 01:00Z - Opened enclosure. 04:20Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off 05:25Z - Enclosure is off, doors and louvers are opened, and fans are on. 11:30Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:41Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 2 Counterweights at: 255 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 108 lbs, 19 psi Imager 145 lbs, 14 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: 1.000120 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0300 -0.0300 Axial B 0.0420 0.0390 Axial C -0.0350 -0.0400 Trans D -0.7540 -0.7570 Lateral E 10.5537 10.5537 Lateral F 12.1539 12.1539 GALILS Commanded: 29050. 18500. 24350. 8600. 10400. 10050. Actual: 29065. 18518. 24348. 8616. 10403. 10060. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: -1184.63 -11.72 8.60 496.70 640.50 PriOrient: -1183.95 -11.65 8.77 496.29 639.59 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 125.00 Air Temp.: 12.3 Alt.: 30.000576 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5600 18.5620 Axial B 15.6140 15.6080 Axial C 13.8200 13.8170 Trans D 15.1090 15.1170 GALILS Commanded: 548364. 450556. 517315. -3050. -4600. Actual: 548367. 450548. 517323. -3037. -4618. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 401.13 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 401.13 -12.00 -28.00 -39.35 94.71 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00054954.fit -5.8 -4.5 -2.6 2.1 7.6 8.7 10.9 sdR-b2-00054954.fit -8.4 -6.1 -4.7 1.4 7.6 8.8 10.3 sdR-r1-00054954.fit -7.0 -5.1 -3.7 1.7 6.9 8.3 10.4 sdR-r2-00054954.fit -8.0 -6.1 -4.0 0.4 6.5 8.6 9.8 -------------------