APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Friday December 26, 2008 (MJD 54827) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Audrey Simmons Dan Oravetz Kaike Pan (swing) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- We did not open tonight because of combinations of high dust, high wind, high humidity, fog, critically low temperatures, and snow. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: --------- All systems were checked and working properly. Spectro focus ws checked but no adjustment made. It is still set for about 0.5 C. Replace both dewars. It was overcast and high dust, we would not open for a while at least, I did a force fill on spectro dewar before swap it. High dust count (8 K), overcast, and 76% humidity, No evening ventilation. Night: ----- 07:31Z - Power went out, generator power kicked on, but utility power came right back. 09:23Z - We shoveled the sidewalk to the telescope. We did not open because of combinations of high dust, high wind, high humidity, fog, critically low temperatures, and snow. We still had high humidity, snow, temperatures < -12C, etc., so we called it a night. 11:10Z - endNight rejoiced. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7872 22:38Z 22:54Z 100 O 144.41 148.40 40 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): n QA Procedures Done (y/n): n UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 57551, plate 3175 ------- 22:56 57551 10.0 flat 22:58 57552 2.0 arc 23:04 57553 3.0 arc 23:07 57554 2.0 arc ----- sequence 57555, plate -9999 ------- 00:22 57555 0.0 bias ----- sequence 57556, plate 3175 ------- 00:26 57556 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 22:54Z 33 24 30 220 (SW) 4490 - clouds 23:25Z 33 25 38 224 (SW) 5311 - clouds 23:56Z 32 25 30 209 (SSW) 4911 - clouds 00:39Z 31 25 19 236 (SW) 7206 - clouds 01:10Z 31 25 31 218 (SW) 8158 - clouds 01:43Z 29 25 33 258 (WSW) 1099 - clouds 02:15Z 28 25 31 269 (W) 917 - clouds 02:47Z 25 26 20 282 (WNW) 1615 - clouds 03:19Z 25 25 21 252 (WSW) 44 - clouds 03:51Z 23 23 25 264 (W) 10 - clouds 04:23Z 22 22 19 267 (W) 43 - clouds 04:55Z 21 21 27 259 (W) 35 - clouds 05:28Z 19 19 14 284 (WNW) 211 - clouds 06:00Z 16 15 9 290 (WNW) 194 - clouds 06:32Z 16 14 21 289 (WNW) 460 - clouds 07:04Z 16 13 23 297 (WNW) 457 - clouds 07:36Z 15 12 21 293 (WNW) 310 - clouds 08:08Z 14 11 22 273 (W) 440 - clouds 08:40Z 14 10 25 310 (NW) 677 - clouds 09:13Z 13 9 12 317 (NW) 175 - clouds 09:45Z 12 7 20 345 (NNW) 391 - clouds 10:17Z 11 7 18 324 (NW) 263 - clouds 10:49Z 10 5 25 294 (WNW) 416 - clouds ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- We did not ventilate or open at all because of inclement weather. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:01Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 3 Counterweights at: 250 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 255.10 lbs, 21.38 psi Imager 193.30 lbs, 22.76 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: v2_43 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0340 -0.0330 Axial B 0.0470 0.0430 Axial C -0.0360 -0.0370 Trans D -0.7550 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.6045 10.5791 Lateral F 12.1793 12.1666 GALILS Commanded: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. Actual: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. 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.: 0.0 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5810 18.5760 Axial B 15.6160 15.6170 Axial C 13.8160 13.8170 Trans D 15.1060 15.1110 GALILS Commanded: 1626578. 1528871. 1595611. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626650. 1528800. 1595600. -2950. -4550. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.01 -12.00 -27.97 -39.17 94.70 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus Infor: ------------------- sp1> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 1 SlitID 35 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 -8066 01P-0000008066 Coll_motor_B -8264 02P-0000008264 Coll_motor_C -8182 01P-0000008182 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 710 Last_close_transit.time 535 Humid_Hartmann 12.7 0xFE11 Humid_Cen_Optics 11.2 0xFE25 Temp_Median 6.1 sp2> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 2 SlitID 3 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 -5457 01P-0000005457 Coll_motor_B -5931 02P-0000005931 Coll_motor_C -6162 01P-0000006162 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 725 Last_close_transit.time 645 Humid_Hartmann -24.7 0x0 Humid_Cen_Optics 11.5 0xFE20 Temp_Median 3.9 IDL 5.5a> collimate, 57553 % Compiled module: COLLIMATE. Reading /data/spectro/54827/sdR-b1-00057553.fit Reading /data/spectro/54827/sdR-b1-00057554.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.38 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 1.19 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.39 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.39 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -14.1 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54827-b1-00057553.log PostScript file = Collimate-54827-b1-00057553.ps Reading /data/spectro/54827/sdR-b2-00057553.fit Reading /data/spectro/54827/sdR-b2-00057554.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.04 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.40 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.10 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.24 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -8.7 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54827-b2-00057553.log PostScript file = Collimate-54827-b2-00057553.ps Reading /data/spectro/54827/sdR-r1-00057553.fit Reading /data/spectro/54827/sdR-r1-00057554.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.93 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.11 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.25 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.58 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 5317 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 5317" Log file = Collimate-54827-r1-00057553.log PostScript file = Collimate-54827-r1-00057553.ps Reading /data/spectro/54827/sdR-r2-00057553.fit Reading /data/spectro/54827/sdR-r2-00057554.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.97 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.01 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.27 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.32 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 2954 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 2954"