APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday December 30, 2008 (MJD 54831) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Howard Brewington Viktor Malanushenko Kaike Pan (swing) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! 30 Dec 2008 54831.0 0.23 BOSS/SEGUE 11.0 hours ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- We had bad seeing since evening. Therefore we were not switched on imager. We received good S/N for five plates and one of them has been declared as done (plate 3188). Also, we have kindly attention to the fact that is GAP between 05:00Z and 08:00Z. In to database is only two or three preMarvel plates. Absolutely is not SEGUE plates for this interval of observations. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- All systems were checked and working properly. The spectro focus was set for ~4.5 C. No problem to report. Night: ----- 23:30:47Z Cartridge 6 3109 00:39:10Z gotoField , used FK5 01:02:25Z preCalibs , all is yellow, Howard adjusted spectro on +2000 steps. 01:17:29Z preCalibs 01:25:22Z doNextScience 1800 01:59:15Z doNextScience 1800 -- probably 'bad' - as we forgotten to obtain postCalib. --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54831 6.3 3.6 6.0 4.7 1801.0 20.6 54831 7.8 5.5 9.1 6.0 1801.0 28.4 Total when ALL b,r values > 2.0: 14.1 9.1 15.1 10.7 3602.0 --> 49.0 (limit=156.5) ------------------------------------- Seeing (base on dimm) changed between 1.5 - 2.2". On spectro guider seeing changed between 1.5 and 1.9" (altitude approx.45 degr). We made decision to observe the spectro as 50% of chance for that imager observations will be only a lost time (the altitudes for imagers observations close to 30 degree). 02:45:44Z Cartridge 4 3183 02:47:03Z gotoField, GSonGTF 02:54:56Z preCalibs 03:02:03Z doNextScience 1800 03:34:56Z doNextScience 1800 04:07:52Z doNextScience 1800 04:40:57Z postCalibs 04:48:56Z doNextScience 1800 --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54831 7.9 3.1 9.7 7.0 1800.0 27.7 54831 8.4 3.3 9.9 7.5 1800.0 29.1 54831 7.6 3.6 9.7 7.3 1801.0 28.2 54831 6.1 3.2 8.5 6.6 1800.0 24.4 Total when ALL b,r values > 2.0: 30.0 13.2 37.8 28.4 7201.0 --> 109.4 (limit=156.5) ------------------------------------- 05:24:29Z Cartridge 3 3188 05:26:10Z gotoField, used FK5 05:36:51Z preCalibs 05:44:13Z doNextScience 1800 06:17:06Z doNextScience 1800 06:50:45Z doNextScience 1800 07:23:38Z postCalibs 07:29:46Z doNextScience 1200 --- DONE --- --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54831 7.8 7.5 10.3 8.8 1800.0 34.4 54831 11.9 8.5 14.0 10.3 1800.0 44.7 54831 13.2 8.9 15.6 11.8 1800.0 49.5 54831 8.0 6.4 9.4 8.5 1200.0 32.3 Total when ALL b,r values > 2.0: 40.9 31.3 49.3 39.4 6600.0 --> 160.9 (limit=156.5) ------------------------------------- 07:55:54Z Cartridge 9 3195 07:58:06Z gotoField, GSonGTF 08:07:32Z preCalibs 08:14:25Z doNextScience 1800 08:47:13Z doNextScience 1800 09:20:08Z doNextScience 1800 - during last ten minutes airs temperature drop down on >= 5 degree. 09:53:03Z postCalibs Seeing more than 5". Efficiency less than 15%. We will wait some times. Howard adjusted spectro on -3000 and got postCalibs again. 10:19:54Z postCalibs 10:20Z goSpecFocus, arc 57708 and 57709. 10:42:40Z Cartridge 1 3176 10:59:25Z preCalibs On the base preCalib results we made decision not to change collimation. 11:16:39Z doNextScience 1800 11:52:22Z doNextScience 1800 12:21:27Z postCalibs 12:27:55Z doNextScience 1500 13:12Z endNight finished happy ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7882 22:41Z 22:59Z 100 O 149.19 153.59 43 ignore 7883 23:03Z 23:08Z 100 O 154.70 155.96 23 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 57669, plate -9999 ------- 22:44 57669 0.0 bias ----- sequence 57670, plate 3176 ------- 23:00 57670 10.0 flat 23:03 57671 2.0 arc 23:08 57672 3.0 arc 23:10 57673 3.0 arc ----- sequence 57674, plate -9999 ------- 23:21 57674 0.0 bias 23:29 57675 0.0 bias 23:32 57676 0.0 bias ----- sequence 57676, plate 3109 ------- 01:05 57677 10.0 flat 01:07 57678 2.0 arc 01:20 57679 10.0 flat 01:22 57680 2.0 arc 01:57 57681 1801.0 target 6.3 3.6 6.0 4.7 02:31 57682 1801.0 target 7.8 5.5 9.1 6.0 ----- sequence 57683, plate 3183 ------- 02:57 57683 10.0 flat 03:00 57684 2.0 arc 03:34 57685 1800.0 target 7.9 3.1 9.7 7.0 04:07 57686 1800.0 target 8.4 3.3 9.9 7.5 04:40 57687 1801.0 target 7.6 3.6 9.7 7.3 04:43 57688 10.0 flat 04:45 57689 2.0 arc 05:21 57690 1800.0 target 6.1 3.2 8.5 6.6 ----- sequence 57691, plate 3188 ------- 05:39 57691 10.0 flat 05:42 57692 2.0 arc 06:16 57693 1800.0 target 7.8 7.5 10.3 8.8 06:49 57694 1800.0 target 11.9 8.5 14.0 10.3 07:22 57695 1800.0 target 13.2 8.9 15.6 11.8 07:26 57696 10.0 flat 07:28 57697 2.0 arc 07:52 57698 1200.0 target 8.0 6.4 9.4 8.5 ----- sequence 57699, plate 3195 ------- 08:10 57699 10.0 flat 08:12 57700 2.0 arc 08:46 57701 1800.0 target 14.0 6.4 17.2 11.7 09:19 57702 1800.0 target 9.7 6.5 15.6 11.4 09:52 57703 1800.0 target 2.7 3.4 5.5 5.0 09:55 57704 10.0 flat 09:57 57705 2.0 arc 10:22 57706 10.0 flat 10:24 57707 2.0 arc 10:30 57708 3.0 arc 10:32 57709 3.0 arc ----- sequence 57710, plate 3176 ------- 11:02 57710 10.0 flat 11:04 57711 2.0 arc 11:48 57712 1800.0 target 2.6 2.4 2.9 2.1 12:20 57713 1500.0 target 8.9 5.9 11.0 5.0 12:23 57714 10.0 flat 12:26 57715 2.0 arc 12:55 57716 1500.0 target ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:11Z 6 3109 6.70 0.0024 47.28 0.0007 185.70 0.0074 1.000020 03:03Z 4 3183 16.69 0.0040 56.15 -0.0004 193.99 0.0238 0.999950 05:45Z 3 3188 99.02 0.0042 52.59 -0.0031 254.91 0.0327 1.000020 08:16Z 9 3195 27.12 0.0057 69.09 -0.0015 203.27 0.0343 1.000100 11:17Z 1 3176 189.65 -0.0076 68.86 -0.0055 13.75 0.0143 1.000140 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:11Z 6 3109 1.00002 -196 1161 135 7 47.3 6.8 18 24 --- 2.0" 03:03Z 4 3183 0.99995 494 1621 50 17 56.2 7.1 17 68 --- 1.5" 05:45Z 3 3188 1.00002 -196 1010 0 99 52.6 6.6 12 27 --- 1.8" 08:16Z 9 3195 1.00010 -986 341 25 27 69.1 7.2 4 114 --- 1.2" 11:17Z 1 3176 1.00014 -1381 439 450 190 68.9 2.9 6 176 --- 3.5" 11:57Z 1 3176 1.00001 -98 1196 140 204 66.4 4.4 5 183 --- 2.0" ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 21:32Z 46 3 6 293 (WNW) 84 - 22:04Z 46 4 5 353 (NNW) 67 - 22:34Z 46 2 10 358 (NNW) 76 - 23:06Z 46 5 7 356 (NNW) 57 - 23:37Z 45 5 7 14 (NNE) 39 - 00:07Z 44 3 10 350 (NNW) 55 - 00:39Z 44 2 6 339 (NNW) 69 - 01:11Z 44 2 8 6 (N) 119 - 01:43Z 43 4 19 44 (NE) 69 - 02:15Z 42 4 12 358 (NNW) 81 - 02:45Z 44 4 13 46 (NE) 156 - 03:17Z 44 6 12 77 (ENE) 169 - 03:47Z 43 5 12 46 (NE) 162 - 04:20Z 45 2 12 21 (NNE) 141 - 04:50Z 43 4 16 15 (NNE) 570 - 05:24Z 45 7 14 28 (NNE) 83 - 05:55Z 44 5 10 56 (NE) 78 - 06:27Z 44 6 13 62 (ENE) 56 - 07:00Z 43 1 13 66 (ENE) 87 - 07:32Z 44 5 12 68 (ENE) 63 - 08:05Z 44 7 5 98 (E) 53 - 08:37Z 44 6 4 188 (S) 49 - 09:07Z 42 5 6 181 (S) 105 - 09:40Z 35 9 18 74 (ENE) 111 - 10:11Z 30 11 18 76 (ENE) 317 - 10:41Z 29 13 14 79 (E) 513 - 11:13Z 34 12 7 89 (E) 537 - 11:45Z 37 10 3 102 (ESE) 374 - 12:18Z 39 8 3 181 (S) 97 - 12:50Z 37 8 7 117 (ESE) 118 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:25Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 23:55Z - Enclosure off. 13:00Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 13:10Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 1 Counterweights at: 261 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 283 lbs, 18 psi Imager 104 lbs, 18 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 -0.0320 -0.0330 Axial B 0.0440 0.0430 Axial C -0.0370 -0.0370 Trans D -0.7580 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.6045 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.: 7.6 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5820 18.5760 Axial B 15.6190 15.6170 Axial C 13.8140 13.8170 Trans D 15.1050 15.1110 GALILS Commanded: 1626572. 1528783. 1595662. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.00 -12.04 -27.98 -39.18 94.73 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus Infor: --------------------- 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 -5066 01P-0000005066 Coll_motor_B -5265 02P-0000005265 Coll_motor_C -5183 01P-0000005183 Coll_motor_A_status 133 01S0133 Coll_motor_B_status 133 02S0133 Coll_motor_C_status 132 01S0132 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 705 Last_close_transit.time 530 Humid_Hartmann 2.1 0xFE9E Humid_Cen_Optics 12.2 0xFE19 Temp_Median 10.0 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 -1954 01P-0000001954 Coll_motor_B -2433 02P-0000002433 Coll_motor_C -2661 01P-0000002661 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 710 Last_close_transit.time 620 Humid_Hartmann -24.9 0x0 Humid_Cen_Optics 11.6 0xFE20 Temp_Median 8.0 IDL 5.5a> collimate, 57672 Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-b1-00057672.fit Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-b1-00057673.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.51 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 1.20 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.42 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.35 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -12.6 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54831-b1-00057672.log PostScript file = Collimate-54831-b1-00057672.ps Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-b2-00057672.fit Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-b2-00057673.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.26 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.23 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.11 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.05 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -1.8 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54831-b2-00057672.log PostScript file = Collimate-54831-b2-00057672.ps Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-r1-00057672.fit Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-r1-00057673.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.02 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.05 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.31 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.55 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 4993 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 4993" Log file = Collimate-54831-r1-00057672.log PostScript file = Collimate-54831-r1-00057672.ps Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-r2-00057672.fit Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-r2-00057673.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.93 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.10 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.30 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.18 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1692 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 1692" ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00057669.fit -5.5 -4.2 -2.2 2.2 7.7 8.8 11.0 sdR-b2-00057669.fit -7.7 -5.8 -4.5 1.6 7.4 9.0 11.2 sdR-r1-00057669.fit -6.5 -5.0 -3.2 2.0 7.7 9.0 11.0 sdR-r2-00057669.fit -7.7 -6.3 -4.2 1.8 7.3 9.4 12.3 ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ New collimate (at 10:40Z) ------------------------- IDL 5.5a> collimate, 57708 Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-b1-00057708.fit Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-b1-00057709.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = 0.08 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 1.54 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.40 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.79 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -28.3 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54831-b1-00057708.log PostScript file = Collimate-54831-b1-00057708.ps Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-b2-00057708.fit Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-b2-00057709.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = 0.06 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.73 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.18 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.48 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -17.2 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54831-b2-00057708.log PostScript file = Collimate-54831-b2-00057708.ps Files not found Files not found IDL 5.5a> collimate, 57708 Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-b1-00057708.fit Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-b1-00057709.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = 0.08 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 1.54 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.40 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.79 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -28.3 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54831-b1-00057708.log PostScript file = Collimate-54831-b1-00057708.ps Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-b2-00057708.fit Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-b2-00057709.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = 0.06 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.73 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.18 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.48 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -17.2 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54831-b2-00057708.log PostScript file = Collimate-54831-b2-00057708.ps Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-r1-00057708.fit Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-r1-00057709.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.15 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.16 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.28 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.79 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 7209 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 7209" Log file = Collimate-54831-r1-00057708.log PostScript file = Collimate-54831-r1-00057708.ps Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-r2-00057708.fit Reading /data/spectro/54831/sdR-r2-00057709.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.16 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.07 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.29 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.44 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 4043 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 4043" Log file = Collimate-54831-r2-00057708.log PostScript file = Collimate-54831-r2-00057708.ps -----------------------------------------------