APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday January 18, 2009 (MJD 54850) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Elena Malanushenko Dmitry Bizyaev Steph Snedden (swing) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- 18 Jan 2009 54850.0 0.43 BOSS/SEGUE until 08:42 (6.9 h), then SEGUE (3.9 h) ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Light clouds in the evening, clouds and bad seeing in the morning. Finished SEGUE plates: 3184 (c. 2), 3207 (5). Exposed SEGUE plates: 3212 (3), 3211 (4) ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: --------- No change made to spectro focus. Still set for an air temp of about 1C. No problems noted during afternoon checkout. Removed MJD 54823, 54824 data from sdsshost2 / sdssfiles1 The disk space is now: /dev/sdb1 917G 829G 42G 96% /data sdssfiles1p:/data1/data 1.5T 822G 571G 59% /files imager bis ok spectro bias ok Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00058132.fit -5.3 -3.8 -2.7 2.4 6.8 8.8 10.1 sdR-b2-00058132.fit -8.0 -6.4 -4.2 1.0 7.1 8.4 10.8 sdR-r1-00058132.fit -6.8 -5.0 -3.9 1.5 7.0 8.2 10.2 sdR-r2-00058132.fit -8.3 -6.2 -4.2 1.1 6.4 8.5 10.6 23:40Z - Enclosure ventilation started Night: ------ 00:25Z enclosure opened 00:56Z gotofield with cart. 2 plate 3184. fk5 used. 01:18Z precal. One yellow camera. Adjustment made: sp1> mechPiston 2000 01:32Z precal. Looks decent with one "yellow" camera (it will go in-spec with the falling temperature). 01:38Z science 1500 02:06Z science 1500 --> 1800 02:40Z midcal 02:47Z science 1800 03:20Z science 1800 --> 1500 03:49Z postcal This plate is finished. -- 03:56Z cart 5 plate 3207 is mounted No g.s., fk5 used, no direct fk5, fk5 with a guess worked. 04:17Z precal 04:24Z science 1800 04:57Z science 1800 05"30Z science 1500 --> 1200 05:53Z postcal This plate is finished -- 06:03Z cart.3 plate 3212 is mounted GSOGTF 06:12Z precal 06:19Z science 1800 06:52Z science 1800 07:24Z science 1800 07:58Z midcal 08:05Z science 1800 08:44Z science 1800 09:18Z postcal -- 09:26Z cart 4 plate 3211 is mounted fk5 used 09:39Z precal 09:46Z science 1800 this exposure was made in thickening clouds and didn't get enough signal to be fair. At the moment, combination of clouds, bad seeing (~ 3") and Moon brigns the efficiency down. We are getting bad data. 10:19Z science 1800 bad too. 10:53Z science 1800 bad too. Efficiency < 30%, seeing ~ 3". Clouds. guider focus. 11:31Z midcal 11:38Z science 1800 12:15Z Efficiency is very low due to clouds, bad seeing, and Moon we are waiting for improvement. 12:47Z dome closed 12:54Z endNight finished ---=== 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 58127, plate 3184 ------- 23:02 58127 10.0 flat 23:04 58128 2.0 arc 23:07 58129 3.0 arc 23:10 58130 3.0 arc ----- sequence 58131, plate -9999 ------- 23:26 58131 0.0 bias ----- sequence 58132, plate -9999 ------- 00:42 58132 0.0 bias ----- sequence 58133, plate 3184 ------- 01:20 58133 10.0 flat 01:23 58134 2.0 arc 01:34 58135 10.0 flat 01:36 58136 2.0 arc 02:05 58137 1500.0 target 02:38 58138 1801.0 target 02:42 58139 10.0 flat 02:45 58140 2.0 arc 03:19 58141 1800.0 target 03:47 58142 1501.0 target 03:51 58143 10.0 flat 03:53 58144 2.0 arc ----- sequence 58145, plate 3207 ------- 04:19 58145 10.0 flat 04:21 58146 2.0 arc 04:56 58147 1800.0 target 05:29 58148 1800.0 target 05:52 58149 1202.0 target 05:55 58150 10.0 flat 05:58 58151 2.0 arc ----- sequence 58152, plate 3212 ------- 06:14 58152 10.0 flat 06:17 58153 2.0 arc 06:51 58154 1800.0 target 07:24 58155 1800.0 target 07:57 58156 1800.0 target 08:00 58157 10.0 flat 08:03 58158 2.0 arc 08:38 58159 1800.0 target 09:16 58160 1800.0 target 09:19 58161 10.0 flat 09:22 58162 2.0 arc ----- sequence 58163, plate 3211 ------- 09:41 58163 10.0 flat 09:44 58164 2.0 arc 10:17 58165 1800.0 target 10:51 58166 1801.0 target 11:25 58167 1800.0 target 11:33 58168 10.0 flat 11:36 58169 2.0 arc 12:10 58170 1801.0 target ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:50Z 2 3184 8.48 0.0027 57.00 -0.0006 187.15 0.0329 0.999950 10:42Z 4 3211 180.19 -0.0008 63.37 -0.0049 0.34 0.0511 0.999960 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:50Z 2 3184 0.99995 494 1794 225 8 57.0 2.3 9 333 -- 2.0" 10:42Z 4 3211 0.99996 395 1521 50 180 63.4 4.0 20 64 -- 2.2" ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 23:27Z 38 11 5 4 (N) 436 - 23:59Z 38 9 5 6 (N) 279 - 00:39Z 38 0 11 352 (NNW) 101 - cirrus 01:11Z 36 3 5 357 (NNW) 164 - '' 01:42Z 36 4 7 355 (NNW) 134 - '' 02:14Z 36 1 11 357 (NNW) 91 - ''' 02:46Z 36 2 8 338 (NNW) 96 - '' 03:16Z 36 4 6 15 (NNE) 161 - ''' 03:46Z 36 4 9 10 (N) 190 - '' 04:20Z 36 0 17 7 (N) 87 - '' 04:51Z 36 0 18 5 (N) 90 - '' 05:23Z 36 -2 20 21 (NNE) 287 - '' 05:56Z 39 -5 15 10 (N) 61 - '' 06:28Z 39 -5 21 28 (NNE) 63 - '' 07:00Z 38 -5 20 20 (NNE) 66 - '' 07:33Z 39 -8 22 14 (NNE) 46 - '' 08:04Z 38 -7 11 9 (N) 112 - '' 08:36Z 38 -7 14 5 (N) 194 - '' 09:09Z 39 -7 21 19 (NNE) 144 - '' 09:41Z 41 -5 15 40 (NE) 112 - clouds 10:13Z 39 -6 10 57 (ENE) 62 - '' 10:46Z 39 -6 19 56 (NE) 106 - '' 11:16Z 38 -7 21 65 (ENE) 97 - '' 11:49Z 37 -7 21 59 (ENE) 160 - '' 12:22Z 37 -6 20 72 (ENE) 143 - '' 12:54Z 36 -5 15 78 (ENE) 132 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:40Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 00:25Z - Enclosure off. 12:47Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 12:56Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 4 Counterweights at: 255 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 175 lbs, 16.8 psi Imager 114 lbs, 16.1 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: 907650 packets sent successfully sdssProcedures: v2_43 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0250 -0.0280 Axial B 0.0500 0.0470 Axial C -0.0330 -0.0360 Trans D -0.7620 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.5918 10.5791 Lateral F 12.1793 12.1793 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.: 3.4 Alt.: 30.088920 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5850 18.5840 Axial B 15.6220 15.6220 Axial C 13.8150 13.8150 Trans D 15.1070 15.1080 GALILS Commanded: 1626641. 1528802. 1595617. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626650. 1528800. 1595600. -2950. -4550. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.01 -12.01 -28.00 -39.19 94.71 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus Check: -------------------- Collimate indicates the focus is still set for an air temp of about 1C, so no change was made to the focus. Collimate results: Reading /data/spectro/54850/sdR-r1-00058130.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.85 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.06 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.28 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.48 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 4360 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 4360" Log file = Collimate-54850-r1-00058129.log PostScript file = Collimate-54850-r1-00058129.ps Reading /data/spectro/54850/sdR-r2-00058129.fit Reading /data/spectro/54850/sdR-r2-00058130.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.89 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.12 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.28 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.21 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1919 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 1919" Log file = Collimate-54850-r2-00058129.log PostScript file = Collimate-54850-r2-00058129.ps Actuator positions: sp1> Coll_motor_A -8295 01P-0000008295 Coll_motor_B -8494 02P-0000008494 Coll_motor_C -8412 01P-0000008412 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 2 Last_open_transit.time 705 Last_close_transit.time 535 Humid_Hartmann 12.2 0xFE19 Humid_Cen_Optics 12.3 0xFE17 Temp_Median 7.8 Temp_Hartmann_Top 7.4 (0xFECB) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 7.6 (0xFEC1) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 7.8 (0xFEB8) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 8.2 (0xFEA9) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 7.8 (0xFEB9) sp2> Coll_motor_A -3440 01P-0000003440 Coll_motor_B -3940 02P-0000003940 Coll_motor_C -4144 01P-0000004144 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 715 Last_close_transit.time 625 Humid_Hartmann -25.1 0x4 Humid_Cen_Optics 11.9 0xFE1C Temp_Median 5.7 Temp_Hartmann_Top 6.2 (0xFEFC) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 6.6 (0xFEEC) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 5.5 (0xFF18) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 5.9 (0xFF08) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 5.7 (0xFF10) Spectro Bias Check: ------------------- Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00058131.fit -5.8 -4.5 -2.5 1.9 7.4 8.5 10.7 sdR-b2-00058131.fit -8.4 -6.7 -4.7 1.6 6.9 9.2 10.6 sdR-r1-00058131.fit -6.8 -5.3 -3.8 1.2 6.7 8.2 10.0 sdR-r2-00058131.fit -8.1 -6.5 -4.9 0.9 6.6 8.2 10.3