APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday April 6, 2010 (MJD 55293) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Alaina Shelden Dmitry Bizyaev ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- BOSS Science with 3/4 power ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Clear night, high wind in the evening, high dust counts in the first part of the night. Awful seeing in the second part of the night. We are asked to observe BOSS plates tonight. R2 camera is still out of workable order. BOSS plates exposed: 3823 (c. 10) 3771 (c. 13) 3850 (c. 14) 3851 (c. 16) Last few hours we got awful seeing, greater than 4". We accumulated ~ 28K dust-hours, please check mirrors for the dust. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- telescope is checked, everything is ok. Wind gusts are over 32 mph in the evening, gust ~ 2500. Cart. 10 is mounted. 01:00Z started ventilation. Delayed because of high dust count. Night: ------ 01:50Z opened dome, delayed because of wind gusts over 30 mph. gotoField with cart. 10 plate 3823 GSOGTF Seeing was pretty bad, 2. - 2.5" 12 02:34 b1-00112742 10 3823 fla Out 30.9 34930 35469 35465 13 02:36 b1-00112743 10 3823 arc Out 4.8 34930 35469 35465 14 02:50 b1-00112744 10 3823 sci Out 900.8 34930 35469 35465 15 03:07 b1-00112745 10 3823 sci Out 900.8 34930 35469 35465 16 03:23 b1-00112746 10 3823 sci Out 900.8 34930 35469 35465 17 03:40 b1-00112747 10 3823 sci Out 900.8 34930 35469 35465 18 03:57 b1-00112748 10 3823 sci Out 900.8 34930 35469 35465 19 04:13 b1-00112749 10 3823 sci Out 900.8 34930 35469 35465 20 04:30 b1-00112750 10 3823 fla Out 30.8 34930 35469 35465 21 04:32 b1-00112751 10 3823 arc Out 4.9 34930 35469 35465 04:34Z cart 13 plate 3771 is mounted GSOGTF seeing ~ 1.8 - 2.5" 22 04:39 b1-00112752 13 3771 arc Lef 4.8 34930 35469 35465 HART 23 04:41 b1-00112753 13 3771 arc Rig 4.8 34930 35469 35465 HART 24 04:45 b1-00112754 13 3771 fla Out 30.9 35745 36283 36281 25 04:46 b1-00112755 13 3771 arc Out 4.8 35745 36283 36281 26 04:53 b1-00112756 13 3771 sci Out 900.8 35745 36283 36281 27 05:10 b1-00112757 13 3771 sci Out 900.8 35745 36283 36281 28 05:26 b1-00112758 13 3771 sci Out 900.8 35745 36283 36281 29 05:43 b1-00112759 13 3771 fla Out 30.9 35745 36283 36281 30 05:45 b1-00112760 13 3771 arc Out 4.8 35745 36283 36281 05:51Z cart 14 plate 3850 is mounted GSOGTF seeing ~ 2.3 (start) - 3.5" (end) 31 05:53 b1-00112761 14 3850 arc Lef 4.8 35745 36283 36281 HART 32 05:54 b1-00112762 14 3850 arc Rig 4.8 35745 36283 36281 HART 33 05:58 b1-00112763 14 3850 fla Out 30.9 31911 32449 32451 34 06:00 b1-00112764 14 3850 arc Out 4.8 31911 32449 32451 35 06:04 b1-00112765 14 3850 sci Out 900.8 31911 32449 32451 36 06:20 b1-00112766 14 3850 sci Out 900.8 31911 32449 32451 37 06:37 b1-00112767 14 3850 sci Out 900.8 31911 32449 32451 38 06:53 b1-00112768 14 3850 sci Out 900.8 31911 32449 32451 39 07:09 b1-00112769 14 3850 sci Out 900.8 31911 32449 32451 40 07:27 b1-00112770 14 3850 sci Out 900.8 31911 32449 32451 41 07:46 b1-00112771 14 3850 sci Out 900.8 31911 32449 32451 42 08:03 b1-00112772 14 3850 fla Out 30.8 31911 32449 32451 43 08:05 b1-00112773 14 3850 arc Out 4.8 31911 32449 32451 08:12Z cart. 16 plate 3851 is mounted GSOGTF seeing ~3.5 - 4.5" Guuder stopped a few times during exposures because, probbaly bad seeing (sometimes > 4"). Guider also reported the error: 08:47:50 APO.alaina 213 guider w text="gfindstars() returned an error code: -7ffe3ff7" after many guider exposures. 44 08:14 b1-00112774 16 3851 arc Lef 4.8 31911 32449 32451 HART 45 08:15 b1-00112775 16 3851 arc Rig 4.8 31911 32449 32451 HART 46 08:21 b1-00112776 16 3851 fla Out 30.9 23101 23640 23643 47 08:23 b1-00112777 16 3851 arc Out 4.8 23101 23640 23643 48 08:29 b1-00112778 16 3851 sci Out 900.8 23101 23640 23643 49 08:45 b1-00112779 16 3851 sci Out 900.8 23101 23640 23643 50 09:02 b1-00112780 16 3851 sci Out 900.8 23101 23640 23643 51 09:18 b1-00112781 16 3851 sci Out 900.8 23101 23640 23643 52 09:35 b1-00112782 16 3851 sci Out 900.8 23101 23640 23643 53 09:51 b1-00112783 16 3851 sci Out 900.8 23101 23640 23643 54 10:08 b1-00112784 16 3851 sci Out 900.8 23101 23640 23643 55 10:24 b1-00112785 16 3851 sci Out 900.8 23101 23640 23643 56 10:40 b1-00112786 16 3851 sci Out 900.8 23101 23640 23643 57 10:57 b1-00112787 16 3851 sci Out 900.8 23101 23640 23643 58 11:13 b1-00112788 16 3851 fla Out 30.8 23101 23640 23643 59 11:15 b1-00112789 16 3851 arc Out 4.8 23101 23640 23643 Very bad seeing during all exposures. -- 11:25Z enclosure on, ventilation atopped. 11:30Z 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 ---=== 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 00:18Z 46 14 26 266 (W) 2289 - 00:51Z 44 14 14 258 (WSW) 2083 - 01:23Z 41 16 20 250 (WSW) 2733 - 01:55Z 40 14 14 255 (WSW) 2551 - 02:27Z 40 13 17 283 (WNW) 1918 - 02:59Z 38 13 17 285 (WNW) 1643 - 03:31Z 37 15 11 263 (W) 2568 - 04:03Z 37 11 10 270 (W) 7679 - 04:36Z 35 0 12 352 (NNW) 1914 - 05:08Z 34 0 10 21 (NNE) 1742 - 05:40Z 32 0 13 13 (NNE) 1577 - 06:12Z 31 0 23 21 (NNE) 1432 - 06:44Z 30 -1 15 353 (NNW) 1581 - 07:16Z 29 -1 5 39 (NE) 1664 - 07:57Z 27 -2 24 11 (N) 1936 - 08:29Z 26 -2 20 3 (N) 2013 - 09:01Z 29 1 11 34 (NE) 1784 - 09:33Z 26 -1 5 9 (N) 1726 - 10:05Z 26 0 25 16 (NNE) 1804 - 10:37Z 24 0 17 1 (N) 1435 - 11:09Z 23 0 23 27 (NNE) 1363 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 01:00Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 01:50Z - Enclosure off. 11:25Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. Cartridge bay arm interlock is bypassed. Status at: 11:32Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 12 Counterweights at: 238 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 134 lbs, 22.4 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_40_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_6_5 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.11.0 2009-06-24 sdssProcedures: v3_02 ----STUI software----- STUI ------- 0.5.2 2010-03-19 hub --------- Tag: sdss3_v1_1_3 boss -------- v2_2_0 specMech-- 3.0.1 guider -------v1_0_20d gcamera --- v1_0_6 MCP ------- v6_6_5 alerts ------- v1_0_3 platedb ----v1_0_3 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.6980 -0.6940 Axial B -0.0290 -0.0410 Axial C -0.3740 -0.3710 Trans D 11.6060 11.6170 Lateral E 10.3759 10.3505 Lateral F 11.9380 11.9253 GALILS Commanded: 9900. 400. 5850. 1200. 2950. 2750. Actual: 9917. 401. 5832. 1205. 2954. 2757. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -3.30 5.10 278.08 178.06 PriOrient: 0.00 -3.04 5.26 277.70 178.07 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 7.5 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.6080 18.6150 Axial B 15.6190 15.6120 Axial C 13.8260 13.8170 Trans D -11.7790 -11.7780 GALILS Commanded: 1597696. 1566200. 1588058. -7600. -12400. Actual: 1597721. 1566188. 1588095. -7597. -12380. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 234.42 SecOrient: 1256.99 -3.99 -8.99 10.19 234.68 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---