APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Monday October 4, 2010 (MJD 55474) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Steph Snedden Audrey Simmons ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- We were closed most of the night because of high humidity, clouds, and thunderstorms. However, we opened the last hour and was able to gather a few exposures on cart 17, plate 3647. We collected dithered flats on cartridge 17 with both the default 2 second exposure time, as well as 10 second exposure time. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- Checked telescocpe, fiducials, collimation, mirror numbers, actors, etc. 23:45Z - Started ventilating. Night: ------ Did not open at sunset due to rising humidity. 01:48Z - Stopped ventilating. 04:11Z - Mounted cart 17 for dithered flats. 04:20Z - Began dithered flats with 2 seconds (default) 119911-119932. 04:57Z - Started to rain. 05:09Z - 10 second dithered flats 119933-119954. 06:14Z - 4 second arc 119955. 10:30Z - Started ventilating. Humdity and clouds got better. 10:45Z - Opened enclosure. 10:50Z - gotoField cart 17, BOSS plate 3647. GSFOGTF. 10:51Z - Hartmanns 119956-57. 10:53Z - Cals 119958-59. 11:03Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.7" The star in guide fiber 11 is a large doughnut. We had to disable it. 11:20Z - 15 min exposure, even though we are past the observing window. 11:46Z - Closed enclosure and stopped ventilating. 11:48Z - 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11:05Z cart 17 -54.74 0.0000 42.01 0.0000 136.65 0.0000 1.000340 CurrArcOff = -0.000129, 0.000000, 4792993578.09000, 0.002302, 0.000000, 4792993578.09000 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11:05Z cart 17 1.00034 -3358 -1187 384 -55 42.0 8.8 5 187 - 1.7 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 00:32Z 50 46 13 128 (SE) 719 - 01:05Z 49 45 15 134 (SE) 660 - 01:36Z 48 45 17 128 (SE) 601 - 10:08Z 46 39 15 175 (S) 1004 - 10:40Z 45 39 9 170 (S) 862 - 11:17Z 48 38 9 181 (S) 559 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:45Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 01:48Z - Stopped ventilating due to high humidity. 10:30Z - Started ventilating. Humidity and clouds got better. 10:45Z - Opened enclosure. 11:46Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. Status at: 11:46Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 17 Counterweights at: 295 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. SP1 LN2 dewar scale: 165.10 lbs, 18.35 psi SP2 LN2 dewar scale: 162.60 lbs, 17.18 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: 2085700 packets sent successfully sdssProcedures: SoS: plate-mapper: ----STUI software STUI: 1.0b4 2010-10-01 alerts: trunk+svn114742 apo: v1_5 boss: v2_3_9 boss.daq: 1.2.14 boss.specMech: 3.0.1 gcamera: v1_2_2 guider: v1_2_1 hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_4 mcp: v6_6_5 mcp.plc: 25 platedb: v1_0_5 sop: v1_1_4 sos: v1_1_4 tcc: 2.13.0 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.5200 -5.5100 Axial B 16.0980 16.0940 Axial C 15.9200 15.9220 Trans D 11.0040 11.0100 Lateral E 10.6426 10.6553 Lateral F 12.2428 12.2301 GALILS Commanded: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13050. 12650. Actual: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13053. 12647. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 PriOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 9.7 Alt.: 30.003260 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -7.8360 -7.8320 Axial B -0.0440 -0.0410 Axial C 13.8140 13.8180 Trans D 14.1860 14.1840 GALILS Commanded: 1585570. 1566314. 1599195. -1450. -50. Actual: 1585350. 1566695. 1598880. -1462. -69. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1257.04 -9.17 -4.15 -58.18 23.43 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---