APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday December 23, 2010 (MJD 55554) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Viktor Malaushenko Elena Malanushenko Steph Snedden (afternoon) Support: Jon Brinkmann Paul Harding ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- 23 Dec 2010 55554.0 0.79 01:31 12:35 00:37 11:43 MARVELS 12.1 hours Flexible Engineering ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- We did not open last night because clouds, high humidity, and strong wind. All telescope systems worked properly. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: --------- Jon continued work on the MCP. It passed preliminary testing, and we will run with it tonight - version v6_6_6 - the evil version. This version has the latest PID coefficients as defaults, and should read the cartidge 18 ID switches, although that won't be tested until 18 is back in the bay. Thanks Jon! We rolled the spectro instrument block back to the version we were using before flex engineering. We believe it has introduced too large pointing errors to use without a new pointing model. We can implement Craig and Paul's changes next flex engineering when we plan to take a pointing model. 23:25Z - ThAr lamp on. 00:15Z - No ventilation at sunset - high humidity. Night: ----- We did not open last night because clouds, high humidity, and strong wind. endNight is 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 00:14Z 30 28 17 259 (W) 147 - Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 31 30 15 270 (W) 838 cloudy none 17:00 32 28 17 259 (W) 138 mstly cldy none 18:00 29 28 15 268 (W) 148 ptly cldy none 19:00 28 24 19 267 (W) 311 ptly cldy none 20:00 27 24 11 287 (WNW) 432 ptly cldy none 21:00 26 23 7 274 (W) 350 mstly clr none 22:00 26 25 15 355 (N) 1160 clear none 23:00 26 25 10 0 (N) 268 clear none 00:00 24 21 2 329 (NNW) 118 clear none 01:00 23 21 20 0 (N) 101 clear none 02:00 24 19 20 5 (N) 109 clear none 03:00 25 22 34 18 (NNE) 71 clear none 04:00 27 23 34 49 (NE) 336 clear snow 05:00 28 21 23 46 (NE) 263 clear lt snow ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- We did not opened. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 12:20Z Telescope stowed at: 121,30,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 4 Counterweights at: 306 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro1 129 lbs, 24 psi Spectro2 223 lbs, 19 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- ---- STUI software STUI: 1.0b12 2010-12-10 alerts: trunk+svn115546 apo: v1_5 boss: v2_3_9 boss.daq: 1.2.14 boss.specMech: 3.0.1 gcamera: v1_2_3 guider: trunk+svn120382M Paul was working with new Guider version during the night: guider: trunk+svn120392M; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_5 mcp: v6_6_6 mcp.plc: 26 platedb: v1_0_5 sop: v1_1_5 sos: v1_1_5 tcc: 2.14.0 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06 idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_4_24 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_7 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.5220 -5.5100 Axial B 16.0940 16.0940 Axial C 15.9190 15.9220 Trans D 10.9980 11.0100 Lateral E 10.6807 10.6553 Lateral F 12.2682 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.: -0.6 Alt.: 30.000868 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -7.8350 -7.8320 Axial B -0.0260 -0.0410 Axial C 13.8150 13.8180 Trans D 14.1890 14.1840 GALILS Commanded: 1585331. 1566717. 1598899. -1450. -50. Actual: 1585350. 1566695. 1598880. -1462. -69. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1257.01 -9.00 -3.99 -58.07 23.32 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---