APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday September 12, 2002 (MJD 52530) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Mike Harvanek (APO) Dan Long (APO) Jurek Krzesinski (APO; swing) Eric Neilsen (FNAL) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- High humidity all night. Rain and lightning for a good portion of the night. Occasional high winds and high dust counts. Yes, we had it all. We never opened. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- WGUS54 KEPZ 130109 FFWELP NMC035-130300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION ADD CLOUDCROFT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 656 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY IN NEW MEXICO INCLUDING ALAMOGORDO...TULAROSA...MAYHILL...HIGH ROLLS...MOUNTAIN PARK AND CLOUDCROFT. * UNTIL 900 PM MDT * AT 644 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY FROM ALAMOGORDO EASTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 82 TO HIGH ROLLS AND MOUNTAIN PARK...CLOUDCROFT AND MAYHILL. HEAVY RAINS WERE ALSO OCCURRING ALONG HIGHWAY 54 FROM ALAMOGORDO TO TULAROSA. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 54 ARE NOW CLOSED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS. MUDSLIDES HAVE ALSO OCURRED NEAR HIGH ROLLS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. WGUS74 KEPZ 130257 FFSELP NMZ024-025-130345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 845 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2002 ...HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING STRIKE NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY... LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING THE ALAMOGORDO AREA AND EASTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 82 NEAR MOUNTAIN PARK AND HIGH ROLLS. HEAVY RAINS ALSO FELL ALONG HIGHWAY 54 BETWEEN ALAMOGORDO AND TULAROSA. THE HEAVY RAINS CAUSED WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING IN ALAMOGORDO AND ROCK SLIDES AND STREET FLOODING AROUND HIGH ROLLS AND MOUNTAIN PARK. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 54 WERE ALSO FLOODED NORTH OF ALAMOGORDO. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3334 22:32Z 22:55Z 100 O 38.97 44.68 52 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 ===--- UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 16350, plate -9999 ------- 22:31Z 16350 0.0 bias {{}} ----- sequence 16351, plate 1023 ------- 22:58Z 16351 10.0 flat test 23:02Z 16352 2.0 arc test 23:05Z 16353 3.0 arc {{focus, hartmann l}} 23:07Z 16354 2.0 arc {{focus, hartmann r}} ----- sequence 16355, plate -9999 ------- 23:49Z 16355 0.0 bias {{}} 00:31Z 16356 0.0 bias {{}} 00:38Z 16357 0.0 bias {{}} ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== DATA TAPE SUMMARY ===--- Goes: zilch Stays: zero ---=== 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 00:09Z 55 48 9 179 (S) 329 - totally cloudy 00:39Z 55 47 24 179 (S) 291 - totally cloudy 01:09Z 51 46 11 44 (NE) 314 - totally cloudy 01:39Z 49 44 12 79 (E) 231 - totally cloudy 02:09Z 50 43 5 84 (E) 254 - lightning, rain 02:40Z 49 43 8 105 (ESE) 180 - lightning, rain 03:10Z 48 44 14 155 (SSE) 210 - cloudy, lightning 03:40Z 50 44 6 157 (SSE) 196 - cloudy, lightning 04:10Z 48 44 12 135 (SE) 162 - cloudy, lightning 04:41Z 48 44 6 95 (E) 182 - cloudy, lightning 05:11Z 48 44 10 143 (SE) 136 - lightning, rain 05:41Z 46 43 1 70 (ENE) 385 - lightning, rain 06:11Z 47 44 6 214 (SW) 151 - lightning, rain 06:41Z 49 44 9 182 (S) 148 - cloudy, lightning 07:11Z 47 45 9 183 (S) 419 - cloudy, lightning 07:42Z 49 46 11 182 (S) 410 - cloudy, lightning 08:12Z 49 46 10 137 (SE) 276 - mostly cloudy 08:42Z 49 46 6 173 (S) 290 - mostly cloudy 09:12Z 49 46 6 183 (S) 350 - mostly cloudy 09:42Z 49 46 0 124 (SE) 482 - partly cloudy 10:15Z 48 46 5 156 (SSE) 607 - partly cloudy ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- Never opened. Telescope stowed at 30 degrees with cartridge 4 (plate 1023) mounted. Counterweights at 280. Spectro auto-fill connected. Imager dewar 10:25 97 lb Spectro dewar 10:25 88 lb Alt, az slip detection interlocks bypassed. ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v3_82_7 Watcher: v2_19_0 MCP: v5_13_4 TPM: tpm_v2_16_0 AstroDa: v14_47 TCC: 2.6.5 sdssProcedures: v1_51 tccMon : v1_9 SoS: v4_9_10 hoggPT: v1_5_8 plate-mapper: v4_1_0 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.0870 0.0890 Axial B 0.8040 0.8040 Axial C 0.0820 0.0790 Trans D -1.5130 -1.5180 Lateral E 1.8300 1.8220 Lateral F 0.0000 0.0000 GALILS Commanded: 5400. -3700. 900. -200. 31550. 30650. Actual: 5400. -3700. 900. -200. 31550. 30650. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -11.80 23.00 1256.90 642.10 PriOrient: 0.00 -12.16 22.81 1257.41 642.19 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 12.2 Alt.: 30.007506 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 1.4630 1.4640 Axial B 1.1510 1.1520 Axial C 1.0760 1.0770 Trans D -0.7150 -0.7160 GALILS Commanded: 1661545. 1539246. 1550238. -4550. -1550. Actual: 1661550. 1539250. 1550250. -4550. -1550. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 10.00 -40.00 -100.00 64.19 SecOrient: 1256.99 10.01 -40.00 -100.18 64.08 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---