APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday May 6, 2008 (MJD 54593) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Night: Victor Malanushenko, Elena Malanushenko Swing: Kaike Pan ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- We did not open last night because clouds, dust, and nearby radar return. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ----------- All systems were working properly. The spectro focus was set for 10.5 C. Cartridge 6 mounted for the beginning of the night. Night: ------ 0:50Z started ventilation. Clouds and nearby radar return. Wait to open. 2:45Z stopped ventilation as dust go up to 6.4K. 10:40Z. We did not open tonight because of clouds, high dust (up to 15K), and nearby storm. We ddi not do the imager calibration because nearby radar return. endNight is finished. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7482 23:59Z 00:16Z 100 O -65.97 -61.70 43 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 ===--- Summary Checked (y/n): QA Procedures Done (y/n): UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 52615, plate -9999 ------- 00:00 52615 0.0 bias ----- sequence 52616, plate 2965 ------- 00:06 52616 10.0 flat 00:09 52617 2.0 arc 00:13 52618 3.0 arc 00:16 52619 3.0 arc ----- sequence 52620, plate -9999 ------- 00:44 52620 0.0 bias 01:23 52621 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 ===--- ---=== 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 22:29Z 62 17 18 224 (SW) 2861 - 23:01Z 61 17 24 242 (WSW) 2948 - 23:32Z 62 19 22 235 (SW) 2492 - 00:02Z 61 18 16 251 (WSW) 2528 - 00:33Z 58 17 10 226 (SW) 2356 - 01:13Z 55 16 16 268 (W) 2349 - 01:46Z 52 17 15 274 (W) 3023 - 02:16Z 50 19 14 292 (WNW) 3329 - 02:50Z 49 14 18 278 (W) 6412 - 03:22Z 48 12 6 277 (W) 7979 - 03:54Z 48 12 11 286 (WNW) 9413 - 04:26Z 46 9 15 281 (W) 12165 - 04:58Z 44 9 12 280 (W) 13740 - 05:31Z 44 11 9 267 (W) 9674 - 06:01Z 43 11 15 299 (WNW) 6691 - 06:31Z 42 11 13 271 (W) 4293 - 07:01Z 42 11 25 286 (WNW) 4046 - 07:31Z 40 12 16 258 (WSW) 3728 - 08:01Z 39 12 20 265 (W) 3576 - 08:33Z 38 11 17 254 (WSW) 3216 - 09:06Z 38 10 18 240 (WSW) 3202 - 09:38Z 37 12 9 265 (W) 3271 - 10:10Z 35 14 13 242 (WSW) 3211 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:50Z Opened louvers, cracked doors, turned on fans. 02:45Z Doors closed, fans and blowers off, louvers closed. No interlocks bypass Status at: 10:30Z Telescope stowed at 121, 30, 00 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge Spectro Dewar: 223 lb, 21 psi Imager Dewar : 150 lb, 20 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_38_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_4_0 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures: 2_40 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.0200 0.0200 Axial B -0.0160 0.0000 Axial C -0.0240 -0.0230 Trans D -0.0010 0.0120 Lateral E 10.0838 10.0584 Lateral F 11.6459 11.6205 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12450. -6500. -6550. Actual: 4600. -2000. 2650. -12450. -6500. -6550. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 -200.00 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 99.59 -200.69 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 16.5 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0400 -0.0440 Axial B -0.0500 -0.0570 Axial C -0.0540 -0.0670 Trans D -0.0210 -0.0110 GALILS Commanded: 1627882. 1653154. 1470900. -5900. -7800. Actual: 1627500. 1653150. 1470900. -5900. -7800. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 60.00 -4.00 -20.00 118.90 SecOrient: 1257.10 60.04 -4.13 -20.00 119.26 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus Info: ------------------- Focus checked by used cartridge 6. It currently set for 10.5. sp1> caget tpm_TM_PMSSAvg tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA tpm_TM_PMSSAvg 10.68 tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA 11.36 Sp1> mechSend s Coll_motor_A 334 01P0000000334 Coll_motor_B 507 02P0000000507 Coll_motor_C 325 01P0000000325 Coll_motor_A_status 133 01S0133 Coll_motor_B_status 133 02S0133 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 2 Last_open_transit.time 695 Last_close_transit.time 530 Humid_Hartmann -13.8 0xFF6C Humid_Cen_Optics 12.4 0xFE17 Temp_Median 12.7 Sp2> mechSend s Coll_motor_A 3828 01P0000003828 Coll_motor_B 3286 02P0000003286 Coll_motor_C 3633 01P0000003633 Coll_motor_A_status 133 01S0133 Coll_motor_B_status 133 02S0133 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 705 Last_close_transit.time 620 Humid_Hartmann -25.0 0x0 Humid_Cen_Optics 12.6 0xFE14 Temp_Median 10.2 IDL> Collimate, 52618 Reading /data/spectro/54593/sdR-r1-00052618.fit Reading /data/spectro/54593/sdR-r1-00052619.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.79 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.30 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.31 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.31 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 2798 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 2798" Log file = Collimate-54593-r1-00052618.log PostScript file = Collimate-54593-r1-00052618.ps Reading /data/spectro/54593/sdR-r2-00052618.fit Reading /data/spectro/54593/sdR-r2-00052619.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.73 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.29 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.28 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.02 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 200 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 200" Log file = Collimate-54593-r2-00052618.log PostScript file = Collimate-54593-r2-00052618.ps