APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Friday September 19, 2008 (MJD 54729) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Dmitry Bizyaev Kaike Pan Scott Fleming ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- The first 7 hours were lost to clouds, rain. We observed plate 3017B, 3028B. Problem with AZ fiducials (they stopped coming to the log file). See "problems" section (I did find stars without AZ fiducial crossing readings). ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- ntp-check ok imager bias ok iccSoundOff ok spectro bias ok Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00054680.fit -5.4 -4.3 -2.3 2.3 7.8 9.3 11.1 sdR-b2-00054680.fit -7.9 -6.3 -4.2 1.1 7.2 8.5 11.0 sdR-r1-00054680.fit -6.6 -5.0 -3.6 1.5 7.4 9.4 11.4 sdR-r2-00054680.fit -7.4 -6.3 -4.2 2.1 7.3 9.4 12.6 Both spectrographs were collimated for ~+10C ambient. Opening and ventilation are postponed because of incoming rainy clouds and lightnings. Night: ------ 02:20Z Rain sensor went off, put landa cart back to its shield. 09:00Z Mounted cartridge 7, enclosure off. 09:30Z cart 7, plate 3017B. SOGTF. Seeing is about 1.1". After opening, the sky was photometric. 09:44Z pre-calib. Frame # 54687-88. 09:50Z Science exposures. Frame #54689-98. 10:30Z postcalib. Frame # 54699-54700. 10:45Z cart 6, plate 3038B. FK5 used. 11:01Z pre-calib. 11:07Z Science exposures. Frame # 54703-12. 11:45Z postCalib. 12:05Z endNight rejoiced. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7690 23:38Z 23:53Z 100 O 63.01 66.62 38 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 54681, plate 3032 ------- 00:11 54681 10.0 flat 00:14 54682 2.0 arc 00:46 54683 10.0 flat 00:49 54684 2.0 arc 00:55 54685 3.0 arc 00:58 54686 3.0 arc ----- sequence 54687, plate 3017 ------- 09:45 54687 10.0 flat 09:48 54688 2.0 arc 09:54 54689 8.0 target 09:58 54690 7.0 target 10:02 54691 8.0 target 10:05 54692 7.0 target 10:08 54693 8.0 target 10:11 54694 13.0 target 10:14 54695 13.0 target 10:17 54696 13.0 target 10:20 54697 13.0 target 10:24 54698 12.0 target 10:27 54699 10.0 flat 10:30 54700 2.0 arc ----- sequence 54701, plate 3038 ------- 11:04 54701 10.0 flat 11:07 54702 2.0 arc 11:11 54703 7.0 target 11:14 54704 8.0 target 11:17 54705 7.0 target 11:20 54706 8.0 target 11:23 54707 8.0 target 11:26 54708 13.0 target 11:31 54709 12.0 target 11:34 54710 13.0 target 11:37 54711 13.0 target 11:40 54712 12.0 target 11:43 54713 10.0 flat 11:46 54714 2.0 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09:59Z 7 3017 18.74 0.0013 77.72 0.0002 196.83 0.0195 1.000040 11:08Z 6 3038 115.76 0.0053 55.74 0.0014 -90.21 0.0020 1.000370 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09:59Z 7 3017 1.00004 -394 844 50 18 77.7 10.9 5 353 -- 1.0 11:08Z 6 3038 1.00037 -3653 -1861 0 116 55.8 10.9 1 233 -- 1.0 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 23:53Z 58 44 6 267 (W) 508 - cloudy 00:23Z 55 44 6 250 (WSW) 551 - 00:54Z 53 44 4 257 (WSW) 619 - 01:20Z 53 44 6 260 (W) 722 - 01:50Z 53 44 6 263 (W) 783 - 02:21Z 51 42 12 303 (WNW) 894 - 02:51Z 47 41 2 249 (WSW) 794 - 03:21Z 48 40 5 92 (E) 239 - 03:53Z 52 35 9 37 (NE) 231 - 04:26Z 54 34 5 346 (NNW) 449 - 04:58Z 53 35 5 336 (NNW) 452 - 05:30Z 53 35 4 279 (W) 483 - 06:02Z 52 35 8 315 (NW) 430 - 06:35Z 51 36 9 322 (NW) 457 - 07:07Z 50 38 0 232 (SW) 423 - 07:39Z 51 37 6 315 (NW) 537 - 08:11Z 52 36 2 327 (NNW) 454 - 08:43Z 52 40 1 257 (WSW) 1016 - 09:15Z 52 40 11 290 (WNW) 642 - partly cloudy 09:49Z 51 40 4 352 (NNW) 740 - mostlu clear 10:21Z 51 40 2 267 (W) 638 - clear 10:51Z 51 40 1 251 (WSW) 705 - 11:21Z 52 39 0 224 (SW) 603 - 11:53Z 52 41 0 217 (SW) 549 - clear ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 08:20Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 09:00Z - Enclosure off. 12:00Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 12:20ZZ Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: 6 Cartridge Counterweights at: 255 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 149 lbs, 17 psi Imager 144 lbs, 22 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_39_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: SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0290 -0.0300 Axial B 0.0390 0.0390 Axial C -0.0360 -0.0400 Trans D -0.7570 -0.7570 Lateral E 10.5918 10.5537 Lateral F 12.1666 12.1539 GALILS Commanded: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. Actual: 10471. -76. 5755. 8616. 10374. 10023. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -11.72 8.60 496.70 640.50 PriOrient: 1.06 -11.65 8.77 495.77 639.59 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 12.6 Alt.: 29.999994 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5640 18.5620 Axial B 15.6120 15.6080 Axial C 13.8170 13.8170 Trans D 15.1090 15.1170 GALILS Commanded: 1626647. 1528796. 1595580. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.01 -39.20 94.70 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Collimation with cart.4 plate 3032 sp1> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 1 SlitID 36 Air On Shutter_open_sensor Off Shutter_closed_sensor On Left_open_sensor Off Left_closed_sensor On Right_open_sensor Off Right_closed_sensor On Coll_motor_A -2157 01P-0000002157 Coll_motor_B -2156 02P-0000002156 Coll_motor_C -2156 01P-0000002156 Coll_motor_A_status 132 01S0132 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 525 Humid_Hartmann 21.9 0xFD9C Humid_Cen_Optics 9.9 0xFE38 Temp_Median 13.7 Temp_Hartmann_Top 13.1 (0xFDDA) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 13.6 (0xFDC6) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 13.8 (0xFDBD) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 14.0 (0xFDB6) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 13.8 (0xFDC0) AD 24191 1294 sp1> sp2 sp2 sp2> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 2 SlitID 4 Air On Shutter_open_sensor Off Shutter_closed_sensor On Left_open_sensor Off Left_closed_sensor On Right_open_sensor Off Right_closed_sensor On Coll_motor_A -31152 01P-0000031152 Coll_motor_B -6147 02P-0000006147 Coll_motor_C -5703 01P-0000005703 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 700 Last_close_transit.time 605 Humid_Hartmann -25.1 0x0 Humid_Cen_Optics 13.0 0xFE10 Temp_Median 11.6 Temp_Hartmann_Top 12.3 (0xFDFC) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 11.9 (0xFE0C) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 11.4 (0xFE24) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 11.6 (0xFE1C) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 11.7 (0xFE18) AD 12032 1094 IDL 5.5a> collimate, 54685 Reading /data/spectro/54729/sdR-b1-00054685.fit Reading /data/spectro/54729/sdR-b1-00054686.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.28 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.90 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.27 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.27 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -9.7 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54729-b1-00054685.log PostScript file = Collimate-54729-b1-00054685.ps Reading /data/spectro/54729/sdR-b2-00054685.fit Reading /data/spectro/54729/sdR-b2-00054686.fit COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.16 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.33 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -11.9 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54729-b2-00054685.log PostScript file = Collimate-54729-b2-00054685.ps Reading /data/spectro/54729/sdR-r1-00054685.fit Reading /data/spectro/54729/sdR-r1-00054686.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.94 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.22 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.35 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.43 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 3931 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 3931" Log file = Collimate-54729-r1-00054685.log PostScript file = Collimate-54729-r1-00054685.ps Reading /data/spectro/54729/sdR-r2-00054685.fit Reading /data/spectro/54729/sdR-r2-00054686.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.12 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.08 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.31 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.41 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 3779 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 3779" Log file = Collimate-54729-r2-00054685.log PostScript file = Collimate-54729-r2-00054685.ps Issued: sp1> mechPiston 2000 sp2> mechPiston 2000 Now both should ne in-focus at ambient temperature 9.8C Problems: --------- During the evening check up we noticed that fiducials on AZ axis are not seen. ALT and ROT are ok. Investigation of the murmur log shows that they just stopped coming to the log file after ~18:20Z yesterday. No associated errors are found. Please check if everything is OK with te AZ sensor.