APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Friday April 17, 2009 (MJD 54939) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Kaike Pan Howard Brewington John Brinkmann (support) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- SEGUE2 Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- We got a bit of a late start because of clouds at sunset. Added signal to: Cart 01, plate 3362 DONE Cart 08, plate 3246 DONE Cart 03, plate 3301 DONE Cart 07, plate 3291 DONE Cart 06, plate 3290 Spectro dewar is getting low. Jon Brinkmann got the 2.5-meter dust counter working; THANKS Jon! endNight worked tonight as the IRSC images were copied; THANKS Jon! ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- 22:50Z Started the afternoon checkout. 23:10Z Started the Spectro focus check. Sp1 was adjusted by -1500. The spectros are set for about 1.5-degrees. The collimate numbers are posted in the Problems Section. 23:25Z Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 142G 117G 18G 87% / /dev/sda1 99M 30M 64M 33% /boot /dev/sdb1 917G 829G 42G 96% /data sdssfiles1p:/data1/data 1.5T 663G 730G 48% /files 00:00Z Dust count with hand-held was about 800. 00:10Z Started ventilation 00:15Z Started telescope checkout. 00:35Z Cart 01 mounted. 00:45Z Finished the afternoon checkout. 01:31Z Sunset with mucho clouds Night: ------ 02:25Z Enclosure off, topped-off spectro secondary dewars, checked top/bottom balance, did a test slew, checked fiducial crossings for each axis, and started the DIMM. 02:44Z Cart 01, plate 3362 (Mar09c_SEGUE2). The field was found after offsets were cleared. Seeing was about 1.6" as reported by the guider. Two exposure completed tonight, and the plate declared DONE; see below. 02:58 twilight end 02:59 60461 10.0 flat 03:01 60462 2.0 arc 03:35 60463 1800.0 target 03:58 60464 1203.0 target 04:02 60465 10.0 flat 04:04 60466 2.0 arc --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54935 8.2 4.5 8.9 4.1 1800.0 25.7 54935 3.5 2.2 4.8 2.2 1800.0 12.7 54935 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 1279.0 0.7 54937 5.1 3.7 5.6 3.3 1502.0 17.7 54937 4.9 3.4 5.4 3.4 1502.0 17.1 54937 7.5 4.8 8.9 4.9 1800.0 26.1 54937 6.1 3.7 7.2 4.0 1500.0 21.0 54939 8.4 7.1 10.1 6.0 1800.0 31.6 54939 5.1 5.2 5.9 4.9 1203.0 21.1 --------------------------------------------------- Total: 49.0 34.8 57.0 32.9 14186.0 --> 173.7 04:11Z Cart 08, plate 3246 (Jan09a_SEGUE2). Guide stars were found with goToField. Seeing was about 1.5" as reported by the guider. Two exposures completed tonight, and plate was declared DONE; see below. 04:27 60467 10.0 flat 04:30 60468 2.0 arc 05:04 60469 1800.0 target 05:37 60470 1800.0 target 05:40 60471 10.0 flat 05:42 60472 2.0 arc --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54937 8.9 5.8 10.4 3.8 1800.0 28.9 54937 7.7 4.3 8.5 3.2 1800.0 23.7 54937 7.9 6.2 9.6 5.0 1801.0 28.7 54937 5.9 4.4 6.8 3.6 1500.0 20.7 54939 8.9 6.1 11.3 7.1 1800.0 33.4 54939 8.5 5.8 10.1 5.9 1800.0 30.3 --------------------------------------------------- Total: 47.8 32.6 56.7 28.6 10501.0 --> 165.7 05:49Z Cart 03, plate 3301 (Feb09a_SEGUE2). Guide stars found with goToField. Seeing was about 2.0" as reported by the guider. Four exposures were completed, and plate declared DONE; see below: 05:58 60473 10.0 flat 06:00 60474 2.0 arc 06:34 60475 1800.0 target 07:07 60476 1800.0 target 07:40 60477 1800.0 target 07:43 60478 10.0 flat 07:45 60479 2.0 arc 08:21 60480 1800.0 target 08:24 60481 10.0 flat 08:26 60482 2.0 arc --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54939 8.7 8.1 8.6 7.5 1800.0 32.9 54939 12.0 10.9 12.8 9.1 1800.0 44.8 54939 12.0 10.8 11.9 9.4 1800.0 44.1 54939 15.0 13.4 14.8 10.6 1800.0 53.8 --------------------------------------------------- Total: 47.7 43.2 48.1 36.6 7200.0 --> 175.6 08:33Z Cart 07, plate 3291 (Feb09a_SEGUE2). Guide stars found with goToField. Seeing was about 1.3" as reported by the guider. Two exposure were completed, and the plate declared DONE. 08:39 60483 10.0 flat 08:42 60484 2.0 arc 08:47 Moonrise 09:16 60485 1800.0 target 09:38 60486 1202.0 target 09:42 60487 10.0 flat 09:44 60488 2.0 arc --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54938 10.5 10.4 13.5 8.1 1800.0 42.5 54938 9.0 9.7 11.1 7.1 1800.0 36.9 54939 13.4 12.7 14.7 10.0 1800.0 50.8 54939 7.6 8.8 8.6 7.2 1202.0 32.2 --------------------------------------------------- Total: 40.5 41.6 47.9 32.4 6602.0 --> 162.4 09:50Z Cart 06, plate 3290 (Feb09a_SEGUE2). Guide stars found with goToField. Seeing was about 1.4" as reported by the guider. Three exposures were completed; see below. 09:57 60489 10.0 flat 10:00 60490 2.0 arc 10:28 60491 1501.0 target 11:00 60492 1500.0 target 11:08 Morning twilight 11:28 60493 1500.0 target 11:31 60494 10.0 flat 11:33 60495 2.0 arc --------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum --------------------------------------------------- 54939 6.1 7.0 7.5 6.9 1501.0 27.5 54939 5.7 6.1 6.5 5.9 1500.0 24.2 54939 3.8 4.7 4.7 5.1 1500.0 18.3 --------------------------------------------------- Total: 15.6 17.8 18.7 17.9 4501.0 --> 70.0 11:40Z Enclosure on, doors/louvers closed, fans off. 11:50Z endNight finished and was happy. 12:33Z Sunrise ---=== 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): y QA Procedures Done (y/n): y UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 60454, plate -9999 ------- 22:54 60454 0.0 bias ----- sequence 60455, plate -9999 ------- 23:01 60455 0.0 bias ----- sequence 60456, plate 3291 ------- 23:15 60456 10.0 flat 23:18 60457 2.0 arc 23:25 60458 3.0 arc 23:28 60459 3.0 arc ----- sequence 60460, plate -9999 ------- 23:56 60460 0.0 bias ----- sequence 60461, plate 3362 ------- 02:59 60461 10.0 flat 03:01 60462 2.0 arc 03:35 60463 1800.0 target 03:58 60464 1203.0 target 04:02 60465 10.0 flat 04:04 60466 2.0 arc ----- sequence 60467, plate 3246 ------- 04:27 60467 10.0 flat 04:30 60468 2.0 arc 05:04 60469 1800.0 target 05:37 60470 1800.0 target 05:40 60471 10.0 flat 05:42 60472 2.0 arc ----- sequence 60473, plate 3301 ------- 05:58 60473 10.0 flat 06:00 60474 2.0 arc 06:34 60475 1800.0 target 07:07 60476 1800.0 target 07:40 60477 1800.0 target 07:43 60478 10.0 flat 07:45 60479 2.0 arc 08:21 60480 1800.0 target 08:24 60481 10.0 flat 08:26 60482 2.0 arc ----- sequence 60483, plate 3291 ------- 08:39 60483 10.0 flat 08:42 60484 2.0 arc 09:16 60485 1800.0 target 09:38 60486 1202.0 target 09:42 60487 10.0 flat 09:44 60488 2.0 arc ----- sequence 60489, plate 3290 ------- 09:57 60489 10.0 flat 10:00 60490 2.0 arc 10:28 60491 1501.0 target 11:00 60492 1500.0 target 11:28 60493 1500.0 target 11:31 60494 10.0 flat 11:33 60495 2.0 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:12Z 1 3362 205.15 0.0020 62.59 0.0010 40.07 0.0084 0.999910 04:38Z 8 3246 14.79 0.0012 62.84 0.0021 192.45 0.0262 0.999890 06:09Z 3 3301 43.98 0.0051 77.83 0.0019 219.58 0.0547 0.999930 08:49Z 7 3291 124.43 0.0043 71.56 0.0032 -68.13 0.0126 0.999960 10:04Z 6 3290 14.91 0.0025 79.19 0.0018 193.44 0.0413 0.999960 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:12Z 1 3362 0.99991 888 2052 170 205 62.6 -0.2 13 282 gdr 1.6 04:38Z 8 3246 0.99989 1085 2160 115 15 62.8 0.1 15 266 gdr 1.5 06:09Z 3 3301 0.99993 690 1808 115 44 77.8 -0.9 16 267 gdr 2.0 08:48Z 7 3291 0.99996 395 1556 100 124 71.5 -0.7 11 307 gdr 1.3 10:04Z 6 3290 0.99996 395 1571 125 15 79.2 -1.1 7 286 gdr 1.4 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 22:51Z 38 4 17 250 (WSW) -9999 - 23:21Z 36 1 20 244 (WSW) -9999 - 23:54Z 35 1 18 252 (WSW) -9999 - 00:25Z 33 1 17 271 (W) -9999 - 00:58Z 35 4 18 251 (WSW) -9999 - 01:29Z 33 5 17 257 (WSW) -9999 - 01:59Z 32 6 17 255 (WSW) -9999 - 02:31Z 32 6 13 263 (W) -9999 - 03:02Z 31 7 9 267 (W) -9999 - 03:32Z 31 8 13 272 (W) 805 - 04:03Z 32 8 13 267 (W) 696 - 04:35Z 32 9 12 260 (W) 732 - 05:07Z 31 9 14 275 (W) 743 - 05:38Z 30 9 16 261 (W) 868 - 06:09Z 30 9 16 266 (W) 859 - 06:40Z 30 9 16 282 (WNW) 930 - 07:11Z 30 10 13 271 (W) 963 - 07:44Z 30 10 15 301 (WNW) 1087 - 08:14Z 31 11 18 306 (NW) 945 - 08:45Z 31 12 20 311 (NW) 905 - 09:17Z 31 12 12 315 (NW) 1000 - 09:47Z 30 13 15 280 (W) 946 - 10:17Z 29 13 9 303 (WNW) 1067 - 10:49Z 29 13 20 302 (WNW) 1081 - 11:21Z 29 13 13 307 (NW) 1007 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:10Z Doors and louvers open, fans on. 02:25Z Enclosure off. 11:40Z Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:55Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 06 Counterweights at: 255lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 96lbs, 18psi Imager lbs, psi (warmed up) ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_39_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: (unavailable) TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: 2.7.2.1 sdssProcedures: v2_43 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0310 -0.0280 Axial B 0.0230 0.0470 Axial C -0.0380 -0.0360 Trans D -0.7700 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.5791 10.5791 Lateral F 12.1920 12.1793 GALILS Commanded: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. Actual: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. 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.: 3.2 Alt.: 30.000308 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5870 18.5840 Axial B 15.6290 15.6220 Axial C 13.8180 13.8150 Trans D 15.1100 15.1080 GALILS Commanded: 1626616. 1528846. 1595624. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626650. 1528800. 1595600. -2950. -4550. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.02 -12.01 -27.98 -39.18 94.71 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00060454.fit -5.1 -4.0 -2.4 2.6 7.1 9.2 10.3 sdR-b2-00060454.fit -7.8 -5.7 -4.4 1.7 7.3 9.1 11.1 sdR-r1-00060454.fit -6.7 -4.5 -3.4 2.0 7.5 9.5 11.5 sdR-r2-00060454.fit -7.6 -5.5 -4.4 1.9 8.2 9.2 12.4 Done for 86.219731 sec. % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating underflow % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating illegal operand IDL 5.5a> apo_plotbias, 60454 --== Spectro Collimate Numbers ==-- IDL 5.5a> collimate, 60458 % Compiled module: COLLIMATE. Reading /data/spectro/54939/sdR-b1-00060458.fit Reading /data/spectro/54939/sdR-b1-00060459.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.07 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.68 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.42 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.19 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 6.8 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54939-b1-00060458.log PostScript file = Collimate-54939-b1-00060458.ps Reading /data/spectro/54939/sdR-b2-00060458.fit Reading /data/spectro/54939/sdR-b2-00060459.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.63 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.09 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.12 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.26 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 9.1 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54939-b2-00060458.log PostScript file = Collimate-54939-b2-00060458.ps Reading /data/spectro/54939/sdR-r1-00060458.fit Reading /data/spectro/54939/sdR-r1-00060459.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.04 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.74 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.23 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.27 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -2500 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston -2500" Log file = Collimate-54939-r1-00060458.log PostScript file = Collimate-54939-r1-00060458.ps Reading /data/spectro/54939/sdR-r2-00060458.fit Reading /data/spectro/54939/sdR-r2-00060459.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.52 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.42 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.22 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.06 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -545 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston -545" Log file = Collimate-54939-r2-00060458.log PostScript file = Collimate-54939-r2-00060458.ps % Program caused arithmetic error: Floating illegal operand IDL 5.5a>