APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday July 1, 2009 (MJD 55014) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Dan Oravetz Steph Snedden ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- MARVELS Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Completed four MARVELS observations HAT P-3 HAT P-4 Field 1349 Kepler3-TrES-2 No missing fibers seen (though some spectra were faint). Humidity, then clouds prevented us from getting to the SEGUE-RAVE cross-calibration plates. Sorry. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: --------- No problems during afternoon checkout. No change made to spectro focus. No data deleted from disk 01:32Z - Started building ventilation Night: ----- 02:17Z - Opened enclosure 02:40 - Cartridge 1, plate 3359A, MARVELS field HAT P-3 ------------------------------------------------------ 02:41Z - Went to an FK5 in bright twilight. Guider recognized guide stars at 6 degree twilight. Seeing 1.5" FWHM Altitude 72 deg 03:13Z - started first science exposure at -11 degree twilight. N File Type 4 T02:43:28.000.fits TIO 49540.453 6636.9409 5 T02:45:33.230.fits THAR 190.99374 712.38550 6 T02:50:08.610.fits TIO 49405.727 6691.0967 7 T03:12:22.940.fits STAR 25.580999 895.38519 No missing fibers 04:15Z - Cartridge 9, plate 3418A, MARVELS field HAT P-4 -------------------------------------------------------- 04:19Z - TCC timeouts on the first two goToFields. The third one worked. GSOGTF Seeing 1.7" Altitude 80 deg Humidity climbing 8 T04:04:23.180.fits TIO 48510.727 6584.8184 9 T04:06:28.520.fits THAR 188.02499 704.79108 10 T04:11:05.210.fits TIO 48084.727 6576.0596 11 T04:27:33.020.fits STAR 20.471666 772.86865 No missing fibers 05:30Z - Cartridge 8, plate 3489A, MARVELS field 1349 ----------------------------------------------------- Needed an FK5, although it was right in the fiber - not sure why we didn't see guide stars at first. Seeing 1.6" Altitude 78 deg Humidity still rising. 12 T05:19:50.270.fits TIO 48534.910 6583.9985 13 T05:21:56.600.fits THAR 169.60625 682.22998 14 T05:26:32.030.fits TIO 48056.090 6558.7705 15 T05:36:15.910.fits STAR 32.044666 1042.9409 No missing fibers 06:36Z - Cartridge 8, plate 3489B, MARVELS field KEPLER3.TRES-2 --------------------------------------------------------------- GSOGTF Seeing 1.8" Altitude 72 deg 16 T06:28:01.340.fits TIO 48029.000 6580.6714 17 T06:30:07.850.fits THAR 163.86250 673.44641 18 T06:34:43.270.fits TIO 47679.637 6502.3779 19 T06:45:29.990.fits STAR 23.875334 853.74762 20 T07:37:51.520.fits TIO 48057.816 6514.9111 21 T07:39:57.850.fits THAR 161.39999 666.10596 22 T07:44:33.250.fits TIO 47451.910 6528.7056 No missing fibers, but some were very faint. 07:50Z - Cartridge 4, plate 3533 - SEGUE RAVE Cross-calib plate --------------------------------------------------------------- GSOGTF 07:53Z - Unfortunately, humidity went too high and bare aluminum surfaces started to get wet at the telescope. We were forced to close. 09:26Z - Opaque clouds formed. 10:05Z - We gave up. endNight rejoiced. ---=== 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 ----- sequence 62013, plate 3478 ------- 00:45 62013 10.0 flat 00:48 62014 2.0 arc 00:51 62015 3.0 arc 00:54 62016 3.0 arc ----- sequence 62017, plate -9999 ------- 02:29 62017 0.0 bias ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02:56Z 1 3359 208.15 -0.0056 72.20 0.0022 36.26 0.0145 1.000200 04:27Z 9 3418 247.11 -0.0083 80.21 0.0028 73.41 0.0322 1.000160 05:36Z 8 3489 142.15 -0.0018 77.86 0.0014 -44.03 0.0298 1.000160 06:46Z 8 3489 158.98 -0.0014 72.05 0.0018 -27.58 0.0167 1.000160 ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02:56Z 1 3359 1.00020 -1974 -527 -20 208 72.2 14.3 11 84 -- 1.5" 04:26Z 9 3418 1.00016 -1579 -190 0 247 80.2 13.1 13 90 -- 1.7 05:36Z 8 3489 1.00016 -1579 -107 80 142 77.8 12.4 19 80 -- 1.6" 06:46Z 8 3489 1.00016 -1579 -150 30 159 72.0 12.2 18 82 -- 1.8 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 00:35Z 63 42 9 68 (ENE) 560 - partly cloudy 01:07Z 61 43 16 59 (ENE) 454 - ' 01:39Z 60 43 8 89 (E) 723 - ' 02:12Z 58 44 8 85 (E) 618 - ' 02:42Z 57 45 11 86 (E) 700 - ' 03:15Z 56 47 11 82 (E) 644 - ' 03:45Z 55 48 10 89 (E) 700 - ' 04:16Z 55 48 14 86 (E) 742 - ' 04:47Z 55 48 17 76 (ENE) 776 - ' 05:18Z 54 48 15 85 (E) 832 - ' 05:49Z 54 49 11 83 (E) 1024 - ' 06:21Z 54 49 14 81 (E) 994 - ' 06:52Z 54 50 12 86 (E) 1294 - ' 07:22Z 54 50 14 74 (ENE) 1183 - ' 07:53Z 53 50 13 86 (E) 1416 - ' 08:24Z 53 50 12 83 (E) 1427 - ' 08:55Z 53 50 15 85 (E) 1590 - ' 09:26Z 53 49 14 79 (E) 1513 - mostly cloudy 09:57Z 53 50 16 78 (ENE) 1554 - ' ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 01:32Z - Started building ventilation 02:17Z - Opened enclosure 07:53Z - Closed enclosure. Ventilation off. 10:14Z - Telescope stowed at 30 deg alt with cartridge 4 mounted. Counterweights at 260 Spectro autofill connected No interlocks bypassed 10:15Z - Spectro dewar: 185 lb; 19 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_39_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_6_0 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.11.0 2009-06-24 sdssProcedures: v2_44 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0260 -0.0280 Axial B 0.0420 0.0470 Axial C -0.0320 -0.0360 Trans D -0.7520 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.5791 10.5791 Lateral F 12.1666 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.: 17.0 Alt.: 30.001587 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5790 18.5840 Axial B 15.6110 15.6220 Axial C 13.8120 13.8150 Trans D 15.0910 15.1080 GALILS Commanded: 1626660. 1528783. 1595586. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626650. 1528800. 1595600. -2950. -4550. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.02 -39.20 94.70 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- -----===== Daily Checks =====----- Spectrograph Focus Check: ------------------------ No change made to spectrograph focus. Collimator mirror numbers: sp1> Coll_motor_A 7226 01P0000007226 Coll_motor_B 7225 02P0000007225 Coll_motor_C 6624 01P0000006624 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 515 Humid_Hartmann 60.6 0xFBA3 Humid_Cen_Optics 11.4 0xFE25 Temp_Median 12.0 Temp_Hartmann_Top 11.3 (0xFE26) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 11.7 (0xFE15) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 12.1 (0xFE05) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 12.0 (0xFE09) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 12.0 (0xFE0B) sp2> Coll_motor_A 5006 01P0000005006 Coll_motor_B 4999 02P0000004999 Coll_motor_C 4605 01P0000004605 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 11.4 0xFE24 Temp_Median 11.1 Temp_Hartmann_Top 11.2 (0xFE2C) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 11.6 (0xFE1C) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 11.0 (0xFE34) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 11.2 (0xFE2C) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 11.3 (0xFE28) apo_plotbias results Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00062017.fit -6.3 -4.1 -3.0 2.5 7.1 9.1 10.2 sdR-b2-00062017.fit -8.3 -6.4 -4.5 1.0 7.1 9.3 10.8 sdR-r1-00062017.fit -7.0 -5.3 -4.0 1.3 6.7 8.9 10.0 sdR-r2-00062017.fit -7.3 -6.2 -4.2 1.1 6.4 8.4 10.5