APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday October 28, 2009 (MJD 55133) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Dmitry Bizyaev Dan Oravetz ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- MARVELS & BOSS Science ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- The night was lost to snow, clouds, and high humidity We noticed snow at the south end of the west door within the enclosure. We finished MARVELS monthly cals. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon ========= 00:00Z - Arrived to clouds, snow, high humidity. 00:10Z - Verified aliveness of servers. 00:25Z - Started a doghouse imager bias. 00:27Z - Turned on ThAr lamp. 00:33Z - Verified alivenss of STUI actors. 00:40Z - Checked out the lower enclosure and the telescope. 00:42Z - There is snow at the south corner of the west door within the dome. 00:47Z - Checked fiducials and mirror numbers. 00:53Z - Started sequence to take three BOSS spectro biases. 00:55Z - Dmitry ensured we were running guiderActor v1_0_9 and sopActor v1_0_2. Night ===== 01:30Z - Started monthly MARVELS cals. Exposure summary in Spectro section. 05:40Z - Tried shoveling part of the sidewalk, but it was still snowing. 10:05Z - Weather still more than unfit, and not going to improve anytime soon. 10:06Z - endNight rejoiced. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8130 00:30Z 01:27Z 100 O 114.14 128.45 110 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): y QA Procedures Done (y/n): y - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Image Cart Plate Texp Exptype Object - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - T01:31:04.590 0 0. 6. 481. BIAS NULL T01:32:58.470 0 0. 4. 481. BIAS NULL T01:34:51.770 0 0. 5. 481. BIAS NULL T01:36:45.530 0 0. 5. 481. BIAS NULL T01:43:26.270 0 60. 15845. 10246. TUNGNF NULL T01:46:19.470 0 60. 15783. 10251. TUNGNF NULL T01:49:13.660 0 60. 15729. 10243. TUNGNF NULL T01:52:06.740 0 60. 15730. 10238. TUNGNF NULL T02:06:12.720 0 1200. 66. 897. THARNF NULL T02:28:05.820 0 1200. 66. 896. THARNF NULL T02:49:58.770 0 1200. 66. 896. THARNF NULL T03:11:51.830 0 1200. 66. 896. THARNF NULL T03:34:26.890 0 110. 8423. 9773. TIONF NULL T03:40:50.020 0 11. 45904. 5321. TIO NULL T03:42:55.110 0 11. 45740. 5336. TIO NULL T03:44:57.810 0 11. 47187. 5334. TIO NULL T03:47:02.720 0 11. 47502. 5333. TIO NULL T03:49:48.160 0 5. 79678. 4633. TUNG NULL T03:51:47.650 0 5. 89443. 4691. TUNG NULL T03:53:47.090 0 5. 83028. 4697. TUNG NULL T03:55:47.540 0 5. 75112. 4704. TUNG NULL T04:03:31.450 0 160. 348. 762. THAR NULL T04:11:29.170 0 2400. 5. 484. DARK NULL T05:07:31.730 0 0. 7. 481. BIAS NULL T05:10:59.770 0 2400. 5. 483. OTHER NULL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---=== 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 22:28Z 22 20 16 289 (WNW) 1442 - clouds 23:00Z 21 18 9 265 (W) 1633 - clouds 23:32Z 21 18 10 274 (W) 867 - clouds 00:05Z 20 18 20 299 (WNW) 1597 - clouds 00:37Z 21 18 13 282 (WNW) 1564 - clouds 01:09Z 20 18 18 333 (NNW) 1309 - clouds 01:41Z 20 17 14 295 (WNW) 1277 - clouds 02:13Z 20 17 15 300 (WNW) 1115 - clouds 02:45Z 20 17 12 308 (NW) 1242 - clouds 03:17Z 20 17 13 317 (NW) 858 - clouds 03:50Z 19 16 14 321 (NW) 1060 - clouds 04:22Z 19 16 15 294 (WNW) 957 - clouds 04:54Z 19 15 17 306 (NW) 390 - clouds 05:26Z 18 14 17 322 (NW) 1062 - clouds 05:58Z 17 13 14 313 (NW) 1016 - clouds 06:30Z 17 13 10 280 (W) 971 - clouds 07:02Z 17 13 16 261 (W) 932 - clouds 07:35Z 17 13 14 288 (WNW) 920 - clouds 08:07Z 17 13 11 257 (WSW) 630 - clouds 08:39Z 16 10 14 291 (WNW) 821 - clouds 09:11Z 16 11 15 270 (W) 926 - clouds 09:43Z 15 10 12 262 (W) 916 - clouds ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:50Z - Ensured 180L LN2 valves were open. Weather prohibited us from ventilating or opening. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 10:05Z Telescope stowed at: 121,30,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 7 Counterweights at: 248 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 154.10 lbs, 19.23 psi Imager 205.80 lbs, 19.42 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_40_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: NOSVN TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.11.0 2009-06-24 sdssProcedures: v3_02 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 STUI: Version 0.3.1 2009-10-09 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.6960 -0.6940 Axial B -0.0340 -0.0410 Axial C -0.3750 -0.3710 Trans D 11.6120 11.6170 Lateral E 10.3759 10.3505 Lateral F 11.9380 11.9253 GALILS Commanded: 9900. 400. 5850. 1200. 2950. 2750. Actual: 9917. 401. 5832. 1205. 2954. 2757. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -3.30 5.10 278.08 178.06 PriOrient: 0.00 -3.04 5.26 277.70 178.07 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: -5.9 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.6050 18.6150 Axial B 15.6090 15.6120 Axial C 13.8270 13.8170 Trans D -11.7750 -11.7780 GALILS Commanded: 1597665. 1566175. 1588058. -7600. -12400. Actual: 1597721. 1566188. 1588095. -7597. -12380. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 234.42 SecOrient: 1256.97 -4.00 -8.99 10.20 234.69 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---