APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday December 13, 2009 (MJD 55179) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Dan Oravetz Audrey Simmons Kaike Pan (afternoon) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- BOS Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- We lost the first few hours due to clouds and the last few hours of the night due to high humidity. We gathered signal on plates 3615 and 3659. Plate 3615 has been declared DONE, even though we do not know the total signal gathered. The lindy cart is extremely difficult to maneuver because the handle seems to be loose. Please test it. We witnessed another telescope jump within guider frames gimg-0096 and gimg-0097. We had two MCP mismatches tonight. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- 22:30Z started ventilation. Mounted cart 13 and checked SP collimations. I found that larger movements on SP1 pistons (~10 K steps) seems to intend orvershot by 2 K steps or so. All systems were checked and working properly. No problem to report. Night: ------ 04:41Z - Skies cleared. Opened telescope. Mounted cart 14. Force filled spectrographs. 04:58Z - goToField cart 14, BOSS plate 3615. 05:00Z - Hartmanns 104813-14. Moved sp2 by -3000 steps. 05:05Z - Cals 104815-16. 05:09Z - MCP mismatch. 'MCP info' cleared the MCP window inside STUI that was misreading the status of the FF pedals. 05:17Z - 15 min exposure 104817. Seeing 2.2". 05:35Z - 15 min exposure 104818. 05:52Z - Postcals 104819-20. The precals did not show values in SOS, probably because of the MCP mismatch problem. We do not know the amount of signal from these exposures, but we are assuming this plate is DONE with the signal from previous exposures. 06:00Z - Mounted cart 12, BOSS plate 3659. 06:03Z - Hartmanns 104821-22. 06:08Z - Cals 104823-24. 06:12Z - MCP mismatch. 06:12:33 APO.doravetz 64 sop w text="1 tasks failed to respond; heard from: ff hgcd uv ne wht" 06:12:34 APO.doravetz 64 sop w text="Failed to turn lamps off" 06:20Z - Telescope random jump from guider frames gimg-0096 and gimg-0097. 06:21Z - 15 min exposure 104825. Seeing 2.2" 06:38Z - 15 min exposure 104826. 06:54Z - 15 min exposure 104827. 07:12Z - 15 min exposure 104828. 07:31Z - 15 min exposure 104829. Cloudy. 07:47Z - 15 min exposure 104830. 08:04Z - 15 min exposure 104831. 08:37Z - Postcals 104832-33. This plate is not finished yet. 08:45Z - Closed enclosure because of high humidity. 11:35Z - endNight finished. ---=== 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 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05:18Z imager -33.34 0.0000 52.47 0.0000 152.49 0.0000 0.999979 06:16Z imager 119.03 0.0000 55.61 0.0000 272.41 0.0000 0.999979 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05:18Z unknown 0.99998 207 1884 539 -33 52.5 -0.2 21 265 - 2.2 06:16Z unknown 0.99998 207 1869 534 119 55.6 -0.3 18 268 - 2.2 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 22:22Z 36 22 14 223 (SW) 707 - 22:54Z 35 19 23 257 (WSW) 673 - 23:26Z 32 21 14 241 (WSW) 792 - 23:46Z 31 21 19 246 (WSW) 718 - 00:18Z 31 20 16 248 (WSW) 736 - 00:50Z 31 19 16 251 (WSW) 676 - 01:22Z 32 20 16 242 (WSW) 587 - 01:55Z 32 19 15 255 (WSW) 521 - 02:27Z 32 20 17 261 (W) 461 - 02:59Z 31 20 17 252 (WSW) 579 - 03:31Z 32 21 15 260 (W) 574 - 04:03Z 32 20 15 264 (W) 488 - 04:35Z 31 21 15 270 (W) 538 - 05:07Z 31 21 19 268 (W) 550 - 05:40Z 31 21 15 265 (W) 552 - 06:12Z 31 22 16 265 (W) 561 - 06:44Z 31 22 13 267 (W) 442 - 07:16Z 30 23 17 277 (W) 375 - 07:48Z 31 24 17 268 (W) 307 - 08:20Z 30 24 16 266 (W) 278 - 08:52Z 31 26 11 271 (W) 230 - 09:25Z 30 27 20 268 (W) 180 - 09:57Z 31 27 17 280 (W) 194 - 10:29Z 31 27 18 276 (W) 199 - 11:01Z 31 27 13 287 (WNW) 185 - 11:33Z 31 27 15 281 (W) 202 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 22:30Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 04:41Z - Opened enclosure. 08:45Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:35Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 12 Counterweights at: 250 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 129.60 lbs, 24.42 psi Imager 222.00 lbs, 0.18 psi (IMAGER IS WARM) ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_40_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_6_1 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.11.0 2009-06-24 sdssProcedures: SoS: plate-mapper: ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.6990 -0.6940 Axial B -0.0370 -0.0410 Axial C -0.3780 -0.3710 Trans D 11.6070 11.6170 Lateral E 10.3759 10.3505 Lateral F 11.9507 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.: 2.2 Alt.: 30.000001 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.6580 18.6150 Axial B 15.6570 15.6120 Axial C 13.8990 13.8170 Trans D -11.7920 -11.7780 GALILS Commanded: 1597387. 1567202. 1587126. -7600. -12400. Actual: 1597721. 1566188. 1588095. -7597. -12380. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 234.42 SecOrient: 1256.92 -3.47 -8.69 10.39 234.34 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---