APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday January 14, 2010 (MJD 55211) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Dan Oravetz Audrey Simmons Steph Snedden (afternoon) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- BOSS Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- The night was lost due to snow, high winds, and high humidity. We continuously took 15 minute darks during the night. We did not run into any problems with the new version of bossICC (v2_0_21). ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- Snow falling. Afternoon checkout was limited to STUI actor and platedb checks. Guider dark and flat taken. Craig was taking BOSS exposures during the afternoon. Night: ------ Clouds, blowing snow, high wind, and high humidity kept us closed. We continuously took biases and darks during the night. 11:37Z - Humidity getting better (2.8), but the wind is again high (gusts ~34mph). There just is not enough time to open and then observe. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== 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 23:27Z 28 25 12 74 (ENE) 591 - 23:59Z 28 22 18 58 (ENE) 505 - 00:43Z 27 18 27 70 (ENE) 531 - 01:15Z 26 17 26 62 (ENE) 611 - 01:47Z 25 17 29 70 (ENE) 369 - 02:20Z 25 17 26 72 (ENE) 336 - 02:52Z 24 18 28 71 (ENE) 326 - 03:24Z 24 18 21 75 (ENE) 320 - 03:56Z 23 18 26 73 (ENE) 354 - 04:28Z 23 19 29 68 (ENE) 319 - 05:00Z 23 19 29 64 (ENE) 408 - 05:32Z 22 19 22 73 (ENE) 445 - 06:04Z 22 19 23 72 (ENE) 398 - 06:37Z 21 19 24 64 (ENE) 369 - 07:09Z 21 18 23 67 (ENE) 365 - 07:41Z 21 18 26 66 (ENE) 303 - 08:13Z 21 17 25 61 (ENE) 310 - 08:45Z 21 17 22 71 (ENE) 349 - 09:17Z 21 16 21 69 (ENE) 359 - 09:49Z 22 16 25 68 (ENE) 329 - 10:22Z 21 16 23 66 (ENE) 374 - 10:54Z 21 16 31 65 (ENE) 355 - 11:26Z 21 15 30 69 (ENE) 315 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 11:31Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:31Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge Counterweights at: 250 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 216.00 lbs, 22.09 psi Imager lbs, psi (IMAGER IS WARM) ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_40_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_6_3 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.11.0 2009-06-24 sdssProcedures: SoS: plate-mapper: boss i version="v2_0_21" sopActor: /home/sdss3/products/Linux64/sopActor/v1_0_4 guiderActor: /home/sdss3/products/Linux64/guiderActor/v1_0_16 gcameraICC: /home/sdss3/products/Linux64/gcameraICC/v1_0_5 alertsActor: /home/sdss3/products/Linux64/alertsActor/v1_0_3 platedbActor: /home/rhl/platedbActor ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.7040 -0.6940 Axial B -0.0270 -0.0410 Axial C -0.3770 -0.3710 Trans D 11.6100 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.: -2.1 Alt.: 29.986763 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.6200 18.6150 Axial B 15.6270 15.6120 Axial C 13.8240 13.8170 Trans D -11.7750 -11.7780 GALILS Commanded: 1597646. 1566162. 1588077. -7600. -12400. Actual: 1597721. 1566188. 1588095. -7597. -12380. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 234.42 SecOrient: 1256.97 -4.01 -8.98 10.20 234.70 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---