APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Monday May 17, 2010 (MJD 55334) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Alaina Shelden Kaike Pan ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- BOSS Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- The first one hour was party cloudy with poor seeing (2.5-3.5"). Then 2.3 hours was lost to high humidty, clouds, nearby radar return. We observed three plates: cart 10, plate 3977, not done. cart 17, plate 3933, not done. cart 16, plate 3929, not done. We had to restarted gcameraICC (2 times), guider actor. 15 mintues was lost to these disconnections. We had an altitude slip, had to abort a half-way exposure, 20 min lost to the problem. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: -------- All systems and actors were checked, no problem to report. mounted cartr 10, checked collimation. 00:40Z started ventilation. 02:00Z enclousre off. The building refused to move at our 1st attempt. We checked and confirmed all conditions were meet: 1) Telescope at 6 degree, 2) doors were full open. 3) Hatch door was closed. 4) Pins were out. MCPMenu showed the telescope was at 6:01:15, reissussed a command track 11, 6, and try again. The enclosure moved this time. Night: ------ cart 10, plate 3977. SOGTF. Dust at 2.2K, humidity at 75% with dew pointing a depression of 4 C. 03:15Z started the 1st science exosure. Partly cloudy sky with a poor seeing (2.5-3.5" by guider). at end of the second exposure, gcamera disconnected itslef. It was restarted itslef. It was restarted and reset the temperature. Then guider got disconnected. Restarted the guider actor from stageManager, as soon as guider got back, gcameraICC disconnected itslef again. 15 minutes was lost due to the problem. 04:15Z The 3rd science exposure was at about half way. Humidity was at 85% with a spread of 2.6C. Since it changed very quickly, we decided to close. So we aborbted the 3rd science exposure, did not get a chance for post calibs. Two useful exposures were obtained under poor conditions (clouds and 3" seeing). The plate was NOT done. 03:10 115549 10 3977 fla Out 30.8 03:15 115550 10 3977 arc Out 4.8 03:17 115551 10 3977 sci Out 900.8 03:34 115552 10 3977 sci Out 900.8 MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55334 0.4 1.9 0.4 1.6 900.8 4.3 3977-55334-01 55334 0.3 1.4 0.3 1.0 900.8 3.0 3977-55334-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 0.7 3.3 0.7 2.6 1801.6 --> 7.3 04:20Z enclosure on due to high humdity (85%, dew pointing depression 2.6C). stopped ventilation too. 04:35Z humidity 92%. 04:40Z turned on marvel calib lamps for monthly calibs. 06:00Z humidity was good, but still have nearby radar return. 07:00Z Humdity and clouds have been good for about 20 min, we decided to open again. enclosure off. 07:15Z cart 17, plate 3933. SOGTF. 07:30Z started the 1st science exposure on this plate. We had thin high clouds, seeing was 1.5-2.0". Six exposures were taken on this plate. The plate is not done yet. ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55334 1.6 6.5 2.1 4.2 900.8 14.4 3933-55334-01 55334 1.8 6.5 2.1 4.3 900.8 14.7 3933-55334-01 55334 1.6 6.5 2.0 3.9 900.8 14.0 3933-55334-01 55334 1.6 6.4 2.0 3.7 900.8 13.7 3933-55334-01 55334 1.1 5.7 1.5 3.0 900.8 11.3 3933-55334-01 55334 1.7 7.5 2.3 3.9 900.8 15.4 3933-55334-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 9.4 39.1 12.0 23.0 5404.8 --> 83.5 09:20Z cart 16, plate 3929. SOGTF. 09:55Z we had an altitude slip, 15 mintues lost to the problem (because had to abort a half-way exposure). Two science exposures were taken on this plate. ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55334 2.0 5.8 1.5 3.2 900.8 12.5 3929-55333-01 55334 1.0 3.3 0.7 2.4 900.8 7.4 3929-55333-01 11:00Z 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 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:44Z cart 10 109.88 0.0000 81.02 0.0000 284.03 0.0000 1.000110 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:45Z cart 10 1.00011 -1086 910 692 110 81.1 8.6 6 69 -- 2.8 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 00:49Z 62 20 19 227 (SW) 1494 - 01:21Z 61 20 8 227 (SW) 1527 - 01:53Z 56 18 0 216 (SW) 1487 - 02:25Z 50 42 18 73 (ENE) 2187 - 02:58Z 48 41 10 75 (ENE) 2130 - 03:30Z 47 41 13 78 (ENE) 2290 - 04:02Z 47 41 6 72 (ENE) 2354 - 04:34Z 45 43 12 92 (E) 2119 - 05:06Z 45 41 14 131 (SE) 2295 - 05:38Z 49 41 15 130 (SE) 2253 - 06:10Z 49 36 15 132 (SE) 1516 - 06:43Z 50 32 8 147 (SSE) 1335 - 07:15Z 49 34 16 181 (S) 1253 - 07:47Z 48 34 12 180 (S) 1146 - 08:19Z 50 31 10 182 (S) 1384 - 08:51Z 48 35 14 176 (S) 1208 - 09:23Z 49 37 17 180 (S) 1351 - 09:55Z 47 37 16 178 (S) 1316 - 10:28Z 48 36 9 181 (S) 1419 - 11:00Z 48 32 7 207 (SSW) 1541 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:40Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 02:00Z - Enclosure off. 04:20Z - enclosure on due to high humidity. 07:00Z -- enclosure off. 10:50Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:10 Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 16 Counterweights at: 240 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 116 lbs, 24 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_40_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_6_5 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.11.0 2009-06-24 alerts.version="v1_0_3" boss.version="trunk+svn111177" boss.daqversion="1.2.14" boss.specmechversion=3.0.1,3.0.1 gcamera.version="v1_0_6" guider.version="v1_0_20e+svn107637M" hub.version="Tag: sdss3_v1_1_3" mcp.mcpversion="v6_6_5" mcp.plcversion="24" platedb.version="v1_0_4" sop.version="v1_1_2" idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_4_9c plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_7 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.6970 -0.6940 Axial B -0.0280 -0.0410 Axial C -0.3730 -0.3710 Trans D 11.6090 11.6170 Lateral E 10.3759 10.3505 Lateral F 11.9380 11.9253 GALILS Commanded: 9900. 400. 5850. 1200. 2950. 2750. Actual: 9900. 400. 5850. 1200. 2950. 2750. 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.: 16.5 Alt.: 30.000008 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.6070 18.6150 Axial B 15.6410 15.6120 Axial C 13.8250 13.8170 Trans D -11.7750 -11.7780 GALILS Commanded: 1596858. 1566717. 1589022. -7600. -12400. Actual: 1597721. 1566188. 1588095. -7597. -12380. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.00 -9.00 10.00 234.42 SecOrient: 1257.16 -4.29 -8.51 10.51 234.89 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---