APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday September 9, 2010 (MJD 55449) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Viktor Malanushenko Audrey Simmons Dan Long (support) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- 9 Sep 2010 55449.0 0.15 02:41 11:20 18:54 03:34 BOSS 8.6 hours ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Mostly clear night. Observed the following: Cart 11, plate 4087 (DONE) Cart 17, plate 4194 Cart 14, plate 4213 (DONE) Cart 12, plate 4233 (DONE) Cart 16, plate 4235 Cart 13, plate 4241 We received several critical alerts tonight between 05:30Z-07:15Z regarding faulty temperatures with b1 (Critical boss.SP1B2CCDTempRead Reported by camCheck). Dan Long was notified. Heater voltages were ok. Images not affected. Some readings in problem section. The DIMM computer froze multiple times tonight and each time we had to hard reboot the computer downstairs. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: --------- 23:40Z - STUI actors and software were working properly. 23:50Z - Telescope checked, all systems worked properly. 00:23Z - Collimation checked and ajusted by 13#4241 Night: ----- Did not open at sunset due to some clouds. 03:15Z - Opened enclosure and began force filling the spectrographs. 03:36Z - gotoField cart 11, BOSS plate 4087. GSFOGTF. 03:35Z - Hartmanns 119150-51. 03:37Z - Cals 119152-53. 03:42Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.5" 04:00Z - 15 min exposure. 04:16Z - 15 min exposure. 04:32Z - 15 min exposure. 04:49Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is finished. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55449 2.5 6.4 2.6 5.6 900.8 17.1 4087-55448-01 55449 2.5 6.4 2.6 5.7 900.8 17.2 4087-55448-01 55449 2.9 7.7 3.0 6.7 900.8 20.3 4087-55448-01 55449 2.5 6.4 2.6 5.7 900.8 17.2 4087-55448-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 13.1 34.2 13.7 05:10Z - Mounted cart 17, BOSS plate 4194. GSFOGTF. 05:13Z - Hartmanns 119159-60. 05:15Z - Cals 119161-62. 05:22Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.5" 05:39Z - 15 min exposure. 05:55Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is not yet complete. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55449 2.1 5.3 2.7 5.6 900.8 15.7 4194-55448-01 55449 2.1 5.0 2.6 5.5 900.8 15.2 4194-55448-01 55449 2.6 6.6 3.4 7.3 900.8 19.9 4194-55448-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 6.8 16.9 8.7 18.4 2702.4 --> 50.8 06:15Z - Mounted cart 14, BOSS plate 4213. GSFOGTF. 06:19Z - Hartmanns 119166-167. 06:21Z - Cals 119168-69. 06:27Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" 06:44Z - 15 min exposure. 07:00Z - 15 min exposure. 07:16Z - 15 min exposure. 07:33Z - 15 min exposure. 07:49Z - 15 min exposure. We over-exposed a little on this plate because SOS was very slow in giving us the results from the second-to-late exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55449 2.1 6.5 2.8 5.7 900.8 17.1 4213-55449-01 55449 3.5 7.0 3.1 6.2 900.8 19.8 4213-55449-01 55449 3.7 7.8 3.4 6.6 900.8 21.5 4213-55449-01 55449 3.5 7.5 3.3 6.2 900.8 20.5 4213-55449-01 55449 3.2 7.2 3.0 5.8 900.8 19.2 4213-55449-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 16.0 36.0 15.6 30.5 4504.0 --> 98.1 08:13Z - Mounted cart 12, BOSS plate 4233. GSFOGTF. 08:13Z - Hartmanns 119176-77. 08:15Z - Cals 119178-79. 08:21Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.5" 08:38Z - 15 min exposure. 08:54Z - 15 min exposure. 09:10Z - 15 min exposure. 09:28Z - 15 min exposure. 09:43Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55449 2.4 6.1 2.5 6.0 900.8 17.0 4233-55448-01 55449 2.1 5.5 2.1 5.2 900.8 14.9 4233-55448-01 55449 1.9 4.8 1.9 4.8 900.8 13.4 4233-55448-01 55449 2.4 6.5 2.6 6.4 900.8 17.9 4233-55448-01 55449 2.5 6.6 2.6 6.3 900.8 18.0 4233-55448-01 55449 3.0 7.7 3.0 7.3 900.8 21.0 4233-55448-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 14.3 37.2 14.7 36.0 5404.8 --> 102.2 10:00Z - Mounted cart 16, BOSS plate 4235. GSFOGTF. 10:06Z - Hartmanns 119186-87. 10:08Z - Cals 119188-89. 10:17z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 2.5" 10:33Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is not done yet. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55449 1.9 3.9 0.7 1.3 900.8 7.8 4235-55448-01 55449 2.0 4.1 0.7 1.3 900.8 8.1 4235-55448-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 3.9 8.0 1.4 2.6 1801.6 --> 15.9 10:50Z - Mounted cart 13, BOSS plate 4241. GSFOGTF. 10:55Z - Hartmanns 119192-93. 10:57Z - Cals 119194-95. 11:04Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 2.3" 11:20Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is not done yet. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55446 2.8 6.5 2.4 5.4 900.8 17.1 4241-55446-01 55446 2.9 6.5 2.4 5.3 900.8 17.1 4241-55446-01 55446 1.6 3.2 1.4 3.0 900.8 9.2 4241-55446-01 55446 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.6 900.8 1.9 4241-55446-01 55447 1.0 2.3 0.8 1.9 900.8 6.0 4241-55446-01 55449 2.3 6.0 1.9 4.9 900.8 15.1 4241-55446-01 55449 1.0 3.1 0.8 2.6 900.8 7.5 4241-55446-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 11.9 28.3 10.0 23.7 6305.6 --> 73.9 11:47Z - Closed enclosure and stopped ventilating. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:46Z cart 11 46.33 0.0000 54.14 0.0000 217.60 0.0000 1.000120 CurrArcOff = -0.001598, 0.000000, 4790807223.24000, 0.001176, 0.000000, 4790807223.24000 05:29Z cart 17 -4.73 0.0000 57.22 0.0000 175.98 0.0000 1.000200 CurrArcOff = -0.001242, 0.000000, 4790813429.94000, 0.003309, 0.000000, 4790813429.94000 06:36Z cart 14 22.81 0.0000 55.16 0.0000 199.00 0.0000 1.000220 CurrArcOff = -0.001059, 0.000000, 4790817432.22000, 0.002363, 0.000000, 4790817432.22000 09:42Z cart 12 -0.57 0.0000 57.31 0.0000 179.52 0.0000 1.000260 CurrArcOff = 0.000660, 0.000000, 4790828622.00000, 0.002574, 0.000000, 4790828622.00000 10:14Z cart 16 -9.06 0.0000 56.98 0.0000 172.41 0.0000 1.000350 CurrArcOff = -0.000776, 0.000000, 4790830488.50000, 0.002579, 0.000000, 4790830488.50000 11:24Z cart 13 -21.98 0.0000 55.31 0.0000 161.67 0.0000 1.000220 CurrArcOff = -0.001179, 0.000000, 4790834708.13000, 0.002091, 0.000000, 4790834708.13000 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:46Z unknown 1.00012 -1185 478 290 46 54.1 13.2 17 266 - 1.5 05:29Z unknown 1.00020 -1975 -76 399 -5 57.2 12.3 8 276 - 1.5 06:36Z unknown 1.00022 -2173 -252 381 23 55.2 12.0 10 269 - 1.5 09:42Z unknown 1.00026 -2568 -563 403 -1 57.3 10.6 16 292 - 1.5 10:15Z unknown 1.00040 -3950 -1860 250 -9 57.0 10.3 19 280 - 2.5 11:24Z unknown 1.00022 -2173 -216 417 -22 55.3 9.9 18 289 - 2.3 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 23:54Z 58 47 15 260 (W) 674 - 00:49Z 59 44 16 268 (W) 670 - 01:19Z 57 45 16 269 (W) 699 - 01:51Z 57 44 11 275 (W) 681 - 02:25Z 57 43 16 271 (W) 661 - 02:57Z 56 43 18 258 (WSW) 635 - 03:46Z 55 42 17 266 (W) 500 - 04:20Z 54 42 19 266 (W) 518 - 04:50Z 54 42 13 266 (W) 498 - 05:26Z 53 42 16 264 (W) 623 - 06:01Z 53 40 12 289 (WNW) 627 - 06:36Z 53 40 9 268 (W) 601 - 07:08Z 52 40 13 293 (WNW) 594 - 08:03Z 52 39 16 293 (WNW) 638 - 08:38Z 51 39 20 292 (WNW) 736 - 09:12Z 50 38 13 290 (WNW) 764 - 09:43Z 51 37 15 292 (WNW) 746 - 10:15Z 50 37 18 280 (W) 810 - 11:04Z 50 40 21 293 (WNW) 1040 - 11:34Z 49 40 17 305 (NW) 1086 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:49Z - Began ventilation. Doors closed, louvers opened, fans on. 03:16Z - Enclosure off. 11:47Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:48Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 13 Counterweights at: 288 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro2 243.00lbs, 23.20 psi Spectro1 162.00lbs, 18.93 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: 627050 packets sent successfully sdssProcedures: SoS: plate-mapper: getVersions, 2010-09-09 23:36:52 ----STUI software STUI: 1.0b2 2010-07-21 alerts: trunk+svn114742 apo: trunk+svn114701 boss: v2_3_6 boss.daq: 1.2.14 boss.specMech: 3.0.1 gcamera: v1_1_2 guider: v1_1_2 hub: Tag: UNTAGGED_REVISION 502:504M mcp: v6_6_5 mcp.plc: 25 platedb: v1_0_5 sop: v1_1_3 sos: v1_1_4 tcc: 2.13.0 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06 idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_4_17 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_7 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.5100 -5.5100 Axial B 16.0910 16.0940 Axial C 15.9200 15.9220 Trans D 11.0050 11.0100 Lateral E 10.6299 10.6553 Lateral F 12.2428 12.2301 GALILS Commanded: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13050. 12650. Actual: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13053. 12647. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 PriOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 14.8 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -7.8340 -7.8320 Axial B -0.0360 -0.0410 Axial C 13.8180 13.8180 Trans D 14.1850 14.1840 GALILS Commanded: 1585117. 1565514. 1598439. -1450. -50. Actual: 1585350. 1566695. 1598880. -1462. -69. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1256.51 -9.15 -4.27 -58.26 23.41 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- We recorded a few readings: 2010-09-10 05:48:35 - Start boss CCD monitor 05:48:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-100; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 05:49:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-98; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 05:50:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-99; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 05:51:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-100; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 05:52:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-100; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 05:53:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-147; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 05:54:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-187; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 05:55:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-99; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 05:56:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-104; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 05:57:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-167; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 05:58:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-200; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 05:59:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-200; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 06:00:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-98; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 06:01:35 sp1r0=-120, b2=-200; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 By 07:09Z, sp1r0=-120, b2=-100; sp2r0=-134, b2=-101 - Everything back to normal