APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday December 19, 2010 (MJD 55550) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Dan Oravetz Audrey Simmons ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Mostly cloudy and windy for the first half of the night. We lost about two hours due to clouds. We observed the following fields in partly cloudy conditions. We lost the last couple of hours due to high humidity. Cart 1, plate 3513A&B Cart 5, plate 3706A Cart 6, plate 3896A&B Cart 9, plate 3702A Commisioning plate - observed in partly cloudy conditions Cart 7, plate 3897A I apologize. I dropped one of the MARVELS gang connector plugs into the confined space/cone fan area. It belongs in cart 1B. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- 22:49Z - Turned on THAR lamp. 22:49Z - Checked all actors. Took some biases and a dark. 23:09Z - Checked out telescope. Gathered mirror numbers. Started ventilating. Night: ------ 00:14Z - Opened telescope and began filling spectrographs. 00:20Z - Calibrations. T00:20:53.320.fits[0] 11.000000 42937.445312 T00:22:59.780.fits[0] 160.000000 478.362488 000:27:35.260.fits[0] 11.000000 42979.445312 00:44Z - gotoField cart 1, MARVELS plate 3513A, K10. GSFOGTF. 01:00 - 50 min exposure. Seeing 2.5". Lots of clouds. T01:00:12.140.fits[0] 3000.000000 17.507668 Broken - 49/50 01:51Z - Calibrations. T01:52:01.120.fits[0] 11.000000 42268.222656 T01:54:06.550.fits[0] 160.000000 403.568756 T01:58:42.160.fits[0] 11.000000 42282.667969 01:53Z - gotoField cart 1, MARVELS plate 3513B, FIELD1572. GSFOGTF. 02:03Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 2.0". Lots of clouds. T02:02:37.290.fits[0] 3000.000000 18.286667 Broken - 49/50 and 67/68 02:55Z - Calibrations. T02:55:49.140.fits[0] 11.000000 42448.777344 T02:57:54.530.fits[0] 160.000000 419.318756 T03:02:29.830.fits[0] 11.000000 42440.554688 03:00Z - gotoField cart 5, MARVELS plate 3706A, 51PEG. GSFOGTF. 03:05Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.7". Lots of clouds. T03:04:31.090.fits[0] 3000.000000 9.874666 Broken: 47/48, 49/50, and 105/106 03:56Z - Calibrations. T03:56:16.740.fits[0] 11.000000 40213.332031 T03:58:22.300.fits[0] 160.000000 353.556244 T04:02:56.780.fits[0] 11.000000 40342.222656 There were too many clouds to continue. Also, the wind gusts were high at around 37mph. We waited until conditions got better. 05:13Z - Calibrations. T05:13:12.940.fits[0] 11.000000 40227.000000 T05:15:19.360.fits[0] 160.000000 381.956238 T05:19:53.840.fits[0] 11.000000 40327.667969 05:24Z - gotoField cart 6, MARVELS plate 3896A, HD37605. Used offsets. 05:31Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.7" T05:31:23.320.fits[0] 3000.000000 26.541334 Broken: 49/50 06:23Z - Calibrations. T06:23:T06:23:09.100.fits[0] 11.000000 41493.554688 T06:25:16.750.fits[0] 160.000000 362.018738 T06:29:51.240.fits[0] 11.000000 41485.890625 06:22Z - gotoField cart 6, MARVELS plate 3896B, GL273. 06:33Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.6" T06:33:56.190.fits[0] 3000.000000 33.494999 Broken: 49/50 and 87/88 07:25Z - Calibrations. T07:25:47.610.fits[0] 11.000000 42329.777344 T07:27:54.070.fits[0] 160.000000 377.899994 T07:32:28.580.fits[0] 11.000000 42626.222656 07:36Z - gotoField cart 9, MARVELS plate 3702A, HD46375. Used offsets - posative dec. 07:38Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.8". The weather conditions during this exposure: Clouds coming in and out. T07:38:57.930.fits[0] 3000.000000 29.543333 Broken: 49/50 08:30Z - Calibrations. T08:30:45.140.fits[0] 11.000000 39721.109375 T08:32:51.580.fits[0] 160.000000 355.325012 T08:37:27.120.fits[0] 11.000000 39636.109375 08:31Z - gotoField cart 7, MARVELS plate 3897A, HD43691. GSFOGTF. 08:40Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.6". Lots of clouds. T08:39:56.460.fits[0] 3000.000000 17.657333 Broken: 33/34, 27/28, 49/50, 67/68 09:31Z - Calibrations. T09:32:21.580.fits[0] 11.000000 40250.332031 T09:34:27.170.fits[0] 160.000000 363.149994 T09:39:02.730.fits[0] 11.000000 40155.554688 Clouds too thick. We had to wait to start the next field. 09:55Z - gotoField cart 7, MARVELS plate 3897B, HD49674. GSFOGTF. 09:55Z - Started 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.7". Lots of clouds. At 10:01Z, the humidity rose. Difference 2.3. We needed to close. There is not enough time for the conditions to improve and for us to open and get another exposure. Still lots of clouds, wind, and humidity. We called it a night. We mounted cart 17 for tomorrow afternoon. 12:00Z - 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:42Z 1 0 233.01 0.0000 33.33 0.0000 104.51 0.0000 1.000222 02:03Z 1 0 223.60 0.0000 48.04 0.0000 81.08 0.0000 1.000070 03:05Z 5 0 275.28 0.0000 48.63 0.0000 116.38 0.0000 1.000203 06:19Z 6 0 16.15 0.0000 62.32 0.0000 193.64 0.0000 1.000112 06:34Z 6 0 52.34 0.0000 50.37 0.0000 221.97 0.0000 1.000162 07:38Z 9 0 2.02 0.0000 62.62 0.0000 181.76 0.0000 1.000231 08:42Z 7 0 235.53 0.0000 73.09 0.0000 66.83 0.0000 1.000161 09:56Z 7 0 242.60 0.0000 65.61 0.0000 80.30 0.0000 1.000161 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:42Z 1 0 1.00022 -2192 -67 505 233 33.3 3.6 27 275 - 2.5 02:03Z 1 0 1.00007 -691 1145 530 224 48.0 3.4 20 278 - 2.0 03:05Z 5 0 1.00020 -2004 16 490 275 48.6 3.2 23 271 - 1.7 06:19Z 6 0 1.00011 -1105 696 465 16 62.3 3.1 25 269 - 1.7 06:34Z 6 0 1.00016 -1599 295 440 52 50.4 3.0 31 277 - 1.6 07:38Z 9 0 1.00023 -2281 -302 440 2 62.6 3.1 23 259 - 1.8 08:42Z 7 0 1.00016 -1590 250 440 236 73.1 3.1 23 265 - 1.6 09:55Z 7 0 1.00016 -1590 264 440 243 65.6 2.8 24 269 - 1.7 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 23:07Z 41 33 21 260 (W) 217 - 01:43Z 38 31 26 275 (W) 188 - 03:06Z 37 31 22 270 (W) 139 - 06:19Z 37 29 24 269 (W) 121 - 07:38Z 37 31 23 259 (W) 340 - 08:43Z 37 31 23 265 (W) 372 - 09:56Z 37 31 24 268 (W) 258 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:10Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 00:10Z - Opened enclosure. 10:01Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. High humidity. Status at: 12:00Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 17 Counterweights at: 305 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. SP1 LN2 dewar scale: 239.10 lbs, 22.49 psi SP2 LN2 dewar scale: 206.80 lbs, 17.33 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 plate-mapper: v5_0_7 getVersions, 2010-12-19 22:51:08; ----STUI software: STUI: 1.0b12 2010-12-10; alerts: trunk+svn115546; apo: v1_5; boss: v2_3_9; boss.daq: 1.2.14; boss.specMech: 3.0.1; gcamera: v1_2_3; guider: v1_2_8; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_5; mcp: v6_6_5; mcp.plc: 25; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_1_5; sos: v1_1_5; sos.idlspec2d: v5_4_23; tcc: 2.14.0; -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06; ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.5220 -5.5100 Axial B 16.0960 16.0940 Axial C 15.9180 15.9220 Trans D 11.0020 11.0100 Lateral E 10.6807 10.6553 Lateral F 12.2682 12.2301 GALILS Commanded: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13050. 12650. Actual: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13050. 12650. 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.: 5.1 Alt.: 30.000001 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -7.8350 -7.8320 Axial B -0.0250 -0.0410 Axial C 13.8150 13.8180 Trans D 14.1890 14.1840 GALILS Commanded: 1585306. 1566188. 1598641. -1450. -50. Actual: 1585350. 1566700. 1598900. -1450. -50. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1256.79 -9.04 -4.14 -58.17 23.34 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---