APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday September 11, 2008 (MJD 54721) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Audrey Simmons Dan Oravetz MARVELS team ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- The night was again lost to high humidity, clouds, and radar returns. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- Restarted the servers. sdsshost2.apo.nmsu.edu % df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda3 142G 112G 23G 84% / /dev/sda1 99M 30M 64M 33% /boot /dev/sdb1 917G 666G 205G 77% /data sdssfiles1:/data1/data 1.5T 645G 748G 47% /files All systems checked and working properly. Night: ------ High humidity, clouds, and radar returns all over the place. 06:45Z - ad3 unresponsive according to Watcher and iccSoundOff output. Rebooted the astro crates and everything came back okay. 10:05Z - No hope. Parked the telescope at the zenith (per French's request) and called it a night. 10:10Z - endNight rejoiced. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7682 00:01Z 00:22Z 100 O 60.81 66.00 49 ignore ---=== 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): y QA Procedures Done (y/n): n UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 54560, plate -9999 ------- 00:02 54560 0.0 bias ----- sequence 54561, plate 0 ------- 00:29 54561 0.0 bias ----- sequence 54562, plate 3033 ------- 00:34 54562 10.0 flat 00:36 54563 2.0 arc ----- sequence 54564, plate -9999 ------- 00:40 54564 0.0 bias ---=== 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 23:59Z 49 49 1 297 (WNW) 235 - clouds 00:31Z 49 49 0 248 (WSW) 263 - clouds 01:01Z 49 49 9 106 (ESE) 286 - clouds 01:32Z 48 48 7 89 (E) 362 - clouds 02:02Z 48 49 10 78 (ENE) 383 - clouds 02:32Z 48 49 3 95 (E) 409 - clouds 03:02Z 48 49 10 85 (E) 329 - clouds Cloudy, high humidity, and radar returns all night long. ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- Never ventilated/opened because of the weather. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 10:12Z Telescope stowed at: 90,121,00 mount with altitude locking pin ENGAGED Instrument mounted: Cartridge 9 Counterweights at: 257 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Disconnected. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 134.10 lbs, 0.06 psi Imager 161.80 lbs, 13.93 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_39_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_4_0 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures:v2_42 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0290 -0.0300 Axial B 0.0390 0.0390 Axial C -0.0390 -0.0400 Trans D -0.7560 -0.7570 Lateral E 10.5664 10.5537 Lateral F 12.1539 12.1539 GALILS Commanded: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. Actual: 10471. -76. 5755. 8616. 10374. 10023. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -11.72 8.60 496.70 640.50 PriOrient: 1.06 -11.65 8.77 495.77 639.59 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 9.6 Alt.: 30.003065 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5630 18.5620 Axial B 15.6110 15.6080 Axial C 13.8160 13.8170 Trans D 15.1130 15.1170 GALILS Commanded: 1627076. 1527996. 1595750. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1256.95 -12.20 -28.35 -39.42 94.83 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---