APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Saturday January 11, 2003 (MJD 52651) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Swing: Steph Snedden Night: Mike Harvanek, Pete Newman Visitors: Trudy Brewington, Howard Brewington ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science. ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Humidity and clouds kept us closed all night. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Swing shift notes: The spectrographs' focus and collimation were checked and snakk adjustments made. See details at the end of this log. Afternoon checkout went without problems. Night shift: It started snowing lightly at 22:20Z, followed by persistent heavy clouds and more precipitation at 04:30Z and later. It never improved and we gave up at 11:25Z. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3589 22:06Z 22:22Z 100 O 151.83 155.75 40 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 ===--- UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 18033, plate -9999 ------- 21:59 18033 0.0 bias ----- sequence 18034, plate 1193 ------- 22:47 18034 10.0 flat 22:49 18035 2.0 arc 22:54 18036 2.1 arc 22:56 18037 2.1 arc 23:12 18038 2.1 arc 23:14 18039 2.1 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== DATA TAPE SUMMARY ===--- No tapes to ship (endNight run onto the "cloudy night tapes"). ---=== 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 21:27Z 34 30 12 270 (W) 296 - Cloudy 21:59Z 33 31 8 272 (W) 390 - " 22:31Z 33 29 11 271 (W) 341 - " 23:03Z 32 27 7 284 (WNW) 261 - " 23:33Z 31 27 6 246 (WSW) 263 - " 01:18Z 33 24 5 269 (W) 53 - " 01:51Z 32 26 8 270 (W) 60 - " 02:21Z 32 26 6 270 (W) 96 - " 02:51Z 32 26 6 269 (W) 175 - " 03:21Z 32 27 8 276 (W) 202 - " 03:51Z 32 26 7 266 (W) 238 - " 04:24Z 32 27 6 236 (SW) 287 - " 04:56Z 32 27 5 258 (WSW) 361 - " 05:26Z 32 26 6 261 (W) 288 - " 05:59Z 32 27 11 254 (WSW) 252 - " 06:31Z 31 27 5 262 (W) 262 - " 07:03Z 31 27 8 248 (WSW) 272 - " 07:35Z 31 27 9 245 (WSW) 261 - " 08:07Z 29 27 11 265 (W) 239 - " 08:40Z 29 27 5 262 (W) 230 - " 09:12Z 29 28 6 297 (WNW) 220 - " 09:45Z 29 27 8 319 (NW) 210 - " 10:17Z 29 27 5 348 (NNW) 230 - " 10:49Z 28 26 9 8 (N) 131 - " 11:21Z 27 26 10 327 (NNW) 194 - " ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- We did not open. Status at 11:33Z: Telescope stowed at: 30 deg Instrument mounted: Cartridge 6 Counterweights at: 270 Autofill systems: On 180L LN2 dewar weights: Spectro 102 lb Imager 257 lb ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v3_98_0 Watcher: v2_20_0 MCP: v5_17_0 TPM: tpm_v2_19_0 AstroDa: v14_47 TCC: 2.6.8 sdssProcedures: v1_60 SoS: v4_9_13 hoggPT: v1_5_8 plate-mapper: v4_2_0 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.0860 0.0790 Axial B 0.8000 0.7970 Axial C 0.8210 0.8240 Trans D -9.0830 -9.1130 Lateral E 1.8400 1.8870 Lateral F 0.0000 1.4300 GALILS Commanded: 5400. -3700. 900. -200. 31550. 30650. Actual: 5400. -3700. 900. -200. 31550. 30650. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -11.80 23.00 1256.90 642.10 PriOrient: 0.00 -12.16 22.81 1257.41 642.19 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 0.6 Alt.: 29.999682 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 1.5180 1.5170 Axial B 1.1640 1.1560 Axial C 1.1010 1.0990 Trans D -0.6920 -0.7070 GALILS Commanded: 1619668. 1555221. 1576336. -3400. -7900. Actual: 1619650. 1555250. 1576350. -3400. -7900. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 0.00 -20.00 0.00 130.98 SecOrient: 1257.00 -0.01 -20.02 -0.49 130.89 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- ---=== SPECTROGRAPH FOCUS/COLLIMATION CHECK ===--- spectro focus check results Cartridge 6, Temp=4.6C Moved : sp1; mechPiston -1297, sp2; mechPiston -63 New positions: sp1> A=5621, B=5621, C=5620 sp2> A=5841, B=5842, C=5843 Reading /data/spectro/52651/sdR-b1-00018038.fit Reading /data/spectro/52651/sdR-b1-00018039.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.58 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.54 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.26 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.06 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -2.2 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-52651-b1-00018038.log PostScript file = Collimate-52651-b1-00018038.ps Reading /data/spectro/52651/sdR-b2-00018038.fit Reading /data/spectro/52651/sdR-b2-00018039.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.18 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.35 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.15 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.06 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -2.3 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-52651-b2-00018038.log PostScript file = Collimate-52651-b2-00018038.ps Reading /data/spectro/52651/sdR-r1-00018038.fit Reading /data/spectro/52651/sdR-r1-00018039.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.36 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.52 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.23 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.02 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -191 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston -191" Log file = Collimate-52651-r1-00018038.log PostScript file = Collimate-52651-r1-00018038.ps Reading /data/spectro/52651/sdR-r2-00018038.fit Reading /data/spectro/52651/sdR-r2-00018039.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.41 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.20 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.16 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.01 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -99 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston -99" Log file = Collimate-52651-r2-00018038.log PostScript file = Collimate-52651-r2-00018038.ps