APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Monday January 23, 2006 (MJD 53759) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Swing: K. Pan Night: J. Barentine, V. & E. Malanushenko ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- The cirrus and some clouds were during whole night. No wind, and as a result variable seeing and efficiency. The condition was not photometric and we did spectroscopy. 4 plates has been declared as DONE and we obtained some signal on other 3 plates. We have to run postcal command several times for plate 2380 before it was successful and create calibration files (see problem section). SOS reported the disk is 96% full and we need assistance to clear disk space. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: Spectrograph focus checked. No change was made (best focus set around 0 C. As usual details in problem section. 22:50Z: Fans on, east door and louvers open, west door cracked. Night: Cirrus. The weather conditions are not photometric, doing spectroscopy. Plate 2379, cart 1. seque133. No stars at GoToField, but found position using fk5 star; Seeing is 1.1, focus 130, temp -0.8C, efficiency 90%. 01:45 - start science exposure. Total exposure time is 3000. PostCal is recommended and has been done. Results: s/n for b1=19.8, b2=14.3. We have increased the time of last exposure and expected to get necessary signal, but although b2 is very close to requred amount, it is still not enough. "CONTINUE". Plate 2378, cartridge 8, segue133. Guider Stars on GoToField. Seeing is 1.0, focus 100, temp is -0.9C, efficiency 80%-95%. 3:05, 3:28, 3:51, 4:13, 4:36 science exposures. Total exposure time is 5700. Results: s/n for b1=11.2, b2=33.8. "DONE". Plate 2380, Cart 6. segue133 No stars at gotofield, used fk5 start to find an area. Seeing 1.3, focus 100, temp -0.1C, efficiency 80% 5:11 science exposures seeing 1.6, focus 110, temp +1C, efficiency about 30% 5:34, 5:56, 6:19 science exposures. Total exposure time is 4800. PostCalibrations was required and has been done. __It takes 3 attemptions to do postcalib before it was successful. __(see error message in problem section). __The SOS typed ABORT: Unable to reduce flat record. Results: s/n for b1=29.7 and b2=17.9. "DONE" Plate 2362, Cartridge 7, chunk131. Guider Stars on GoToField. Seeing is 1.2, focus 110, temp is +1.9C, efficiency 60%-70%. 07:07, 7:30, 7:51 science exposures Total exposure time is 3120. Results: s/n 20.7 16.6 21.8 17.5 "DONE" Plate 2361, Cartridge 3 chunk131 Guider Stars on GoToField. Seeing 1.6, focus 110, temp 1.7C, efficiency 70% 8:30, 8:47, 9:05 science exposures Total exposure time is 2700. SOS gives us warning messages: __WARNING: SOS disk /data/spectro/53759 is 96% full __WARNING: SOS disk /data/spectro/spectrologs/53759 is 96% full __we did not delete any files to make the disk space __and need somebody to clean some space on the disk. Results: s/n 17.4 13.7 16.3 14.5 "CONTINUE" Plate 2371, cart 4, chunk131 Guider Stars on GoToField. Seeing 1.2, focus 80, temp 2.6C, efficiency 40-70%, clouds 9:41,10:04, 10:32, 10:59 science exposures The exposure 10:32 is declared as bad because of its low signal. We aborted 10:59 exposure as the plate is expired. Total useful exposure time is 2700. Results: s/n 11.7 7.1 15.8 7.2 "CONTINUE" Plate 1774, Cart 2. Guider Stars on GoToField. Seeing 1.1, focus 60, temp 1.8C, efficiency 60-75%, clouds 11:34, 12:07, 12:24 science exposures Total useful exposure time is 3900. Results: s/n 19.9 17.6 25.1 18.3 "DONE" John run endNight and it was not completed, he has to copy Cloudcam images manually (all other endNight tasks completed successfully) He login as himself. 13:10 closed the telescope ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5991 21:52Z 22:12Z 100 O 160.26 165.28 48 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): yes QA Procedures Done (y/n): yes UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 22:09 36653 2.1 arc 22:12 36654 2.1 arc ----- sequence 36655, plate -9999 ------- 00:08 36655 0.0 bias 00:48 36656 0.0 bias levels: b1 1200/1030, b2 1240/1200, r1 1200/1245, r2 480/1290 ----- sequence 36657, plate 2379 ------- b1=19.8 b2=14.3 01:40 36657 10.0 flat - ok "CONTINUE" 01:43 36658 2.0 arc - ok 02:02 36659 900.1 target - ok 02:19 36660 900.1 target 02:42 36661 1200.1 target 02:45 36662 10.0 flat 02:47 36663 2.0 arc ----- sequence 36664, plate 2378 ------- b1=11.2, b2=33.8 03:01 36664 10.0 flat "DONE" 03:03 36665 2.0 arc 03:27 36666 1200.1 target 03:50 36667 1200.1 target 04:13 36668 1200.2 target 04:35 36669 1200.1 target 04:53 36670 900.1 target ----- sequence 36671, plate 2380 ------- b1=29.7, b2=17.9 05:06 36671 10.0 flat "DONE" 05:08 36672 2.0 arc 05:33 36673 1200.1 target 05:56 36674 1200.1 target 06:18 36675 1200.1 target 06:41 36676 1200.1 target 06:41 36677 10.0 flat - error, file has not been created. 06:47 36678 10.0 flat 06:50 36679 2.0 arc ----- sequence 36680, plate 2362 ------- 20.7 16.6 21.8 17.5 07:03 36680 10.0 flat "DONE" 07:05 36681 2.0 arc 07:29 36682 1200.1 target 07:52 36683 1200.1 target 08:06 36684 720.1 target ----- sequence 36685, plate 2361 ------- 17.4 13.7 16.3 14.5 08:24 36685 10.0 flat "CONTINUE" 08:27 36686 2.0 arc 08:47 36687 900.1 target 09:04 36688 900.1 target 09:22 36689 900.1 target ----- sequence 36690, plate 2371 ------- 11.7 7.1 15.8 7.2 09:37 36690 10.0 flat "CONTINUE" 09:39 36691 2.0 arc 10:03 36692 1200.1 target 10:31 36693 1500.1 target 10:59 36694 1500.1 target ----- sequence 36695, plate 1774 ------- 19.9 17.6 25.1 18.3 11:30 36695 10.0 flat "DONE" 11:33 36696 2.0 arc 12:06 36697 1800.1 target 12:24 36698 900.1 target 12:46 36699 1200.1 target ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:39Z 1 2379 -26.32 -0.0019 81.94 0.0031 155.51 0.0355 1.000200 03:00Z 8 2378 259.04 -0.0009 74.24 0.0010 89.43 -0.0043 1.000110 05:04Z 6 2380 109.07 0.0022 56.56 0.0024 -95.04 -0.0157 1.000110 07:14Z 7 2362 60.31 -0.0008 67.44 0.0031 230.87 -0.0087 1.000110 08:31Z 3 2361 -4.47 0.0020 76.75 0.0027 175.95 0.0324 1.000110 09:34Z 4 2371 -38.90 -0.0041 72.54 0.0019 146.04 0.0028 1.000050 11:28Z 2 1774 32.72 -0.0005 68.68 0.0032 207.87 0.0157 0.999980 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== DATA TAPE SUMMARY ===--- Goes: JL Stays: JL ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:38Z 1 2379 1.00020 -1975 -398 120 -26 82.0 -0.9 5 359 -- 1.1 02:59Z 8 2378 1.00011 -1086 326 100 259 74.3 -0.9 6 354 -- 1.0 05:05Z 6 2380 1.00011 -1086 362 100 109 56.6 -0.2 5 352 -- 1.3 07:14Z 7 2362 1.00011 -1086 347 110 60 67.4 2.1 1 164 -- 1.2 08:32Z 3 2361 1.00011 -1086 333 110 -5 76.7 2.1 0 6 -- 1.6 09:35Z 4 2371 1.00005 -494 798 80 -39 72.5 2.6 5 85 -- 1.2 11:28Z 2 1774 0.99998 198 1357 60 33 68.7 1.8 1 123 -- 1.1 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 22:12Z 34 12 0 67 (ENE) 1249 - 22:43Z 35 11 5 284 (WNW) 1458 - 23:14Z 34 9 5 342 (NNW) 1364 - 23:45Z 32 10 1 259 (W) 1422 - 00:01Z 32 10 0 339 (NNW) 1442 - 00:37Z 31 10 1 84 (E) 1778 - 01:09Z 30 11 5 357 (NNW) 1691 - 01:40Z 30 11 4 3 (N) 1521 - 02:11Z 33 7 3 296 (WNW) 1211 - 02:41Z 32 8 6 324 (NW) 1239 - 03:12Z 30 11 5 2 (N) 1526 - 03:45Z 30 8 6 355 (NNW) 1369 - 04:16Z 30 11 6 0 (N) 1578 - 04:47Z 31 8 5 356 (NNW) 1395 - 05:17Z 32 5 2 354 (NNW) 1092 - 05:48Z 33 5 4 357 (NNW) 1080 - 06:18Z 32 6 6 8 (N) 1323 - 06:49Z 34 -4 0 174 (S) 763 - 07:19Z 34 -6 0 158 (SSE) 694 - 07:50Z 34 -8 1 206 (SSW) 687 - 08:21Z 35 -5 0 208 (SSW) 710 - 08:51Z 35 -11 1 359 (NNW) 576 - 09:22Z 36 -14 4 65 (ENE) 597 - 09:52Z 36 -14 0 126 (SE) 583 - 10:23Z 35 -14 0 152 (SSE) 642 - 10:56Z 34 -13 3 93 (E) 643 - 11:27Z 35 -15 0 116 (ESE) 739 - 11:57Z 35 -16 4 94 (E) 668 - 12:31Z 33 -16 10 82 (E) 822 - 13:04Z 33 -13 8 83 (E) 718 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 22:50Z Fans on, east door and louvers open, west door cracked. 00:35Z Enclosure off 13:00Z Enclosure on, fans off, louvers and doors closed Telescope parked at 121,30 with Cart 1 (Plate 2379) mounted Counterweights at 245 Spectro autofill reconnected No interlocks bypassed Dewar weights at 10:15Z Imager: 215 lbs 19 psi Spectro: 45 lbs 16 psi (fill in progress) (NOTE: There should be enough weight in the spectro dewar to last until daystaff come in.) ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_12_0 Watcher: v2_31_0 MCP: v5_26_2 TPM: tpm_v3_3_0 AstroDa: v15_10 TCC: TCC 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures: v2_09 SoS: v4_10_7 hoggPT: v1_6_9 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.8380 -5.8440 Axial B -5.6780 -5.6770 Axial C 0.9290 0.9420 Trans D -9.9950 -9.9940 Lateral E 10.3886 10.3759 Lateral F 11.9634 11.9380 GALILS Commanded: 4700. -2450. 3000. -7800. 3300. 3000. Actual: 4700. -2450. 3000. -7800. 3300. 3000. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -1.68 7.05 385.25 92.02 PriOrient: 0.00 -1.52 7.02 384.99 93.81 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 1.4 Alt.: 30.013398 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 1.5620 1.5420 Axial B 1.0810 1.0470 Axial C 1.2080 1.1650 Trans D -0.1240 -0.1240 GALILS Commanded: 1564172. 1577665. 1513111. -6800. -5900. Actual: 1593450. 1603650. 1554300. -6800. -5900. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 15.87 0.00 -50.00 136.76 SecOrient: 1231.48 20.75 0.05 -49.49 133.44 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus Details: sp1 sp2 Coll_motor_A 2249 -11506 Coll_motor_B 2254 -14780 Coll_motor_C 2238 -14119 sp1> caget tpm_TM_PMSSAvg tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA tpm_TM_PMSSAvg -0.0592857 tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA 2.2975 b1 r1 b2 r2 Mean Offset .05 .00 .09 -.21 Recommended Piston 6 2057 Indicated best focus temperature will be around 0 C. --------------------- Error message for postcalibration for plate 2380, cart 6: SOPGUI: postCalibs 1 1 mcpPut: SYSTEM.STATUS mcpPut: SYSTEM.STATUS Closing Flat Field Screen 4 FF lamps are on Starting Flat field 0 (press cntrl-C to abort) Flushing charge for 15 sec appending BEGIN Exposure is paused; 10s of data were taken appending END EXPOSURE TIME is: 10 1138084992 1138085020 Seq 36671 Exp 36677 Frame 36677 Do not schedule startFlushCharge sp1 200 Do not schedule startFlushCharge sp2 200 Finished with Flat field 0 Finished with Flat Field Closing Flat Field Screen 4 Ne and 4 HgCd lamps are on Starting Arc lamp exposure 0 (press cntrl-C to abort) goStare was not successful, trying again goStare was not successful, trying again goStare was not successful, trying again goStare was not successful, trying again goStare was not successful, trying again goStare was not successful, trying again Could not do goStare in 5 attempts Finished with Arc Lamp exposure 0 Finished With Arc Lamps Exiting successfully This calibration took 129.983 seconds (This same serror sequence repeated for two more attempts before any data were actually taken.)