APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday May 23, 2007 (MJD 54244) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Observers: Viktor Malanushenko, Scott Fleming, Brian Lee Assistance: Stephanie Snedden, Elena Malanushenko ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- ET - Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Clear sky, good weather conditions but dusty: all the time the dust has been between 1900 - 2500; low humidity - less than 30 %. French, Dan & K please check and possible CO2 clean the primary mirror - if needed, of course. We obtained 6 exposures to four ET plates. No significance problems. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- No problems, Stephanie & Elena check telescop & all systems, thanks! 01:20Z - start ventilations, louvers opened, fan on. 02:15Z - enclosure off. Night: ------ 02:01Z Cartridge 1, plate 8026 GSonGTF, 50min exposure 02:52Z 2nd exposure on Cart.1, 50min exposure 05:05Z Cartridge 8, plate 8021, using FK5, 50min exposure 05:58Z 2nd exposure on cart.8, 50min exposure 06:59Z Cartridge 7 plate 8022, GSonGTF, 50 min exposure 07:54Z 2nd exposure on cart.7, 50min exposure 09:05Z Cartridge 9 plate 8028, GSonGTF, 50 min exposure 09:56Z 2nd exposure on cart.9, 50min exposure 11:05Z - enclosure on etc. endNight rejoiced, including copying the irsc images. ---=== 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 ----- sequence 45083, plate -9999 ------- 01:01 45083 0.0 bias ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:35Z 1 8026 158.36 0.0021 66.80 0.0040 -31.60 -0.0148 1.000200 05:05Z 8 8021 85.58 0.0020 65.48 0.0068 251.22 -0.0064 1.000150 06:59Z 7 8022 136.37 0.0074 81.96 0.0062 -47.84 0.0309 1.000200 09:06Z 9 8028 145.28 0.0016 74.11 0.0051 -42.90 0.0215 1.000100 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03:35Z 1 8026 1.00020 -1975 -573 -75 158 66.8 11.7 17 245 --- 1.5" 05:05Z 8 8021 1.00015 -1481 -161 -75 86 65.5 11.7 9 300 --- 1.1" 06:09Z 8 8021 1.00015 -1481 -181 -75 67 78.7 11.1 16 293 --- 1.3" 07:00Z 7 8022 1.00020 -1975 -518 0 137 82.0 10.9 16 288 --- 1.2" 07:57Z 7 8022 1.00020 -1975 -543 -25 225 81.7 11.0 12 289 --- 1.2" 09:06Z 9 8028 1.00010 -988 233 -75 145 74.1 11.5 1 255 --- 1.2" ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 00:56Z 57 26 16 262 (W) 2564 - 01:28Z 55 24 24 243 (WSW) 2462 - 02:00Z 52 23 15 237 (WSW) 2310 - 02:31Z 53 21 17 245 (WSW) 2332 - 03:02Z 53 22 16 225 (SW) 2518 - 03:32Z 53 24 18 235 (SW) 2716 - 04:03Z 53 22 14 266 (W) 2453 - 04:33Z 52 19 12 268 (W) 2231 - 05:03Z 53 18 13 268 (W) 2292 - 05:35Z 52 17 16 293 (WNW) 2284 - 06:08Z 51 17 18 288 (WNW) 2215 - 06:40Z 51 16 14 308 (NW) 2195 - 07:12Z 51 17 14 292 (WNW) 2073 - 07:44Z 51 18 11 292 (WNW) 1967 - 08:14Z 52 17 8 278 (W) 1864 - 08:45Z 52 17 6 266 (W) 1924 - 09:17Z 52 18 4 272 (W) 1896 - 09:50Z 52 18 1 257 (WSW) 1933 - 10:22Z 51 18 7 268 (W) 1919 - 10:54Z 51 18 5 283 (WNW) 1919 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 01:20Z - Started enclosure ventilation (delayed a bit because of dust) 02:15Z - Opened enclosure Telescope stowed at 30 deg alt with cartridge 9 mounted. Spectro autofill connected. Counterweights at 248. 11:05Z - Closed enclosure 11:17Z - Spectro dewar weight: 240 lb; 24 psi 11:17Z - Imager dewar weight: 179 lb; 19 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_34_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_30 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v5_1_8 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.0080 -0.0050 Axial B 0.0010 0.0090 Axial C 0.0080 0.0160 Trans D 0.0060 0.0040 Lateral E 9.9695 9.9568 Lateral F 11.5443 11.5443 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2000. 2650. -9300. -9800. -9800. Actual: 4600. -2000. 2650. -9300. -9800. -9800. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 11.8 Alt.: 30.434130 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0320 -0.0240 Axial B -0.0250 -0.0280 Axial C -0.0420 -0.0370 Trans D -0.0130 -0.0040 GALILS Commanded: 1616707. 1591630. 1541614. -10550. -5800. Actual: 1614053. 1594719. 1543082. -10535. -5822. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 20.00 -10.00 -100.00 176.64 SecOrient: 1256.50 20.09 -11.80 -101.62 176.50 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---