APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Friday March 6, 2009 (MJD 54897) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Elana Malanushenko Dmitry Bizyaev Kaike Pan (Swing) Nathan De Lee (Marvels) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Night is lost due to cloudy sky. Wind gusts over limit and rain drops were observed as well. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ----------- All systems were checked and working properly. The best focus of the spectro is still set for 9 C. Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00059618.fit -6.0 -4.2 -2.7 2.1 7.2 8.4 10.5 sdR-b2-00059618.fit -8.2 -6.0 -4.7 1.6 6.6 9.1 11.5 sdR-r1-00059618.fit -7.3 -5.4 -4.0 1.4 6.9 8.6 10.1 sdR-r2-00059618.fit -7.9 -5.8 -4.3 1.0 6.2 7.8 9.9 Night: ------ 00:30Z cloudy, wind speed over 40 mph. 02:30Z same 02:35Z rain 03:30Z clouds, no Moon is seen 04:30Z same 06:00Z same: clouds, sometimes light rain 08:00Z same 09:30Z same plus high wind 10:10Z started ventilation 11:30Z stopped ventilation We parked everything at 11:35Z because clouds are same thick and there are no way to get even one exposure from now. 11:38Z endNight rejoiced ---=== 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 59612, plate -9999 ------- 23:41 59612 0.0 bias ----- sequence 59613, plate 3231 ------- 23:59 59613 10.0 flat 00:01 59614 2.0 arc 00:06 59615 2.0 arc 00:09 59616 3.0 arc ----- sequence 59618, plate -9999 ------- 00:31 59618 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 23:15Z 47 23 30 252 (WSW) 1222 - 23:48Z 46 22 25 255 (WSW) 433 - cloudy 00:19Z 45 23 24 252 (WSW) 702 - '' 00:49Z 45 22 28 261 (W) 510 - '' 01:20Z 44 23 21 261 (W) 428 - '' 01:52Z 43 24 21 239 (WSW) 561 - '' 02:25Z 42 25 23 265 (W) 681 - '' 02:57Z 42 24 19 262 (W) 625 - '' 03:29Z 41 22 19 277 (W) 1221 - '' 04:02Z 41 22 24 268 (W) 702 - '' 04:34Z 40 23 20 268 (W) 588 - '' 05:06Z 39 23 18 263 (W) 606 - '' 05:38Z 39 24 18 263 (W) 607 - '' 06:11Z 38 24 16 263 (W) 481 - '' 06:43Z 37 23 20 265 (W) 555 - '' 07:15Z 37 23 25 254 (WSW) 694 - '' 07:48Z 37 23 14 260 (W) 814 - '' 08:20Z 36 24 22 248 (WSW) 827 - '' 08:52Z 37 24 22 241 (WSW) 575 - '' 09:24Z 37 24 28 245 (WSW) 402 - '' 09:54Z 37 24 24 232 (SW) 334 - '' 10:25Z 36 25 28 229 (SW) 378 - '' 10:55Z 36 26 26 235 (SW) 323 - '' 11:28Z 36 26 23 240 (WSW) 324 - '' ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 10:10Z Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 11:30Z Doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:40Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 6 Counterweights at: 275 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 176 lbs,24.2* psi Imager -- lbs, -- 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 2.10.0 2009-01-12 sdssProcedures: v2_43 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0280 -0.0280 Axial B 0.0320 0.0470 Axial C -0.0320 -0.0360 Trans D -0.7580 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.5918 10.5791 Lateral F 12.1793 12.1793 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.: 8.1 Alt.: 29.999997 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5870 18.5840 Axial B 15.6300 15.6220 Axial C 13.8120 13.8150 Trans D 15.1040 15.1080 GALILS Commanded: 1626572. 1528796. 1595712. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.02 -12.05 -27.98 -39.17 94.74 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus Info: ------------------- No adjustment made. The best focus is still set for 9 C. Sp1> Coll_motor_A 225 01P0000000225 Coll_motor_B 52 02P0000000052 Coll_motor_C 119 01P0000000119 Sp2> Coll_motor_A 1807 01P0000001807 Coll_motor_B 1258 02P0000001258 Coll_motor_C 1107 01P0000001107 Temperatures: sp1: 10.7 C sp2: 9.6 C tpm_TM_PMSSAvg 8.18429 tpm_TM_TelairAvg.VALA 8.75 IDL 5.5a> collimate, 59615 Reading /data/spectro/54897/sdR-b1-00059615.fit Reading /data/spectro/54897/sdR-b1-00059616.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.33 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.89 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.31 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.28 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -10.0 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54897-b1-00059615.log PostScript file = Collimate-54897-b1-00059615.ps Reading /data/spectro/54897/sdR-b2-00059615.fit Reading /data/spectro/54897/sdR-b2-00059616.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.22 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.22 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.11 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.01 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -0.5 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54897-b2-00059615.log PostScript file = Collimate-54897-b2-00059615.ps Reading /data/spectro/54897/sdR-r1-00059615.fit Reading /data/spectro/54897/sdR-r1-00059616.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.72 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.30 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.29 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.26 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 2405 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 2405" Log file = Collimate-54897-r1-00059615.log PostScript file = Collimate-54897-r1-00059615.ps Reading /data/spectro/54897/sdR-r2-00059615.fit Reading /data/spectro/54897/sdR-r2-00059616.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.78 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.28 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.29 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.05 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 423 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 423"