APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Friday December 24, 2010 (MJD 55555) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Viktor Malanushenko Elena Malanushenko Steph Snedden (afternoon) Support: Paul Harding (work with guider) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! BOSS until 04:00 (2.5 h), then MARVELS (9.1 h) ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Brief 55555 night summary: 5 and 5 and 555 24 to 25 over 90, less than 1 0 0 have been done 13 hours 5 to 6 welcome, 55556 In human readable language it means that the Christmas eve night was not observing because of high humidity and low dew point difference. Happy 55555 Day! sp1 dewars weight is 65 lbs. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon --------- 23:05Z - Ventilation started, doors left closed. 23:15Z - Cartridge 14 mounted. No problems noted during checkout at the telescope. 23:15Z - ThAr lamp on. Test MARVELS bias taken. Collimation checked on cartridge 14 and found to be okay. Because of Paul's guider testing, the Hartmanns, arcs and flats show up on cartridges 14, 5 and -1 on the SoS page. 23:50Z - Opening will be delayed because the mirror temps are colder than ambient, and we are below the dewpoint split for opening. Night: ----- We delay opening because of high humidity. 00:30Z ventilation stopped. Same all night long. 10:35Z humidity goes down. We checked surfaces outside. They partly covered with frost. Enclosure rails are partly covered with thin film of frost, too. The rail heater is turned to "auto" and appears working, but just in a case we turned it to the "manual" position. At the same time, it feels humid outside, and the humidity sensor shows sharp gap in reading. Since it may indicate a problem with the humidity sensor reading, we think it is not safe to open right now. 11:20Z humidity goes up again, so we delay opening. 12:10Z we call it a night. 12:12Z endNight finished. MS Th-Ar lams turned off. Rail heater flipped to the "auto" position. ---=== 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 ---=== 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 ===--- ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:05Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 00:30Z - doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 13:12Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 14 Counterweights at: 305 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro2 173 lbs, 18 psi Spectro1 65 lbs, 24 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- ----STUI software STUI: 1.0b13 2010-12-23 alerts: trunk+svn115546 apo: v1_5 boss: v2_3_9 boss.daq: 1.2.14 boss.specMech: 3.0.1 gcamera: v1_2_3 guider: trunk+svn120392M hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_5 mcp: v6_6_6 mcp.plc: 26 platedb: v1_0_5 sop: v1_1_5 sos: v1_1_5 tcc: 2.14.0 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06 idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_4_24 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_7 Setting up: idlspec2d Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_4_24 Setting up: |elodie Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_3 Setting up: |spinspect Flavor: Linux64 Version: start Using /home/sdss3/products/NULL/specflat/v1_8/ups/specflat.table Setting up: |specflat Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_8 Setting up: |speclog Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |platelist Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |platedb Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_0_4 Setting up: | sqlalchemy Flavor: Linux64 Version: 0.5.5 Setting up: | |psycopg Flavor: Linux64 Version: 2.0.11 Setting up: | actorcore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_12_4b Setting up: | |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_12 Setting up: | | external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: | | actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: | | |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v24 Setting up: | | | sdsstools Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: | | |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_7 Setting up: | | RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.3.5 Setting up: |idlutils Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_4_15 Setting up: | idl Flavor: Linux64 Version: 7.1 Setting up: | dust Flavor: Linux64 Version: v0_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -5.5230 -5.5100 Axial B 16.0940 16.0940 Axial C 15.9170 15.9220 Trans D 10.9970 11.0100 Lateral E 10.6807 10.6553 Lateral F 12.2682 12.2301 GALILS Commanded: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13050. 12650. Actual: 10600. -250. 5800. 10250. 13050. 12650. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 PriOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: -0.1 Alt.: 30.001556 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -7.8340 -7.8320 Axial B -0.0290 -0.0410 Axial C 13.8160 13.8180 Trans D 14.1890 14.1840 GALILS Commanded: 1585362. 1566692. 1598862. -1450. -50. Actual: 1585350. 1566700. 1598900. -1450. -50. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1257.00 -8.99 -4.01 -58.09 23.31 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---