Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 06:50:11 GMT From: hjbrew@apo.nmsu.edu (Howard Brewington) Subject: 2.5m obslog 20031210 (MJD 52984) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday December 10, 2003 (MJD 52984) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Howard Brewington (swing) Jon Brinkmann (phone X three) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- monthly checkout ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- 08 December 2003 _________________ I looked at the fiducial data and discovered that the alt axis had some problems. So, I sent an e-mail to Jon B. He is looking into the reason why some fiducials were not being read and the others had large errors. 09 December 2003 _________________ Performed the Imager/DA aliveness test and Imager QA, vis., viewed all of all chips. Cleaned all tape drives. Opened both doors, turned on fans, and vented the enclosure for about an hour and thirty minutes before the spectro monthly checkout. Mounted cartridge 03 to do the X, wave, and collimation procedures. All were done inside a dark enclosure because of moon light. While doing the dithered flats portion of the spectro monthly checkout, I got the following error: Exiting successfully This calibration took 151.063 seconds Finished with specFlat 6 of 7. Setting up Collimator 2003-12-10 05:00:31Z: Original command was !ma100! 2003-12-10 05:00:31Z: expected reply was !ma100 OK ! motor a: Mechanicals did not respond correctly; response was ma100 Error: problem with motors (see previous error message) Original motor positions: {a 200} {b 200} {c -201} Current motor positions: {a 300} {b 200} {c -201} sp1> IOP running as Backup Relay Server This procedure takes seven dithered flats and two arcs. The problem happened on the 7th dithered flat. So, I reset all the motor to their pre-dithered positions and issued another: specFlats. This time the process was successful. Consequently, there were 13 dithered flats done. I also noticed that motor-A of sp2 did not return to its pre-dithered position once the procedure had completed, i.e., the position was off by 21 ticks. So, I used the mechMoveCell to re-position it. After the 25-bias loop finished, I plotted the 1st, 12th, and 25th exposures. I also looked at the all the images associated with aforementioned bias exposures. While doing the darks, the enclosure's ODH alarm was activated. So, I think the first dark is bad. I used apofix to change it to bad. I opened the doors of the enclosure to vent it, and I then closed the doors and did the three required darks. I plotted one of the darks, as well as viewing its images; the images contained a good deal of noise. This procedure states that the 98-th percentile as reported by Son-of-Spectro should be less than about 15 electrons. r1 and r2 were at 14, but b1 and b2 were slightly higher, i.e., 15 and 16. Jon B. said that the sightly higher numbers were comparable to past numbers. 10 December 2003 ___________________ Imager bias was done in doghouse with t-bars unlatched. When I plotted the results via biasGen/biasCheck, however, only half of CCD 32 and none of CCD 71 was displayed. And in the iop window, the right side of CCD 76 had very high numbers as compared to the other chips; see below: I tried to contact Connie, but was unable to connect with her; I left a message that I needed to talk with her. I latched the t-bars after I finished this procedure. 30. 52956 31. 52984 Select index of reference mjd [31]: 30 Writing file /astrolog/52984/idBiasCheck-004305.par CCD 11 Offset. Left: -10.90 +/- 0.44 Right: -11.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 21 Offset. Left: -5.00 +/- 0.00 Right: -4.67 +/- 0.59 CCD 31 Offset. Left: -4.00 +/- 0.00 Right: -5.38 +/- 0.48 CCD 41 Offset. Left: -4.00 +/- 0.00 Right: -3.98 +/- 0.13 CCD 51 Offset. Left: -18.13 +/- 0.89 Right: -18.09 +/- 0.91 CCD 12 Offset. Left: 1.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 1.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 22 Offset. Left: 2.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 3.49 +/- 0.53 CCD 32 Offset. Left: -31.31 +/- 0.51 Right: -0.88 +/- 0.32 CCD 42 Offset. Left: 1.91 +/- 0.44 Right: 2.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 52 Offset. Left: 0.84 +/- 0.37 Right: -1.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 13 Offset. Left: 3.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 3.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 23 Offset. Left: 1.86 +/- 0.35 Right: 2.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 33 Offset. Left: 2.81 +/- 0.39 Right: 2.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 43 Offset. Left: 0.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 0.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 53 Offset. Left: -0.84 +/- 0.37 Right: 1.96 +/- 0.20 CCD 14 Offset. Left: 1.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 1.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 24 Offset. Left: 2.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 2.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 34 Offset. Left: -9.48 +/- 0.51 Right: -9.47 +/- 0.50 CCD 44 Offset. Left: 1.25 +/- 0.43 Right: 0.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 54 Offset. Left: 1.29 +/- 0.46 Right: 3.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 15 Offset. Left: 1.55 +/- 0.50 Right: 1.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 25 Offset. Left: 5.02 +/- 0.36 Right: 5.04 +/- 0.38 CCD 35 Offset. Left: -0.13 +/- 1.59 Right: -0.41 +/- 0.49 CCD 45 Offset. Left: 1.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 0.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 55 Offset. Left: 2.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 1.18 +/- 0.39 CCD 16 Offset. Left: 2.21 +/- 0.41 Right: 3.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 26 Offset. Left: 1.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 0.79 +/- 0.40 CCD 36 Offset. Left: -5.00 +/- 0.00 Right: -5.20 +/- 0.43 CCD 46 Offset. Left: 0.90 +/- 0.30 Right: 1.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 56 Offset. Left: 1.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 1.33 +/- 0.48 CCD 60 Offset. Left: 15.35 +/- 0.48 Right: 15.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 61 Offset. Left: 6.31 +/- 0.46 Right: 6.58 +/- 0.49 CCD 62 Offset. Left: 11.17 +/- 0.37 Right: 11.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 63 Offset. Left: 7.64 +/- 0.48 Right: 7.39 +/- 0.49 CCD 64 Offset. Left: 13.09 +/- 0.58 Right: 13.19 +/- 0.51 CCD 65 Offset. Left: -6.13 +/- 0.79 Right: -6.16 +/- 0.45 CCD 71 Offset. Left: 39.23 +/- 0.43 Right: 39.16 +/- 0.36 CCD 72 Offset. Left: 13.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 13.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 73 Offset. Left: -12.43 +/- 0.50 Right: -12.47 +/- 0.50 CCD 74 Offset. Left: 21.79 +/- 0.41 Right: 21.66 +/- 0.48 CCD 75 Offset. Left: -8.61 +/- 0.49 Right: -8.52 +/- 0.50 CCD 76 Offset. Left: 4.32 +/- 0.46 Right: -42.35 +/- 129.03 CCD 81 Offset. Left: 19.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 19.04 +/- 0.21 CCD 82 Offset. Left: 19.27 +/- 0.47 Right: 19.22 +/- 0.41 CCD 83 Offset. Left: 23.12 +/- 0.32 Right: 23.08 +/- 0.32 CCD 84 Offset. Left: 8.56 +/- 0.50 Right: 8.64 +/- 0.50 CCD 85 Offset. Left: 9.46 +/- 0.50 Right: 9.47 +/- 0.50 CCD 86 Offset. Left: 12.63 +/- 0.48 Right: 12.64 +/- 0.48 CCD 90 Offset. Left: 9.74 +/- 0.49 Right: 9.87 +/- 0.34 CCD 91 Offset. Left: 8.52 +/- 0.50 Right: 8.58 +/- 0.50 CCD 92 Offset. Left: 10.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 9.72 +/- 0.45 CCD 93 Offset. Left: 16.92 +/- 0.27 Right: 16.85 +/- 0.45 CCD 94 Offset. Left: 12.00 +/- 0.00 Right: 12.00 +/- 0.00 CCD 95 Offset. Left: 21.44 +/- 0.50 Right: 21.41 +/- 0.49 im> I tried to contact Connie about the imager numbers above, but was unable to connect with her; I left a message that I needed to talk with her. I latched the t-bars after I finished this procedure. I also completed the procedures of: Home Secondary and Home/Relax Primary. I had no problems with M2, but the mig values (E and F) were high for M1. I went through the Home/Relax process again and got the same high numbers. See Mirror section. I talked with Jon B. about the problem. ---=== 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 ===--- ---=== 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 01:33Z 34 -9 11 232 (SW) 281 - 02:06Z 35 -5 9 230 (SW) 286 - 02:38Z 35 -2 11 241 (WSW) 232 - 03:10Z 33 0 12 230 (SW) 275 - 03:42Z 35 0 11 266 (W) 290 - 04:15Z 35 -4 16 269 (W) 281 - 04:47Z 35 -10 11 277 (W) 282 - 05:27Z 34 -8 17 274 (W) 303 - 06:00Z 34 0 14 277 (W) 382 - 06:32Z 34 1 18 279 (W) 375 - ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- at 121,30,00 fans off, LN2 connected. ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v3_123_0 Watcher: v2_24_0 MCP: v5_23_0 TPM: tpm_v2_36_0 AstroDa: v14_47 TCC: 10897900 packets sent successfully sdssProcedures: v1_80 SoS: v4_10_6 hoggPT: v1_6_9 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.5430 0.5450 Axial B 0.6320 0.6370 Axial C 1.0900 1.0850 Trans D -8.4530 -8.4550 Lateral E 10.8966 10.7442 Lateral F 10.8585 10.7823 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2850. 850. -9250. 18400. 17850. Actual: 4600. -2850. 850. -9250. 18400. 17850. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 15.20 829.90 1.60 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 14.91 830.49 3.19 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 1.8 Alt.: 30.308114 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 1.5120 1.5150 Axial B 1.1050 1.1100 Axial C 1.1140 1.1150 Trans D -0.8190 -0.8260 GALILS Commanded: 1628682. 1548216. 1574490. -3900. -8750. Actual: 1628650. 1548200. 1574500. -3900. -8750. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 0.00 -25.00 0.00 146.27 SecOrient: 1257.01 0.02 -25.01 0.26 146.55 PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.5450 0.5450 Axial B 0.6350 0.6370 Axial C 1.0910 1.0850 Trans D -8.4570 -8.4550 Lateral E 10.8966 10.7442 Lateral F 10.8712 10.7823 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2850. 850. -9250. 18400. 17850. Actual: 4600. -2850. 850. -9250. 18400. 17850. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 15.20 829.90 1.60 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 14.91 830.49 3.19 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: 1.9 Alt.: 30.283007 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 1.5120 1.5150 Axial B 1.1060 1.1100 Axial C 1.1150 1.1150 Trans D -0.8190 -0.8260 GALILS Commanded: 1628613. 1548216. 1574578. -3900. -8750. Actual: 1628650. 1548200. 1574500. -3900. -8750. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 0.00 -25.00 0.00 146.27 SecOrient: 1257.02 -0.02 -24.98 0.28 146.57 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===---