Subject: 2.5m obslog 20081012 (MJD 54752) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:24:25 -0600 (MDT) From: dmbiz@apo.nmsu.edu (Dmitry Bizyaev) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday October 12, 2008 (MJD 54752) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Kaike Pan Dmitry Bizyaev Scott Fleming Nathan De Lee ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Mostly clear night with almost Full Moon. Marvels pre-selection plates: cart 2 (3025) finished cart 4 (3016) mounted but guide stars go out of fibers because it is 5+ hours from the HA it was drilled for. Not done. Marvels regular cartridges were obsereved: 6(3056), 5(3055), 9(3060) The cover of gang-connector pit, the small aluminium plate with the cart stopper on it, felt off after interference with cart and me.It doesn't look as damaged, just screws went off. Sorry French, Dan! The gang cable was plugged under the floor that time, it is ok. We noticed that time at sdsshost2 is MST. Is it normal? Shouldn't it be in UTC? ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- All calib. lamps are ok. ntp_check ok iccSoundOff ok imager bias ok spectro bias ok Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00055433.fit -6.2 -4.0 -2.9 2.0 7.3 8.3 10.4 sdR-b2-00055433.fit -8.0 -5.6 -4.3 0.7 7.0 9.2 10.8 sdR-r1-00055433.fit -6.9 -4.7 -3.7 1.3 7.2 8.3 10.3 sdR-r2-00055433.fit -8.0 -5.9 -4.5 0.7 6.7 8.8 10.9 Collimation adjusted to +8C. Night: ------ Cart. 2 plate 3025 is mounted, Marvels pre-selection 00:15Z ventilation started, doors and louvers opened. In the evening, humidity was marginal (yellow), something between 70 and 78%. Craig and Robert are continuing to work on MCP, and are ready to install its new version. We delay opening because of humidity and in the help to finish the implementation. As a result, MCP rolled back to v. 6_4_0 01:40Z dome opened. 02:06Z gotoField with cart. 2 plate 3025 (A) fk5 used focus loop 02:24Z precal 02:30Z chain of 11 12-sec science frames 03:09Z postcal --- 03:18Z cart. 6 plate 3056 (A) is mounted, Marvels regular fk5 star used then Marvels team controls their exposures. We switched the gang connector. Bot A and B field were observed 2 times by 40 min, and each time calibration was taken between the exposures. --- 05:40Z cart. 5 plate 3055 mounted (start with field 2 as marked at the bottom, what I assume is B). Marvels regular. GSOGTF During the mounting I touched the new cart stopper (on the flip plate that protects gang-connecting cable) with the cart and the former felt out. No apparent damage is seen, thread looks ok, screws went off. Cable was under the floor that time. Sorry French, Dan! --- 08:33Z cart. 4 plate 3016 mounted, Marvels pre 08:40 gotoField with plate A fk5 used FK5 star is perfectly in a fiber, but the guide stars do not come there. This is because the plate is 5+ hours off the position it was drilled for. MARVELS decided not to observe this plate. DIMM lost Polaris and stopped. We repointed it and restarted. --- 09:04Z cart. 9 plate 3060 mounted (Marvels regular). GSOGTF focus loop Fields B than A observed, MARVELS control their exposures. 12:15Z dome closed 12:22Z endNight rejoiced ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- 7734 23:12Z 23:44Z 100 O 79.06 87.14 68 ignore ---=== IMAGING RUN DETAILS ===--- ---=== SKIPPY RESULTS ===--- ---=== LTMATCH RESULTS ===--- ---=== SPECTROSCOPY DATA SUMMARY ===--- ----- sequence 55429, plate 3121 ------- 23:45 55429 10.0 flat 23:48 55430 2.0 arc 23:52 55431 3.0 arc 23:54 55432 3.0 arc ----- sequence 55433, plate -9999 ------- 00:33 55433 0.0 bias ----- sequence 55434, plate 3025 ------- 02:26 55434 10.0 flat 02:28 55435 2.0 arc 02:33 55436 13.0 target 02:36 55437 13.0 target 02:40 55438 12.0 target 02:43 55439 13.0 target 02:46 55440 13.0 target 02:49 55441 13.0 target 02:53 55442 12.0 target 02:57 55443 13.0 target 03:00 55444 13.0 target 03:03 55445 13.0 target 03:08 55446 12.0 target 03:11 55447 10.0 flat 03:14 55448 2.0 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- 03:50Z 6 3056 40.84 0.0038 74.68 0.0004 215.96 0.0000 1.000130 03:53Z 6 3056 38.25 0.0047 75.15 0.0016 213.78 0.0235 1.000130 07:50Z 5 3055 264.13 -0.0018 65.89 0.0006 99.67 0.0076 1.000200 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- 02:37Z 2 3025 1.00000 1 1231 100 248 69.9 10.1 19 218 -- 1.1" 03:50Z 6 3056 1.00013 -1283 112 50 41 74.7 10.0 22 231 -- 1.2" 07:49Z 5 3055 1.00020 -1974 -416 80 264 65.9 8.4 9 211 -- 1.5" 11:22Z 9 3060 1.00013 -1283 184 30 205 39.9 7.3 9 226 -- 1.7" ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- 00:08Z 52 41 14 266 (W) 865 - 00:40Z 50 43 12 237 (WSW) 894 - 01:13Z 49 42 14 267 (W) 1449 - mostly clear 01:45Z 50 41 16 246 (WSW) 1561 - partly cloudy 02:17Z 50 41 18 231 (SW) 1509 - '' 02:49Z 50 41 20 209 (SSW) 1307 - '' 03:21Z 50 39 18 225 (SW) 1348 - clear 03:53Z 49 39 18 221 (SW) 1352 - small clouds 04:26Z 49 39 20 220 (SW) 1387 - '' 04:58Z 49 39 17 237 (WSW) 1485 - clear 05:30Z 47 40 12 235 (SW) 1641 - '' 06:01Z 47 39 14 233 (SW) 1797 - '' 06:33Z 47 39 9 215 (SW) 1953 - '' 07:05Z 47 39 9 212 (SSW) 1870 - '' 07:38Z 47 38 12 210 (SSW) 1698 - '' 08:08Z 46 38 9 203 (SSW) 1790 - '' 08:39Z 47 37 15 220 (SW) 1698 - '' 09:11Z 46 38 7 244 (WSW) 1919 - '' 09:42Z 46 35 16 223 (SW) 1256 - '' 10:14Z 45 34 9 215 (SW) 1522 - '' 10:47Z 46 32 10 216 (SW) 1572 - '' 11:18Z 45 32 6 209 (SSW) 1692 - fast small clouds 11:49Z 45 33 10 229 (SW) 1328 - '' 12:20Z 45 33 11 189 (S) 1281 - clear ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 00:15Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 01:40Z - Enclosure off. 12:15Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 12:20Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 9 Counterweights at: 251 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 136 lbs, 15.3 psi Imager 133 lbs, 18.1 psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- ---=== 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 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures: v2_43 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0300 -0.0300 Axial B 0.0380 0.0390 Axial C -0.0370 -0.0400 Trans D -0.7550 -0.7570 Lateral E 10.5791 10.5537 Lateral F 12.1666 12.1539 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.: 11.6 Alt.: 30.001276 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5640 18.5620 Axial B 15.6110 15.6080 Axial C 13.8170 13.8170 Trans D 15.1100 15.1170 GALILS Commanded: 1626654. 1528796. 1595599. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.01 -12.01 -28.01 -39.20 94.70 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Collimation check with Cart. 7 sp1> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 1 SlitID 39 Air On Shutter_open_sensor Off Shutter_closed_sensor On Left_open_sensor Off Left_closed_sensor On Right_open_sensor Off Right_closed_sensor On Coll_motor_A 546 01P0000000546 Coll_motor_B 546 02P0000000546 Coll_motor_C 546 01P0000000546 Coll_motor_A_status 133 01S0133 Coll_motor_B_status 133 02S0133 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 700 Last_close_transit.time 525 Humid_Hartmann 11.1 0xFE29 Humid_Cen_Optics 9.5 0xFE3D Temp_Median 13.1 Temp_Hartmann_Top 12.1 (0xFE04) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 12.7 (0xFDED) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 13.2 (0xFDD8) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 13.0 (0xFDE0) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 13.0 (0xFDE0) AD 7807 1294 sp2> mechSend s spMechVersion v2_9_0 Bootup 870616738 SpectroID 2 SlitID 7 Air On Shutter_open_sensor Off Shutter_closed_sensor On Left_open_sensor Off Left_closed_sensor On Right_open_sensor Off Right_closed_sensor On Coll_motor_A -990 01P-0000000990 Coll_motor_B -1012 02P-0000001012 Coll_motor_C -991 01P-0000000991 Coll_motor_A_status 132 01S0132 Coll_motor_B_status 133 02S0133 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 710 Last_close_transit.time 625 Humid_Hartmann -25.3 0x4 Humid_Cen_Optics 11.1 0xFE28 Temp_Median 10.6 Temp_Hartmann_Top 11.5 (0xFE20) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 11.0 (0xFE34) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 10.5 (0xFE48) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 10.4 (0xFE4C) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 10.8 (0xFE3C) AD 30527 1094 IDL 5.5a> collimate, 55431 Reading /data/spectro/54752/sdR-b1-00055431.fit Reading /data/spectro/54752/sdR-b1-00055432.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.15 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 1.11 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.33 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.49 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -17.5 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54752-b1-00055431.log PostScript file = Collimate-54752-b1-00055431.ps Reading /data/spectro/54752/sdR-b2-00055431.fit Reading /data/spectro/54752/sdR-b2-00055432.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = 0.07 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.69 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.16 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.44 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -15.8 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54752-b2-00055431.log PostScript file = Collimate-54752-b2-00055431.ps Reading /data/spectro/54752/sdR-r1-00055431.fit Reading /data/spectro/54752/sdR-r1-00055432.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.98 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.08 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.32 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.51 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 4627 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 4627" Log file = Collimate-54752-r1-00055431.log PostScript file = Collimate-54752-r1-00055431.ps Reading /data/spectro/54752/sdR-r1-00055431.fit Reading /data/spectro/54752/sdR-r1-00055432.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.98 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.08 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.32 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.51 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 4627 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 4627" Log file = Collimate-54752-r1-00055431.log PostScript file = Collimate-54752-r1-00055431.ps Reading /data/spectro/54752/sdR-r2-00055431.fit Reading /data/spectro/54752/sdR-r2-00055432.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.19 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = -0.03 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.34 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.42 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 3871 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 3871" Log file = Collimate-54752-r2-00055431.log PostScript file = Collimate-54752-r2-00055431.ps issued: sp1> mechPiston 1600 sp2> mechPiston 800 Now collimation should be good for +8C. Problems: --------- id4 and id6 died during the night: no response (not responding: 2008-10-13 09:00:57Z) We rebooted photo crates.