Subject: 2.5m obslog 20081129 (MJD 54800) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:50:41 +0000 (UTC) From: dmbiz@apo.nmsu.edu (Dmitry Bizyaev) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Saturday November 29, 2008 (MJD 54800) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Howard Brewington Dmitry Bizyaev ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- BOSS/SEGUE Science all night long ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Useful signal was added to plates 3145 (c. 7), 3157(c. 8), 3152 (c. 9). Finished plates 3111 (c. 3) and 3162 (cart. 6). We cannot log in to DIMM because it doesn't accept password. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ---------- All systems checked and work OK. imager bias OK spectro bias OK Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00056813.fit -6.1 -4.3 -2.8 2.0 7.3 8.3 10.4 sdR-b2-00056813.fit -8.4 -6.2 -4.7 1.4 7.6 8.8 10.2 sdR-r1-00056813.fit -7.0 -5.5 -4.0 1.0 6.5 8.0 9.8 sdR-r2-00056813.fit -7.7 -6.6 -4.6 0.8 6.0 8.0 10.1 22:55Z Doors and louvers opened, ventilation started Cart 7 is on. Spectrographs are set up for 0C. Night: ------ 00:00Z enclosure off spectro dewar changed following a full fill after opening. We were unable to log in to DIMM in a regular way. Same after the dimm computer reboot. 00L43Z gotoField with cart. 7 plate 3145 fk5 used 00:57Z precal 01:11Z science 1800 Efficiency is very low mostly because of bad seeing. 01:44Z science 1800 Both exposures have sn/^2 in r1,r2 below 2. 02:17Z midcal 02:24Z science 1800 Last exposure was good since seeing dropped down to 2". --- 03:09Z cart 3 plate 3111 mounted GSOGTF 03:17Z precal 03:24Z science 1800 clouds in the field 03:56Z science 1800 '' 04:30Z science 1800 --> 1200 04:54Z postcal this plate is done --- 05:01Z cart. 8 plate 3157 mounted GSOGTF 05:12Z precal 05:20Z science 1800 good 05:52Z science 1800 '' 06:25Z midcal We performed touch-tests and found telescope and various constructions dry. 06:35Z science 1800 acceptable 07:08Z science 1800 '' 07:41Z postcal --- 07:48Z cart 2 plate 3159 mounted GSOGTF 08:02Z precal - two yellow numbers in both arc and flat; Adjustement of collimation: mechPiston -3000 on both 08:14Z precal again 08:21Z science 1800 --- 08:56Z cart. 6 plate 3162 mounted fk5 used 09:07Z precal 09:14Z science 1800 This plate is finished --- 09:52Z cart. 9 plate 3152 mounted fk5 used 10:07Z precal 10:14Z science 1800 sometimes bad seeing and bad efficiency 10:47Z science 1800 11:21Z science 1800 11:54Z midcal 12:01Z science 1800 --- 12:40Z enclosure on. Ventilation stopped. 12:47Z endNight rejoiced ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7836 21:35Z 22:17Z 100 O 102.00 112.50 82 ignore ---=== 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 56814, plate 3145 ------- 22:03 56814 10.0 flat 22:06 56815 2.0 arc 22:13 56816 3.0 arc 22:16 56817 3.0 arc ----- sequence 56818, plate -9999 ------- 23:11 56818 0.0 bias ----- sequence 56818, plate 3145 ------- 01:01 56819 10.0 flat 01:04 56820 2.0 arc 01:43 56821 1801.0 target 02:16 56822 1800.0 target 02:19 56823 10.0 flat 02:22 56824 2.0 arc 03:01 56825 1801.0 target ----- sequence 56826, plate 3111 ------- 03:19 56826 10.0 flat 03:22 56827 2.0 arc 03:56 56828 1800.0 target 04:29 56829 1800.0 target 04:52 56830 1202.0 target 04:55 56831 10.0 flat 04:58 56832 2.0 arc ----- sequence 56833, plate 3157 ------- 05:14 56833 10.0 flat 05:16 56834 2.0 arc 05:52 56835 1800.0 target 06:25 56836 1800.0 target 06:28 56837 10.0 flat 06:30 56838 2.0 arc 07:07 56839 1800.0 target 07:40 56840 1800.0 target 07:43 56841 10.0 flat 07:45 56842 2.0 arc ----- sequence 56843, plate 3159 ------- 08:04 56843 10.0 flat 08:07 56844 2.0 arc 08:16 56845 10.0 flat 08:18 56846 2.0 arc 08:52 56847 1800.0 target ----- sequence 56848, plate 3162 ------- 09:10 56848 10.0 flat 09:12 56849 2.0 arc 09:47 56850 1800.0 target ----- sequence 56851, plate 3152 ------- 10:09 56851 10.0 flat 10:12 56852 2.0 arc 10:46 56853 1800.0 target 11:19 56854 1800.0 target 11:53 56855 1800.0 target 11:56 56856 10.0 flat 11:59 56857 2.0 arc 12:33 56858 1800.0 target ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:12Z 7 0 16.14 0.0014 46.19 -0.0025 193.68 0.0111 1.000000 03:31Z 3 3111 -6.28 0.0026 57.15 -0.0025 174.72 0.0241 0.999900 05:27Z 8 3157 24.98 0.0014 48.73 -0.0031 200.92 0.0211 1.000000 08:22Z 2 3159 -25.13 -0.0012 49.65 -0.0016 159.04 0.0172 0.999880 09:20Z 6 3162 50.72 0.0069 69.71 -0.0045 223.47 0.0241 0.999950 10:12Z 9 3152 106.59 0.0003 58.44 -0.0061 -95.58 0.0241 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:12Z 7 0 1.00000 1 1544 350 16 46.2 -0.4 10 10 -- 3.0" 03:31Z 3 3111 0.99990 986 2147 170 -6 57.1 -0.6 16 345 -- 2.0" 05:26Z 8 3157 1.00000 1 1415 230 25 48.7 -1.3 14 2 -- 1.6" 08:22Z 2 3159 0.99988 1184 2353 190 -25 49.7 -1.7 15 8 -- 1.8" 09:20Z 6 3162 0.99995 494 1756 215 51 69.7 -1.8 17 14 -- 2.0" 10:12Z 9 3152 1.00010 -986 549 210 107 58.5 -1.8 22 17 -- 2.0" ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 21:55Z 28 24 3 334 (NNW) 560 - 22:26Z 30 23 9 12 (NNE) 589 - 22:58Z 30 23 7 2 (N) 549 - clear 23:22Z 30 21 6 353 (NNW) 588 - '' 23:54Z 29 21 7 352 (NNW) 517 - '' 00:26Z 30 20 15 35 (NE) 493 - '' 01:00Z 31 20 17 11 (N) 533 - '' 01:32Z 31 21 19 9 (N) 480 - '' 02:04Z 32 21 17 325 (NW) 414 - '' 02:36Z 31 22 8 7 (N) 479 - '' 03:08Z 30 22 8 34 (NE) 486 - '' 03:39Z 31 23 3 302 (WNW) 457 - clouds 04:13Z 31 23 14 0 (N) 479 - '' 04:45Z 30 23 18 40 (NE) 512 - '' 05:17Z 29 23 16 1 (N) 600 - clear 05:49Z 29 24 19 9 (N) 643 - '' 06:21Z 29 24 23 12 (NNE) 734 - some clouds 06:52Z 29 24 26 15 (NNE) 527 - '' 07:25Z 29 21 25 14 (NNE) 294 - '' 07:57Z 30 20 27 51 (NE) 211 - '' 08:28Z 28 21 16 1 (N) 224 - '' 08:58Z 29 21 18 31 (NNE) 267 - '' 09:29Z 28 22 17 14 (NNE) 307 - '' 10:02Z 28 22 20 358 (NNW) 237 - '' 10:33Z 28 21 9 347 (NNW) 261 - '' 11:06Z 28 22 22 10 (N) 223 - '' 11:39Z 28 22 16 11 (N) 229 - '' 12:11Z 28 22 20 17 (NNE) 205 - '' 12:43Z 29 21 24 13 (NNE) 186 - '' ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 22:57Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 00:00Z - Enclosure off. 12:40Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 12:55Z 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 270 lbs, 20.2 psi Imager 238 lbs, 23.2 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 2.7.2.1 August 6 2004 sdssProcedures: SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0270 -0.0250 Axial B 0.0530 0.0540 Axial C -0.0340 -0.0320 Trans D -0.7550 -0.7550 Lateral E 10.5918 10.5918 Lateral F 12.1793 12.1793 GALILS Commanded: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. Actual: 10450. -100. 5750. 8600. 10350. 10000. 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.: -1.3 Alt.: 30.130601 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5700 18.5740 Axial B 15.6220 15.6210 Axial C 13.8170 13.8120 Trans D 15.1100 15.1100 GALILS Commanded: 1629129. 1527630. 1592619. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626650. 1528800. 1595600. -2950. -4550. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1256.57 -10.97 -29.35 -40.08 94.02 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- IDL 5.5a> collimate, 56816 Reading /data/spectro/54800/sdR-b1-00056816.fit Reading /data/spectro/54800/sdR-b1-00056817.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.40 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 1.10 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.38 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.33 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -11.9 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-54800-b1-00056816.log PostScript file = Collimate-54800-b1-00056816.ps Reading /data/spectro/54800/sdR-b2-00056816.fit Reading /data/spectro/54800/sdR-b2-00056817.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.33 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.14 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.10 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.01 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 2970 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 2970" Log file = Collimate-54800-r1-00056816.log PostScript file = Collimate-54800-r1-00056816.ps Reading /data/spectro/54800/sdR-r2-00056816.fit Reading /data/spectro/54800/sdR-r2-00056817.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.75 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.30 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.28 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.05 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean|