Subject: 2.5m obslog 20090122 (MJD 54854) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:01:27 +0000 (UTC) From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday January 22, 2009 (MJD 54854) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Dan Oravetz Viktor Malanushenko Alaina Shelden (training) Steph Snedden (afternoon) ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- 22 Jan 2009 54854.0 0.19 BOSS/SEGUE 10.8 hours ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Cloudy/humid all night We did Spectral biases and darks and dithered flats It appears that the dewpoint camera is frozen again. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: --------- It took two tries for the master watcher server to start this afternoon. Maybe it was just a communications glitch. I'll keep an eye on it. No other problems during checkout (except weather). Spectro focus is set for 4 or 5 C. Clouds and high humidity delayed ventilation. No data removed from sdsshost2/sdssfiles1 Night: ---------- 00:32Z initNight started 00:32Z Bias 00:35Z Bias 00:40Z setInstrument spectro Cart 4 plate 3170 Nov08c_SEGUE2 00:49Z started spectro biases (25) frames 58311-58335 apo_plotbias on # 58324 02:05Z start darks--foam on the cartrige frames 5836-5838 apo_plotbias on # 5837 03:56Z dithered flats (15) frames 58339-58353 Collimator motors failed to go back to original positions after the flats. 05:13Z arcs (2) frames 58354-58355 11:43Z endNight finished and was happy :) Note: Humid or cloudy all night ---=== 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 23:16 58307 3.0 arc 23:18 58308 3.0 arc ----- sequence 58309, plate -9999 ------- 00:34 58309 0.0 bias 00:37 58310 0.0 bias ----- sequence 58311, plate 3170 ------- 00:50 58311 0.0 bias 00:52 58312 0.0 bias 00:55 58313 0.0 bias 00:57 58314 0.0 bias 00:59 58315 0.0 bias 01:01 58316 0.0 bias ----- sequence 58317, plate 3170 ------- 01:04 58317 0.0 bias 01:06 58318 0.0 bias 01:08 58319 0.0 bias 01:10 58320 0.0 bias 01:13 58321 0.0 bias 01:15 58322 0.0 bias 01:17 58323 0.0 bias 01:19 58324 0.0 bias 01:22 58325 0.0 bias 01:24 58326 0.0 bias 01:26 58327 0.0 bias 01:29 58328 0.0 bias 01:31 58329 0.0 bias 01:33 58330 0.0 bias 01:35 58331 0.0 bias 01:38 58332 0.0 bias 01:40 58333 0.0 bias 01:42 58334 0.0 bias 01:44 58335 0.0 bias 02:34 58336 0.0 dark 02:52 58337 0.0 dark 03:09 58338 0.0 dark 04:00 58339 10.0 flat 04:04 58340 10.0 flat 04:08 58341 10.0 flat 04:13 58342 10.0 flat 04:17 58343 10.0 flat 04:21 58344 10.0 flat 04:25 58345 10.0 flat 04:29 58346 10.0 flat 04:34 58347 10.0 flat 04:38 58348 10.0 flat 04:42 58349 10.0 flat 04:46 58350 10.0 flat 04:50 58351 10.0 flat 04:54 58352 10.0 flat 04:58 58353 10.0 flat 05:15 58354 2.0 arc 05:18 58355 2.0 arc 05:21 58356 10.0 flat 05:23 58357 2.0 arc ---=== 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 23:18Z 39 32 10 274 (W) 307 - 23:49Z 38 32 16 291 (WNW) 391 - clouds 00:25Z 39 32 8 275 (W) 508 - 00:57Z 38 32 11 272 (W) 403 - 01:30Z 38 31 11 264 (W) 401 - 02:02Z 37 31 7 259 (W) 531 - 02:34Z 37 32 9 263 (W) 5724 - 03:07Z 37 31 6 267 (W) 1721 - 03:38Z 36 32 11 265 (W) 4164 - 04:11Z 36 32 7 263 (W) 2080 - 04:43Z 37 32 9 276 (W) 2082 - 05:15Z 37 31 15 286 (WNW) 4645 - humid 05:47Z 37 31 9 272 (W) 1195 - 06:19Z 37 32 10 316 (NW) 2479 - 06:52Z 37 32 8 267 (W) 864 - 07:24Z 37 32 6 352 (NNW) 1527 - 07:56Z 35 32 12 346 (NNW) 244 - 08:28Z 35 32 7 315 (NW) 10149 - 09:00Z 35 32 18 313 (NW) 4584 - 09:32Z 35 32 11 326 (NW) 7152 - 10:04Z 35 32 18 324 (NW) 384 - 10:37Z 35 32 12 351 (NNW) 344 - 11:09Z 35 32 12 319 (NW) 400 - 11:41Z 35 32 14 328 (NNW) 372 - humid ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 11:46Z no interlocks bypassed Telescope stowed at: 30, 121, 0 Cartridge 4 mounted Counterweights: 257lbs LN2 autofill system: connected and turned on Spectro: 51.20lbs 21.38psi Imager: 191.50lbs 19.91psi ---=== 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 -0.0260 -0.0280 Axial B 0.0510 0.0470 Axial C -0.0330 -0.0360 Trans D -0.7560 -0.7600 Lateral E 10.6045 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.: 3.7 Alt.: 30.410664 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5840 18.5840 Axial B 15.6220 15.6220 Axial C 13.8110 13.8150 Trans D 15.1060 15.1080 GALILS Commanded: 1626609. 1528821. 1595624. -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 -27.99 -39.18 94.71 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Spectro Focus Check: ------------------- Temperature is set for 4 or 5 C. I didn't change the focus, since it's supposed to be warm again, tonight. sp1> Coll_motor_A -4296 01P-0000004296 Coll_motor_B -4495 02P-0000004495 Coll_motor_C -4413 01P-0000004413 Coll_motor_A_status 133 01S0133 Coll_motor_B_status 133 02S0133 Coll_motor_C_status 132 01S0132 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 2 Last_open_transit.time 700 Last_close_transit.time 525 Humid_Hartmann 14.6 0xFDFA Humid_Cen_Optics 12.9 0xFE10 Temp_Median 9.9 Temp_Hartmann_Top 8.8 (0xFE8E) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 9.8 (0xFE65) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 10.2 (0xFE56) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 10.1 (0xFE59) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 9.9 (0xFE62) sp2> Coll_motor_A -1438 01P-0000001438 Coll_motor_B -1942 02P-0000001942 Coll_motor_C -2144 01P-0000002144 Coll_motor_A_status 132 01S0132 Coll_motor_B_status 132 02S0132 Coll_motor_C_status 133 01S0133 Requested_exp.time 0 Exp_time_left 0 Last_exp.time 3 Last_open_transit.time 705 Last_close_transit.time 605 Humid_Hartmann -24.9 0x0 Humid_Cen_Optics 12.5 0xFE14 Temp_Median 7.6 Temp_Hartmann_Top 8.4 (0xFEA0) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 8.0 (0xFEB0) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 7.3 (0xFED0) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 7.6 (0xFEC0) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 7.7 (0xFEBC) Collimate results: Reading /data/spectro/54854/sdR-r1-00058308.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -1.06 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.03 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.32 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.59 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 5415 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 5415" Log file = Collimate-54854-r1-00058307.log PostScript file = Collimate-54854-r1-00058307.ps Reading /data/spectro/54854/sdR-r2-00058307.fit Reading /data/spectro/54854/sdR-r2-00058308.fit COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.98 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.01 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.28 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.28 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 2597 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 2597" Log file = Collimate-54854-r2-00058307.log PostScript file = Collimate-54854-r2-00058307.ps Daily Spectro Bias: ------------------ Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00058302.fit -5.9 -3.7 -2.6 2.7 7.3 9.0 10.6 sdR-b2-00058302.fit -8.1 -5.7 -4.5 1.7 7.9 9.1 11.6 sdR-r1-00058302.fit -6.6 -5.1 -3.4 1.9 7.5 9.7 11.9 sdR-r2-00058302.fit -7.7 -5.9 -4.6 1.5 7.8 9.1 12.0