Subject: 2.5m obslog 20090322 (MJD 54913)
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:26:10 +0000 (UTC)
From: elenam@apo.nmsu.edu (Elena M)
                       APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M
                                 OBSERVING LOG
                             Sunday March 22, 2009
                                  (MJD 54913)
---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===---
        Viktor Malanushenko
        Elena Malanushenko
---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===---
Science!
22 Mar 2009  54913.0  0.22  SEGUE   9.0 hours
---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===---
It was night with strong wind and bad seeing.
Closed for 5 hours because of wind.
Observed cart 3 plate 3319 and cart 5 plate 3308.
Obtained some signal.
We had the same problem with guider as several days ago (see MJD 54910 log)
We tried to do focus loop several times during the night
but it never finished. After some measurements, it stoped with a error
message: expected guider frame never arrive. We had to manually adjust the
focus.
---=== OBSERVING LOG ===---
Afternoon:
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Cart 1, plate 3359
Marvels FF test until 00:45Z
Cart 3, plate 3319 mounted
telescope is checked and all systems are in good
working condition.
01:09 postCalibs
collimate
Spectro set for 9C and did not adjust.
Night:
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Some clouds but they were going away.
01:20Z ventilation
01:30Z enclosure is off
Cart 3, plate 3319, segue
No previous observations.
01:59 gotoField
Used FK5
We tried focusLoop twice but it stopped as "expected new guider image
did not arrive".
The third try was good. Seeing was ~3":-((
02:26Z preCalibs
02:33Z science 1800  - bad, r1
Coll_motor_A 1225 01P0000001225
Coll_motor_B 1050 02P0000001050
Coll_motor_C 1119 01P0000001119
Temp_Median 11.8
sp2>
Coll_motor_A 2807 01P0000002807
Coll_motor_B 2254 02P0000002254
Coll_motor_C 2106 01P0000002106
Temp_Median 10.5
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collimate, 59917
Reading /data/spectro/54913/sdR-r1-00059917.fit
Reading /data/spectro/54913/sdR-r1-00059918.fit
 COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.76 pix
 COLLIMATE: Max offset =  0.24 pix
 COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD =  0.29 pix
 COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.28 pix
 COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix)
 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of  2556 steps for spectro-1
 COLLIMATE:   Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 2556"
Log file        = Collimate-54913-r1-00059917.log
PostScript file = Collimate-54913-r1-00059917.ps
Reading /data/spectro/54913/sdR-r2-00059917.fit
Reading /data/spectro/54913/sdR-r2-00059918.fit
 COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.95 pix
 COLLIMATE: Max offset =  0.07 pix
 COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD =  0.30 pix
 COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.25 pix
 COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix)
 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of  2256 steps for spectro-2
 COLLIMATE:   Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 2256"
Log file        = Collimate-54913-r2-00059917.log
PostScript file = Collimate-54913-r2-00059917.ps
% Program caused arithmetic error: Floating illegal operand
Spectro did not adjusted
Focus set for T(sp1)=9.3C,  T(sp2)=8.3C
T(outside 2.5)=10.3
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