Subject: 2.5m obslog 20090506 (MJD 54958) Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 11:25:17 +0000 (UTC) From: doravetz@apo.nmsu.edu (Dan Oravetz) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday May 6, 2009 (MJD 54958) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Steph Snedden Dan Oravetz ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- MARVELS Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Clear skies with good seeing. Dust counts were > 3k most of the night, but the humidity was low. The optics still almost certainly need to be cleaned. The spectro dewar had one last fill in it and began filling when we closed. Observed the following MARVELS fields: cart. 3, 3277A, HD80606 cart. 6, 3416B, HD89744 cart. 6, 3416A, HD89307 cart. 3, 3277B, GJ436 cart. 5, 3357A, K10 cart. 7, 3489A, FIELD1349 cart. 7, 3489B, KEPLER3.TRES-2 cart. 1, 3499, K6 Potentially dead/dropped fibers: 6 B: 87 & 88 Yellow Black Yellow (known to be dead) 6 A: 15 & 16 Green Blue Yellow (known to be suspect) 5 A: 87 & 88 Yellow Black Yellow, 83 & 84 Yellow Black Cyan, 9 & 10 Yellow Blue Magenta, 5 & 6 Yellow Black Orange, 1 & 2 Yellow Black Magenta Problems -------- We experienced the failed-to-connect-to-MC-agent error more than a few times. Steph had a TCC timeout (simultaneously with one of the MC-agent-connection errors). The guider hung and we had to restart the guider Mac. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: --------- The logs in /data/mcptpm are growing like Kudzu, and have been causing low disk space warnings on sdsshost2 when we launch IOP. We are working with Jon to clear some space. 233G ./mcptpm/old 639G ./mcptpm That's a lot of log info... The spectro focus was checked and left unchanged. The spectro collimator motor values were all reset to 0, so it looks like the mechanicals were rebooted or power-cycled, but we didn't find any errors and things looked fine. 12:35Z - Mounted cart. 3, checked fiducials and mirror numbers, began ventilation. Night: ----- 01:53Z - Sunset. 01:55Z - Opened, forced a fill, checked telescope balance. Cart. 3, 3277A, HD80606, POST-SEL. ********************************** 02:11Z - gotoField. Used fk5 to acquire guide stars. 02:32Z - Adjusted focus. 02:36Z - TIO. T02:36:30.020.fits 02:38Z - ThAr. T02:38:39.930.fits 02:41Z - We had an error regarding the MC agent connection, but after clicking on the "re-connect" button, we were eventually able to proceed with the final TIO. 02:43Z - TIO. T02:43:48.370.fits 02:48Z - SCIENCE. 50 min. T02:48:16.130.fits. = 34.70. No dropped fibers. Steph had a TCC timeout at the same time that she was unable to connect to the MC agent through the MJCI and both problems also ceased simultaneously. Jon was notified and there is a shared network switch in common which will be checked. 03:40Z - TIO. T03:40:13.810.fits 03:43Z - ThAr. T03:43:44.770.fits 03:49Z - TIO. T03:49:16.560.fits Cart. 6, 3416B, HD89744, POST-SEL. ********************************** 03:48Z - gotoField. GSOGTF. 03:55Z - SCIENCE. 50 min. T03:55:12.380.fits. = 25.98. There were a few fiber pairs with very low S/N (e.g. ~5), but they still had distinguishable spectra against the background. #87 and #88 are dead and these are known to be dead. 04:20Z - We had noticed a decreasing trend in the PMT counts during the science exposure that could not be explained by weather or seeing, but we found out that the guider had stopped. The TCC was reporting: GCamReply="could not open file: guider:gimg1483.fits; error: No Error We restarted the guider Mac, did a `set Inst = spectro' and then stopped and restarted the guider from SOP. The guider came back OK and after a scale change the flux came back to what we expected. 04:48Z - TIO. T04:48:22.070.fits 04:50Z - ThAr. T04:50:57.390.fits 04:55Z - TIO. T04:55:34.930.fits Cart. 6, 3416A, HD89307, POST-SEL. ********************************** 04:50Z - gotoField. Used fk5. 05:02Z - We had the failed-to-connect-to-MC-agent error when we tried to start the science exposure. After five attempts at reconnecting, we were able to start the exposure. 05:03Z - SCIENCE. 50 min. T05:03:25.380.fits. = 25.03. #15 and #16 are dead or dropped. 05:56Z - TIO. T05:56:38.450.fits 05:58Z - ThAr. T05:58:48.110.fits 06:03Z - TIO. T06:03:19.600.fits Cart. 3, 3277B, GJ436, POST-SEL. ******************************** 06:01Z - gotoField. GSOGTF. Only 3 guide stars. 06:11Z - SCIENCE. 50 min. T06:11:40.420.fits. = 24.12. No dropped fibers. 07:04Z - TIO. T07:04:25.510.fits 07:06Z - ThAr. T07:06:30.920.fits 07:11Z - TIO. T07:11:03.010.fits Cart. 5, 3357A, K10, POST-SEL. ****************************** 07:09Z - gotoField. GSOGTF. 07:19Z - SCIENCE. 50 min. T07:19:53.620.fits. = 38.05. #87 & #88, #83 & #84, #9 & #10, #5 & #6, #1 & #2 appear to be dropped (or are just too faint to tell). 08:12Z - TIO. T08:12:52.990.fits 08:15Z - ThAr. T08:15:08.290.fits 08:19Z - TIO. T08:19:51.410.fits Cart. 7, 3489A, FIELD1349, POST-SEL. ************************************ 08:17Z - gotoField. GSOGTF. 08:24Z - SCIENCE. 50 min. T08:24:54.100.fits. = 48.90. No dropped fibers. 09:16Z - TIO. T09:16:48.580.fits 09:19Z - ThAr. T09:19:05.040.fits 09:23Z - TIO. T09:23:42.550.fits Cart. 7, 3489B, KEPLER3.TRES-2, POST-SEL. ***************************************** 09:16Z - gotoField. GSOGTF. 09:27Z - SCIENCE. 50 min. T09:27:39.390.fits. = 44.96. No dropped fibers. 10:20Z - TIO. T10:20:30.060.fits 10:22Z - ThAr. T10:22:42.750.fits 10:28Z - TIO. T10:28:03.460.fits Cart. 1, 3499, K6, PRE-SEL. *************************** 10:25Z - gotoField. Used fk5 to acquire the field. 10:36Z - preCalibs. 10:43Z - Science. 12s. 10:46Z - Science. 12s. 10:49Z - Science. 20s. 10:52Z - Science. 20s. 10:56Z - Science. 20s. 11:15Z - Closed. 11:25Z - endNight completed manually. ---=== 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): y QA Procedures Done (y/n): y UT Exp Time flavor comment (S/N)^2 totals ========================================== b1 r1 b2 r2 ----- sequence 61033, plate -9999 ------- 23:56 61033 0.0 bias ----- sequence 61034, plate 3404 ------- 00:11 61034 10.0 flat 00:14 61035 2.0 arc 00:18 61036 2.0 arc 00:20 61037 3.0 arc ----- sequence 61038, plate -9999 ------- 01:18 61038 0.0 bias ----- sequence 61039, plate 3499 ------- 10:39 61039 10.0 flat 10:41 61040 2.0 arc 10:45 61041 13.0 target 10:49 61042 13.0 target 10:52 61043 21.0 target 10:55 61044 21.0 target 10:59 61045 21.0 target ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02:52Z 3 3277 215.34 0.0091 66.27 0.0059 49.95 0.0321 1.000160 03:55Z 6 3416 238.67 0.0082 70.23 0.0049 72.40 0.0079 1.000070 05:02Z 6 3416 289.39 0.0016 48.18 0.0043 125.65 -0.0094 1.000030 06:19Z 3 3277 270.26 0.0031 56.19 0.0048 109.91 0.0209 0.999880 07:20Z 5 3357 125.25 0.0037 39.81 0.0098 -98.87 0.0046 1.000220 09:36Z 7 3489 141.33 0.0079 66.70 0.0092 -53.62 0.0066 1.000220 10:34Z 1 3499 153.90 0.0092 73.87 0.0067 -32.84 0.0255 1.000220 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02:52Z 3 3277 1.00016 -1579 -270 -100 215 66.3 15.2 10 220 gdr. 1.3" 03:55Z 6 3416 1.00007 -690 458 -100 239 70.2 15.5 8 253 gdr. 1.2" 05:01Z 6 3416 1.00003 -295 841 -100 289 48.2 14.2 11 234 gdr. 1.3" 06:19Z 3 3277 0.99988 1184 2043 -100 270 56.2 13.8 11 223 gdr. 1.1" 07:20Z 5 3357 1.00022 -2171 -681 -100 125 39.8 14.3 14 217 gdr. 1.6" 09:36Z 7 3489 1.00022 -2171 -761 -100 141 66.7 13.0 6 252 gdr. 1.2" 10:34Z 1 3499 1.00022 -2171 -773 -100 154 73.9 14.1 4 268 gdr. 1.2" ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 23:54Z 67 22 8 267 (W) 2839 - clear 00:26Z 66 23 11 292 (WNW) 2663 - clear 00:38Z 64 21 10 266 (W) 2578 - clear 01:10Z 65 22 6 262 (W) 2618 - clear 01:43Z 62 20 4 259 (W) 2691 - clear 02:15Z 60 18 6 255 (WSW) 2745 - clear 02:46Z 59 17 8 233 (SW) 2793 - clear 03:19Z 59 17 10 211 (SSW) 2794 - clear 03:49Z 60 18 10 216 (SW) 2780 - clear 04:21Z 58 18 8 239 (WSW) 3042 - clear 04:52Z 57 18 12 233 (SW) 3181 - clear 05:22Z 58 18 12 231 (SW) 3245 - clear 05:56Z 57 18 15 233 (SW) 3531 - clear 06:27Z 57 17 13 231 (SW) 3460 - clear 06:58Z 58 17 13 214 (SW) 3550 - clear 07:30Z 57 16 12 216 (SW) 3603 - clear 08:02Z 58 17 11 216 (SW) 3506 - clear 08:35Z 56 18 5 236 (SW) 3527 - clear 09:08Z 57 18 7 218 (SW) 3464 - clear 09:40Z 56 18 4 238 (WSW) 3430 - clear 10:11Z 58 21 6 274 (W) 3392 - clear 10:42Z 57 21 4 275 (W) 3408 - clear 11:14Z 58 21 5 281 (W) 3369 - clear ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 12:35Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 01:55Z - Enclosure off. 11:15Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:20Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 2 Counterweights at: 255 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro 55.70 lbs, 16.17 psi Imager N/A lbs, N/A psi ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v4_39_0 Watcher: v2_36_0 MCP: v6_6_0 TPM: tpm_v3_5_0 AstroDa: v15_13_1 TCC: TCC 2.10.0 2009-01-12 sdssProcedures: v2_43 SoS: v5_1_8 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 MJCI: version 2009/05/05 MJDD: version 2009/05/05 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A -0.0260 -0.0280 Axial B 0.0320 0.0470 Axial C -0.0300 -0.0360 Trans D -0.7580 -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.: 18.1 Alt.: 30.000001 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 18.5860 18.5840 Axial B 15.6310 15.6220 Axial C 13.8080 13.8150 Trans D 15.1010 15.1080 GALILS Commanded: 1626603. 1528859. 1595630. -2950. -4550. Actual: 1626627. 1528808. 1595583. -2945. -4561. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -12.00 -28.00 -39.00 94.77 SecOrient: 1257.02 -12.01 -27.98 -39.17 94.71 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- ---=== DAILY CHECKS ===--- Spectro focus check: Current positions - looks like both spectrographs's mechanicals were rebooted today? No focus changes made.: sp1> Coll_motor_A 0 01P0000000000 Coll_motor_B 0 02P0000000000 Coll_motor_C 0 01P0000000000 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 2 Last_open_transit.time 695 Last_close_transit.time 525 Humid_Hartmann 15.2 0xFDF4 Humid_Cen_Optics 8.5 0xFE4B Temp_Median 14.6 Temp_Hartmann_Top 14.1 (0xFDB1) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 14.4 (0xFDA5) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 14.6 (0xFD9B) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 14.8 (0xFD94) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 14.6 (0xFD9E) sp2> Coll_motor_A 0 01P0000000000 Coll_motor_B 0 02P0000000000 Coll_motor_C 0 01P0000000000 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 700 Last_close_transit.time 615 Humid_Hartmann -25.2 0x0 Humid_Cen_Optics 9.0 0xFE44 Temp_Median 13.3 Temp_Hartmann_Top 13.3 (0xFDD4) Temp_Red_Cam_Bot 14.0 (0xFDB4) Temp_Red_Cam_Top 13.4 (0xFDD0) Temp_Blue_Cam_Bot 13.2 (0xFDD8) Temp_Blue_Cam_Top 13.3 (0xFDD4) Spectro Bias ------------ IDL 5.5a> apo_plotbias, 61038 Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00061038.fit -6.3 -4.1 -3.0 2.5 6.9 9.0 10.2 sdR-b2-00061038.fit -7.9 -5.9 -4.7 1.5 7.2 8.9 11.0 sdR-r1-00061038.fit -7.1 -5.1 -3.9 1.6 7.0 8.1 10.3 sdR-r2-00061038.fit -7.8 -5.7 -4.6 0.6 6.9 8.0 10.1