Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2010 13:27:17 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Re: 2.5m obslog 20101203 (MJD 55534)
From: asimmons@apo.nmsu.edu
The guider automatically shut off after the first integration. The image
never updated because of the 'No plate view' error message. We could not
keep the guider running.
Audrey
> On Dec 4, 2010, at 4:46 AM, Audrey Simmons wrote:
>
>>
>>                       APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M
>>
>>                                 OBSERVING LOG
>>                            Friday December  3, 2010
>>
>>                                  (MJD 55534)
>>
>> ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===---
>>
>> Dmitry Bizyaev
>> Audrey Simmons
>> Kaike Pan (afternoon)
>> Support:
>> Jon Brinkmann (updating computer software)
>> Steph Snedden
>>
>> ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===---
>>
>> BOSS Science
>> ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===---
>>
>> Partly cloudy tonight.
>>
>> We observed:
>>
>> Cart 10, plate 4363
>> Cart 11, plate 4370 - DONE
>> Cart 12, plate 4387 - DONE
>> Cart 13, plate 4403
>> Cart 14, plate 4453
>> Cart 16, plate 4454
>> Cart 18, plate 3823 - DONE
>>
>> We were not able to observe cartridge 17 because the guider failed to
>> start on
>> account of "No plate view: shape mismatch: objects cannot be broadcast
>> to a
>> single shape".
>
> An error message from STUI starting "No plate view:" is an explanation of
> why STUI's Guider window cannot display a plate (aka decimated) view of
> the most recent guider image. Even if STUI cannot display a plate view,
> the guider can still run (though it is much more difficult to monitor what
> is going on without a plate view).
>
> Was the guider also failing to start?
>
> -- Russell
>
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