Subject: 2.5m obslog 20110213 (MJD 55606) From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 12:01:17 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday February 13, 2011 (MJD 55606) ---- Observing Team ---- 23:07Z Steph Snedden Alaina Shelden Kaike Pan (afternoon) ---- Observing Plan ---- 23:09Z MARVELS until 10:42 (9.0 h), then BOSS (1.7 h) ---- Observing Summary ---- 11:55Z Partly cloudy to entirely overcast at the end of the night. Good seeing. Please note the blocks of missing spectra in various MARVELS plates. Especially on Cart 6, where half the spectra are missing. Observed the following: Cart 3 4512A no missing spectra Cart 6 4519A 61-120 gone **see log for details** Cart 1 4476A 25/26 51/52 missing Cart 5 4515A 13/14 53/54 25-36 missing Cart 5 4515B 25-36 missing Cart 4 4516A no missing spectra Cart 4 4516B observed under extreme clouds ---- Observing Log ---- 23:59Z Afternoon: -------- All systems and actors were checked, No problem to report. BOSS collimation was checked with cart 14, no adjustment was made. 23:00Z started ventilation. MARVELS lamps on. 03:40Z mounted cart 3, the first MARVELS cartridge for tonight. Night: ------- 01:16Z 00:53Z encl25m : open; 00:16Z loadCart: ct=3, pl=4512, sd=A; 01:12Z sop.gotoField = running; used FK5 to set new calib offsets. Procedure in observing plan. 01:23Z cals 01:24Z sop.gotoField = running; stars on gotoField, just about all fibers. 01:41Z science 02:32Z cals Summary, MARVELS Cart 3 plate 4512A APG_120-08 Frame Type Time Ave PMT Seeing ------------------------------------------------------------------ T01:22:54.910.fits TIO 2s 554493 T01:24:52.250.fits ThAr 15s 6176 T01:27:04.120.fits TIO 2s 465196 T01:41:06.370.fits Science 50m 49.2 1.5" T02:32:55.080.fits TIO 2s 122689 T02:34:53.290.fits ThAr 15s 6185. T02:37:04.190.fits TIO 2s 76200 No missing spectra. Twilight sky was still very bright. 02:42Z 02:35Z loadCart: ct=6, pl=4519, sd=A; 02:36Z sop.gotoField = running; stars on gotoField 02:47Z science, some clouds rolling in 03:41Z cals Summary, MARVELS Cart 6 plate 4519A APG_150+08 Frame Type Time Ave PMT Seeing ------------------------------------------------------------------ T02:47:41.410.fits Science 50m 21.71 1.5" T03:41:23.700.fits TIO 2s 508863 T03:43:21.190.fits ThAr 15s 6221. T03:45:33.200.fits TIO 2s 249270 Fibers 61 and up are nearly all gone or very faint. There is a significant difference between them and the first half of the fibers. Perhaps this is a connector issue, and one fiber connector is not seated right? This is a "new" cartridge, perhaps something isn't quite right? 03:49Z 03:42Z loadCart: ct=1, pl=4476, sd=A; 03:42Z sop.gotoField = running; stars on gotoField 03:50Z science thin clouds over much of the sky, good seeing. 04:42Z cals Summary, MARVELS Cart 1 plate 4476A HD46375 Frame Type Time Ave PMT Seeing ------------------------------------------------------------------ T03:50:50.600.fits Science 50m 39.80 1.5" T04:42:46.800.fits TIO 2s 98107 T04:44:44.210.fits ThAr 15s 6178. T04:46:56.180.fits TIO 2s 440691 51/52 very faint, 25/26 missing 04:52Z 04:46Z loadCart: ct=5, pl=4515, sd=A; 04:46Z sop.gotoField = running; used spiral pattern *Note: the first scale change takes a VERY long time and overshoots 04:55Z science, thin clouds 05:47Z cals Summary, MARVELS Cart 5 plate 4515A APG_210+08 Frame Type Time Ave PMT Seeing ------------------------------------------------------------------ T04:55:28.560.fits Science 50m 34.51 1.5" T05:47:13.550.fits TIO 2s 432670 T05:49:10.880.fits ThAr 15s 6112. T05:51:22.800.fits TIO 2s 295827 13/14, 53/54, 25-36 missing 05:56Z 05:47Z loadCart: ct=5, pl=4515, sd=B; 05:51Z sop.gotoField = running; 05:57Z science, thin clouds 06:49Z cals Summary, MARVELS Cart 5 plate 4515B APG_N2420 Frame Type Time Ave PMT Seeing ------------------------------------------------------------------ T05:57:24.530.fits Science 50m 21.50 2.0" T06:49:15.600.fits TIO 2s 558171 T06:51:14.090.fits ThAr 15s 6218 T06:53:25.000.fits TIO 2s 366484 25-36 missing 07:00Z 06:53Z loadCart: ct=4, pl=4516, sd=A; 06:53Z sop.gotoField = running; stars on gotoField 07:00Z science, clouds getting thicker 07:52Z cals Thick clouds came in during the exposure Summary, MARVELS Cart 4 plate 4516A APG_SGR1 Frame Type Time Ave PMT Seeing ------------------------------------------------------------------ T07:00:33.730.fits Science 50m 17.28 1.3" T07:52:30.420.fits TIO 2s 302620 T07:54:27.780.fits ThAr 15s 6152. T07:56:39.640.fits TIO 2s 201726 No missing spectra 08:01Z 07:55Z loadCart: ct=4, pl=4516, sd=B; 07:56Z sop.gotoField = done; no stars, clouds very thick Delayed starting exposure until clouds thin out a little 08:41Z trying science...still in clouds 09:33Z cals 09:38Z Clouds got bigger and thicker. This exposure is no good. Waiting at stow. Summary, MARVELS Cart 4 plate 4516B APGS_N4147 Frame Type Time Ave PMT Seeing ------------------------------------------------------------------ T08:41:16.430.fits Science 50m 8.927 1.3" T09:33:08.770.fits TIO 2s 404715 T09:35:07.140.fits ThAr 15s 6138. T09:37:19.030.fits TIO 2s 287616 No good, can't tell anything. 10:50Z ThAr lamp off 11:45Z 11:39Z encl25m : closed; Clouds very thick ---- Spectroscopy Data Summary ---- 11:58Z - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - n time filename cart plt flav hrt exp colA colB colC Hrt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 23:00 b1-00126708 14 4029 bia 0.0 21845 21928 21931 23:00 b2-00126708 14 4029 bia 0.0 17769 17422 18736 23:00 r1-00126708 14 4029 bia 0.0 21845 21928 21931 23:00 r2-00126708 14 4029 bia 0.0 17769 17422 18736 2 23:01 b1-00126709 14 4029 dar 20.0 21845 21928 21931 23:01 b2-00126709 14 4029 dar 20.0 17769 17422 18736 23:01 r1-00126709 14 4029 dar 20.0 21845 21928 21931 23:01 r2-00126709 14 4029 dar 20.0 17769 17422 18736 3 23:05 b1-00126710 14 4029 arc Lef 4.8 21845 21928 21931 HART 23:05 b2-00126710 14 4029 arc Lef 4.9 17769 17422 18736 HART 23:05 r1-00126710 14 4029 arc Lef 4.8 21845 21928 21931 HART 23:05 r2-00126710 14 4029 arc Lef 4.9 17769 17422 18736 HART 4 23:07 b1-00126711 14 4029 arc Rig 4.8 21845 21928 21931 HART 23:07 b2-00126711 14 4029 arc Rig 4.9 17769 17422 18736 HART 23:07 r1-00126711 14 4029 arc Rig 4.8 21845 21928 21931 HART 23:07 r2-00126711 14 4029 arc Rig 4.9 17769 17422 18736 HART 5 23:12 b1-00126712 14 4029 arc Lef 4.8 26584 26665 26669 HART 23:12 b2-00126712 14 4029 arc Lef 4.9 24216 23869 25183 HART 23:12 r1-00126712 14 4029 arc Lef 4.8 26584 26665 26669 HART 23:12 r2-00126712 14 4029 arc Lef 4.9 24216 23869 25183 HART 6 23:13 b1-00126713 14 4029 arc Rig 4.8 26584 26665 26669 HART 23:13 b2-00126713 14 4029 arc Rig 4.9 24216 23869 25183 HART 23:13 r1-00126713 14 4029 arc Rig 4.8 26584 26665 26669 HART 23:13 r2-00126713 14 4029 arc Rig 4.9 24216 23869 25183 HART 7 23:17 b1-00126714 14 4029 fla Out 30.8 26584 26665 26669 23:17 b2-00126714 14 4029 fla Out 30.9 24216 23869 25183 23:17 r1-00126714 14 4029 fla Out 30.8 26584 26665 26669 23:17 r2-00126714 14 4029 fla Out 30.9 24216 23869 25183 8 23:21 b1-00126715 14 4029 arc Out 4.8 26584 26665 26669 23:21 b2-00126715 14 4029 arc Out 4.9 24216 23869 25183 23:21 r1-00126715 14 4029 arc Out 4.8 26584 26665 26669 23:21 r2-00126715 14 4029 arc Out 4.9 24216 23869 25183 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 T01:22:54.910.fits TIO 369662.00 6194.2051 1 T01:24:52.250.fits THAR 6176.0000 783.74793 2 T01:27:04.120.fits TIO 310131.00 6181.2427 3 T01:41:06.370.fits STAR 49.200001 1154.7865 4 T02:32:55.080.fits TIO 81793.000 6184.4312 5 T02:34:53.290.fits THAR 6185.3076 784.18677 6 T02:37:04.190.fits TIO 50800.000 6191.4028 7 T02:45:21.140.fits TIO 10.000000 477.03568 8 T02:47:41.410.fits STAR 21.711000 717.92542 9 T03:41:23.700.fits TIO 339242.00 6175.0356 10 T03:43:21.190.fits THAR 6221.3076 784.27789 11 T03:45:33.200.fits TIO 166180.00 6174.5674 12 T03:50:50.600.fits STAR 39.808998 1030.6122 13 T04:42:46.800.fits TIO 65405.000 6175.9678 14 T04:44:44.210.fits THAR 6178.6152 783.88904 15 T04:46:56.180.fits TIO 293794.00 6138.8105 16 T04:55:28.560.fits STAR 34.510334 921.59412 17 T05:47:13.550.fits TIO 288447.00 6187.2021 18 T05:49:10.880.fits THAR 6112.3848 783.03839 19 T05:51:22.800.fits TIO 197218.00 6158.1689 20 T05:57:24.530.fits STAR 21.504333 719.59387 21 T06:49:15.600.fits TIO 372114.00 6175.5171 22 T06:51:14.090.fits THAR 6218.0000 784.88837 23 T06:53:25.000.fits TIO 244323.00 6149.7144 24 T07:00:33.730.fits STAR 17.281334 629.75195 25 T07:52:30.420.fits TIO 201747.00 6148.3281 26 T07:54:27.780.fits THAR 6152.0771 782.60663 27 T07:56:39.640.fits TIO 134484.00 6152.7441 28 T08:41:16.430.fits STAR 8.9276670 492.69861 29 T09:33:08.770.fits TIO 269810.00 6112.5840 30 T09:35:07.140.fits THAR 6138.3848 782.68610 31 T09:37:19.030.fits TIO 191744.00 6130.0850 ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- 11:49Z Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideOff calibOff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:41:51 3-4512A 222 45 83 ( 2.0,-1.2) ( 0.0, 0.0,33.5) (-5.4,12.6, 0.0) scale = 1.000288 03:00:05 6-4519A 193 63 22 (-1.8,-1.7) ( 0.0, 0.0,-17.6) (-5.4,12.6, 0.0) scale = 1.000248 03:52:17 1-4476A 5 62 184 ( 2.7,11.2) ( 0.0, 0.0,75.8) (-5.4,12.6, 0.0) scale = 1.000263 04:56:08 5-4515A -7 63 173 ( 1.4,11.9) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.9) (-5.4,12.6, 0.0) scale = 1.000246 05:59:15 5-4515B -49 73 136 ( 0.9, 7.3) ( 0.0, 0.0,-1.3) (-5.4,12.6, 0.0) scale = 1.000200 07:00:58 4-4516A 267 73 98 ( 4.6, 4.4) ( 0.0, 0.0,-19.5) (-5.4,12.6, 0.0) scale = 1.000161 08:41:52 4-4516B 402 71 216 (-0.6,12.3) ( 0.0, 0.0,17.4) (-5.4,12.6, 0.0) scale = 1.000310 ---- Focus Log ---- 11:49Z Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:41:51 3-4512A 1.000288 -2844 -840 321 222 45 9.4 9 306 1.5 03:00:05 6-4519A 1.000248 -2443 -580 298 193 63 9.7 10 340 1.5 03:52:17 1-4476A 1.000263 -2596 -737 266 5 62 10.0 9 335 1.6 04:56:08 5-4515A 1.000246 -2427 -536 329 -7 63 8.3 8 4 1.6 05:59:15 5-4515B 1.000200 -1975 -191 317 -49 73 9.5 2 353 1.6 07:00:58 4-4516A 1.000161 -1589 160 351 267 73 9.4 12 340 1.3 08:41:52 4-4516B 1.000310 -3061 -1000 405 402 71 7.5 6 348 1.7 ---- Weather Log ---- 11:49Z Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:41:51 3-4512A 9.4 -23.8 33.2 7 9 306 302 5.5 1503.0 1.5 03:00:05 6-4519A 9.7 -21.9 31.6 8 10 340 244 17.9 1519.0 1.5 03:52:17 1-4476A 10.0 -21.5 31.5 8 9 335 260 22.9 1509.0 1.6 04:56:08 5-4515A 8.3 -16.7 25.0 15 8 4 235 43.1 1497.0 1.6 05:59:15 5-4515B 9.5 -21.1 30.6 9 2 353 259 42.4 1512.0 1.6 07:00:58 4-4516A 9.4 -20.0 29.4 10 12 340 147 115.7 1530.0 1.3 08:41:52 4-4516B 7.5 -19.9 27.4 12 6 348 166 171.5 1604.0 1.7 ---- Telescope Status ---- 23:07Z 23:00Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 00:53Z - Enclosure off. 11:39Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:47:27 Telescope stowed at: 121, 30, 0 mount Instrument mounted: cartigde = 4 Counterweights at: 284, 282, 281, 281 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 88.3 lbs, 24.8 psi SP2 100.3 lbs, 24.8 psi ---- Software Used ---- 23:59Z 22:26Z ----STUI software: STUI: 1.0b16 2011-02-03; alerts: trunk+svn115546; apo: v1_5; boss: v2_4_1; boss.daq: 1.2.14; boss.specMech: 3.0.1; gcamera: v1_2_3; guider: v1_3_0; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_5; mcp: v6_6_6; mcp.plc: 26; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_1_7; sos: v1_1_7; sos.idlspec2d: v5_4_25; tcc: 2.14.0; -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06; idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_4_25 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_7 ---- Mirror Numbers ---- 23:14Z PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -5.519 -5.5210 Axial B: 16.095 16.0910 Axial C: 15.925 15.9190 Trans D: 10.995 10.9960 Lateral E: 10.6553 10.6553 Lateral F: 12.2555 12.2555 GALILS Commanded: 10600 -250 5800 10250 13050 12650 Actual: 10600 -250 5800 10250 13050 12650 SETMIR VALUES PrimDesOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 PrimOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air temp: 12.1 Altitude: 30.1 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.381 -7.8330 Axial B: 0 4.8850 Axial C: 0 13.820 Trans D: 0 14.1910 GALILS Commanded: 1244721 1233053 1265253 -1450 -50 Actual: 1262667 1249685 1306629 -1450 -50 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1256.99 -8.93 -4.08 -58.14 23.27 ---- Problems in Detail ---- 07:38Z Clouds