Subject: 2.5m obslog 20110705 (MJD 55748) From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:51:54 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday July 05, 2011 (MJD 55748) ---- Observing Team ---- Elena Malanushenko Alaina Shelden ---- Observing Plan ---- BOSS ---- Observing Summary ---- Lost most of the night to clouds and eventual rain. Also very dusty. Please check the optics, we accumulated about 33K. The dust counter may need to be calibrated. Sometimes the conditions outside seem much less dusty than the counter reports. Please look at plate 5010. Its plots on sos look VERY strange. Observed the following: Cart 15 5010 DONE Cart 11 4723 not done ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ---------- 00:08Z Started afternoon checkout. Took darks and biases, arc/flat, hartmanns, guider dark and flat. Took mirror numbers. 00:14:17 APO.alaina 18 sop f text='a science exposure sequence is running -- will not start a hartmann sequence!' Sop was left in a test version, so was a little strange. But Craig fixed it, and all is well now. Thanks to Russell and Craig!! 01:00Z Started ventilation, telescope checked out fine Night: ------ 02:21Z encl25m : open 00:39Z loadCart: ct=15, pl=5010 02:47Z sop.gotoField hartmann frames 132796-97 hartSp1: r=1083, b=3.7, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 15.5 ; motorPos.sp1.move: 1491, 1490, 1489; hartSp2: r=511, b=1.8, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 14.7 ; motorPos.sp2.move: 957, 961, 961 Used fk5 to find stars 03:41Z boss exposure 900.0, file=132802 03:57Z boss exposure 900.0, file=132803 04:14Z boss exposure 900.0, file=132804 04:35Z boss exposure 900.0, file=132805 Cart 15 plate 5010 summary Exp type --------------------- 132801 arc 132800 flat 132802-05 science (S/N)^2 accumulated for plate 5010 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55747 2.5 5.4 2.0 4.6 900.8 14.5 5010-55745-01 55747 2.0 4.5 1.6 3.6 900.8 11.7 5010-55745-01 55747 1.8 4.1 1.5 3.3 900.8 10.7 5010-55745-01 55748 2.1 6.7 1.7 5.4 900.8 15.9 5010-55745-01 55748 0.5 2.1 0.5 1.9 900.8 5.0 5010-55745-01 55748 2.4 6.8 1.6 4.7 900.8 15.5 5010-55745-01 55748 2.3 6.5 1.8 4.9 900.8 15.5 5010-55745-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 13.6 36.1 10.7 28.4 6305.6 --> 88.8 ------------------------------------------------------------ 04:57Z loadCart: ct=11, pl=4723, sd=A; 04:58Z sop.gotoField hartmann frames 132806-07 hartSp2: r=-212, b=-0.7, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 13.8 ; motorPos.sp2.move: -556, -554, -555; hartSp1: r=282, b=1.0, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 14.0 ; motorPos.sp1.move: 690, 689, 691 05:04Z Found stars on the very edge of acq fibers Some clouds starting to roll in 05:06Z boss exposure 900.0, file=132810 05:22Z boss exposure 900.0, file=132811 Lost stars in guider, very cloudy Paused after the second exposure, waiting until clouds clear or look threatening enough to close (second exposure marked bad) Cart 11 plate 4723 summary Exp type --------------------- 132808 arc 132809 flat 132802 science (S/N)^2 accumulated for plate 4723 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55748 2.2 4.5 2.0 5.0 900.8 13.7 4723-55748-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 2.2 4.5 2.0 5.0 900.8 --> 13.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ 06:32Z Sent telescope to stow while waiting for the clouds. 07:20Z encl25m : closed Completely overcast, no stars visible 08:58Z Stopped ventilation for rain. ---- Spectroscopy Data Summary ---- Reading FITS from /data/spectro/55748/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - n time filename cart plt flav hrt exp colA colB colC Hrt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 00:05 b1-00132786 15 5010 bia 0.0 30656 30802 30673 00:05 b2-00132786 15 5010 bia 0.0 26054 26275 27003 00:05 r1-00132786 15 5010 bia 0.0 30656 30802 30673 00:05 r2-00132786 15 5010 bia 0.0 26054 26275 27003 2 00:06 b1-00132787 15 5010 dar 20.0 30656 30802 30673 00:06 b2-00132787 15 5010 dar 20.0 26054 26275 27003 00:06 r1-00132787 15 5010 dar 20.0 30656 30802 30673 00:06 r2-00132787 15 5010 dar 20.0 26054 26275 27003 3 00:08 b1-00132788 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 30656 30802 30673 HART 00:08 b2-00132788 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 26054 26275 27003 HART 00:08 r1-00132788 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 30656 30802 30673 HART 00:08 r2-00132788 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 26054 26275 27003 HART 4 00:10 b1-00132789 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 30656 30802 30673 HART 00:10 b2-00132789 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 26054 26275 27003 HART 00:10 r1-00132789 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 30656 30802 30673 HART 00:10 r2-00132789 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 26054 26275 27003 HART 5 00:22 b1-00132790 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 34157 34304 34174 HART 00:22 b2-00132790 15 5010 arc Lef 4.9 27890 28110 28839 HART 00:22 r1-00132790 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 34157 34304 34174 HART 00:22 r2-00132790 15 5010 arc Lef 4.9 27890 28110 28839 HART 6 00:24 b1-00132791 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 34157 34304 34174 HART 00:24 b2-00132791 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 27890 28110 28839 HART 00:24 r1-00132791 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 34157 34304 34174 HART 00:24 r2-00132791 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 27890 28110 28839 HART 7 00:31 b1-00132792 15 5010 fla Out 30.8 34157 34304 34174 00:31 b2-00132792 15 5010 fla Out 30.8 27890 28110 28839 00:31 r1-00132792 15 5010 fla Out 30.8 34157 34304 34174 00:31 r2-00132792 15 5010 fla Out 30.8 27890 28110 28839 8 00:33 b1-00132793 15 5010 arc Out 4.8 34157 34304 34174 00:33 b2-00132793 15 5010 arc Out 4.8 27890 28110 28839 00:33 r1-00132793 15 5010 arc Out 4.8 34157 34304 34174 00:33 r2-00132793 15 5010 arc Out 4.8 27890 28110 28839 9 00:54 b1-00132794 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 34157 34304 34174 HART 00:54 b2-00132794 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 27890 28110 28839 HART 00:54 r1-00132794 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 34157 34304 34174 HART 00:54 r2-00132794 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 27890 28110 28839 HART 10 00:55 b1-00132795 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 34157 34304 34174 HART 00:55 b2-00132795 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 27890 28110 28839 HART 00:55 r1-00132795 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 34157 34304 34174 HART 00:55 r2-00132795 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 27890 28110 28839 HART 11 02:49 b1-00132796 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 34157 34304 34174 HART 02:49 b2-00132796 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 27890 28110 28839 HART 02:49 r1-00132796 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 34157 34304 34174 HART 02:49 r2-00132796 15 5010 arc Lef 4.8 27890 28110 28839 HART 12 02:50 b1-00132797 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 34157 34304 34174 HART 02:50 b2-00132797 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 27890 28110 28839 HART 02:50 r1-00132797 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 34157 34304 34174 HART 02:50 r2-00132797 15 5010 arc Rig 4.8 27890 28110 28839 HART 13 02:51 b1-00132798 15 5010 arc Out 4.8 35648 35794 35663 02:51 b2-00132798 15 5010 arc Out 4.8 28847 29071 29800 02:51 r1-00132798 15 5010 arc Out 4.8 35648 35794 35663 02:51 r2-00132798 15 5010 arc Out 4.8 28847 29071 29800 14 02:53 b1-00132799 15 5010 fla Out 30.8 35648 35794 35663 02:53 b2-00132799 15 5010 fla Out 30.8 28847 29071 29800 02:53 r1-00132799 15 5010 fla Out 30.8 35648 35794 35663 02:53 r2-00132799 15 5010 fla Out 30.8 28847 29071 29800 15 03:32 b1-00132800 15 5010 fla Out 30.8 35648 35794 35663 03:32 b2-00132800 15 5010 fla Out 30.9 28847 29071 29800 03:32 r1-00132800 15 5010 fla Out 30.8 35648 35794 35663 03:32 r2-00132800 15 5010 fla Out 30.9 28847 29071 29800 16 03:37 b1-00132801 15 5010 arc Out 4.8 35648 35794 35663 03:37 b2-00132801 15 5010 arc Out 4.8 28847 29071 29800 03:37 r1-00132801 15 5010 arc Out 4.8 35648 35794 35663 03:37 r2-00132801 15 5010 arc Out 4.8 28847 29071 29800 17 03:40 b1-00132802 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 35648 35794 35663 03:40 b2-00132802 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 28847 29071 29800 03:40 r1-00132802 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 35648 35794 35663 03:40 r2-00132802 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 28847 29071 29800 18 03:57 b1-00132803 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 35648 35794 35663 03:57 b2-00132803 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 28847 29071 29800 03:57 r1-00132803 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 35648 35794 35663 03:57 r2-00132803 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 28847 29071 29800 19 04:13 b1-00132804 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 35648 35794 35663 04:13 b2-00132804 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 28847 29071 29800 04:13 r1-00132804 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 35648 35794 35663 04:13 r2-00132804 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 28847 29071 29800 20 04:34 b1-00132805 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 35648 35794 35663 04:34 b2-00132805 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 28847 29071 29800 04:34 r1-00132805 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 35648 35794 35663 04:34 r2-00132805 15 5010 sci Out 900.8 28847 29071 29800 21 04:59 b1-00132806 11 4723 arc Lef 4.8 35648 35794 35663 HART 04:59 b2-00132806 11 4723 arc Lef 4.8 28847 29071 29800 HART 04:59 r1-00132806 11 4723 arc Lef 4.8 35648 35794 35663 HART 04:59 r2-00132806 11 4723 arc Lef 4.8 28847 29071 29800 HART 22 05:00 b1-00132807 11 4723 arc Rig 4.8 35648 35794 35663 HART 05:00 b2-00132807 11 4723 arc Rig 4.8 28847 29071 29800 HART 05:00 r1-00132807 11 4723 arc Rig 4.8 35648 35794 35663 HART 05:00 r2-00132807 11 4723 arc Rig 4.8 28847 29071 29800 HART 23 05:01 b1-00132808 11 4723 arc Out 4.8 36338 36483 36354 05:01 b2-00132808 11 4723 arc Out 4.9 28291 28517 29245 05:01 r1-00132808 11 4723 arc Out 4.8 36338 36483 36354 05:01 r2-00132808 11 4723 arc Out 4.9 28291 28517 29245 24 05:03 b1-00132809 11 4723 fla Out 30.8 36338 36483 36354 05:03 b2-00132809 11 4723 fla Out 30.9 28291 28517 29245 05:03 r1-00132809 11 4723 fla Out 30.8 36338 36483 36354 05:03 r2-00132809 11 4723 fla Out 30.9 28291 28517 29245 25 05:05 b1-00132810 11 4723 sci Out 900.8 36338 36483 36354 05:05 b2-00132810 11 4723 sci Out 900.9 28291 28517 29245 05:05 r1-00132810 11 4723 sci Out 900.8 36338 36483 36354 05:05 r2-00132810 11 4723 sci Out 900.9 28291 28517 29245 26 05:22 b1-00132811 11 4723 sci Out 900.8 36338 36483 36354 05:22 b2-00132811 11 4723 sci Out 900.8 28291 28517 29245 05:22 r1-00132811 11 4723 sci Out 900.8 36338 36483 36354 05:22 r2-00132811 11 4723 sci Out 900.8 28291 28517 29245 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- OK --- ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- --- Offsets --- (arcsec) Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideRot calibOff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:40 15-5010A 71.7 84.1 248.2 ( 13.0, 3.1) ( 122.6) (-10.8, 21.6, 0.0) a 03:56 15-5010A 46.3 87.1 224.9 ( 10.3, -4.6) ( 239.4) (-10.8, 21.6, 0.0) a 04:12 15-5010A -35.5 87.5 145.3 (-14.7, -8.0) ( 287.9) (-10.8, 21.6, 0.0) a 04:34 15-5010A -73.3 83.7 110.4 (-19.4, 0.9) ( 114.1) (-10.8, 21.6, 0.0) a 05:05 11-4723A 266.8 72.5 97.9 (-11.8, -2.0) ( -47.6) (-10.8, 21.6, 0.0) a 05:21 11-4723A 265.3 69.1 98.6 (-11.2, -3.3) ( -63.2) (-10.8, 21.6, 0.0) a ---- Focus Log ---- --- Focus --- Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:40 15-5010A 1.000271 -2679 -798 304 71.7 84.1 16.3 16 114 1.5 a 03:56 15-5010A 1.000273 -2698 -801 318 46.3 87.1 16.2 13 111 1.4 a 04:12 15-5010A 1.000273 -2691 -797 316 -35.5 87.5 16.0 19 124 1.3 a 04:34 15-5010A 1.000253 -2497 -626 325 -73.3 83.7 15.9 12 99 1.7 a 05:05 11-4723A 1.000264 -2602 -702 324 266.8 72.5 15.4 10 89 1.5 a 05:21 11-4723A 1.000274 -2707 -781 328 265.3 69.1 15.3 14 112 1.6 a ---- Weather Log ---- --- Weather --- Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:40 15-5010A 16.3 3.9 12.4 43 16 114 4022 6.5 1443.0 1.5 a 03:56 15-5010A 16.2 3.8 12.4 43 13 111 4079 5.9 1451.0 1.4 a 04:12 15-5010A 16.0 3.7 12.3 43 19 124 4211 5.9 1458.0 1.3 a 04:34 15-5010A 15.9 3.7 12.2 44 12 99 4117 6.6 1461.0 1.7 a 05:05 11-4723A 15.4 3.8 11.6 45 10 89 4279 57.2 1451.0 1.5 a 05:21 11-4723A 15.3 3.7 11.6 46 14 112 4336 329.5 1597.0 1.6 a ---- Telescope Status ---- 01:00Z Started ventilation 02:21Z encl25m : open 07:20Z encl25m : closed 08:55Z Stopped ventilation (rain) No interlocks bypassed Status at: 09:47:43 Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 11 Counterweights at: 284, 284, 283, 284 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 160.3 lbs, 21.5 psi SP2 167.8 lbs, 21.8 psi ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2011-07-06 02:28:13; ----STUI software: STUI: 1.1b3 2011-06-16; alerts: v1_1_4; apo: v1_7; boss: v2_5_0; boss.daq: 1.3.1; boss.specMech: 3.0.1; gcamera: v1_2_3; guider: v1_3_7; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_7; mcp: v6_6_8; mcp.plc: 28; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_2_2; sos: v1_1_7; sos.idlspec2d: v5_4_36; tcc: 2.14.0; -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06; idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_4_37 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_12 ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -5.516 -5.520 Axial B: -0.019 -0.022 Axial C: 15.926 15.924 Trans D: 11.033 11.033 Lateral E: 10.6553 10.6426 Lateral F: 12.2555 12.2428 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: 19.7 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -0.017 -0.013 Axial B: -2.441 -2.442 Axial C: 13.805 13.810 Trans D: 14.179 14.184 GALILS Commanded: 1585350 1566700 1598900 -1450 -50 Actual: 1585337 1566383 1598824 -1450 -50 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1256.90 -9.06 -4.09 -58.14 23.36 ---- Problems in Detail ---- 05:24Z Clouds