APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday October 26, 2003 (MJD 52939) ---=== OBSERVING TEAM ===--- Night: Stephenie Snedden Howard Brewington Phone: French, Jon B., and Connie ---=== OBSERVING PLAN ===--- Science! ---=== OBSERVING SUMMARY ===--- Because of poor seeing, we did Apache Wheel for most of the night, i.e., equatorial scan, two spokes and the hub. High winds had us closed for a few hours though. Declared on cartridge done. ---=== OBSERVING LOG ===--- Afternoon: ----------------- Spectro was in focus, but I got an unusual error message when I did a preCal as part of the Hartman procedure, vis., missing guide fiber. See Problems Section for TB. Yet, I was able to do a postCal instead, to check the focus. Cart 08, Plate 1582 was mounted during the focus checkout. Night: ----------------- Imager: We started with the imager on 82 S but stopped after about an hour because of poor seeing, i.e., ~2" While switching to Apache Wheel, we noticed that the LST displayed in tccmon was incorrect, and Watcher reported a vs- error for ccd 51. We called Connie about the vs- error. She said that the -1.64 volts was a little out of spec but much closer than in the past. To monitor telescope vibrations/oscillations, I (Howard) stood at the 2.5m while we slewed to the AW equatorial rim and spokes; we were concerned because of the higher tracking rates. Likewise, we closely watched the star fields on the computer monitors while the scope tracked and especially as it moved into the higher altitudes of the spokes. We detected no oscillations. As we started the scan of the short (00 degrees) Southbound spoke, we had an error too large to correct in Az, i.e., "2003-10-27 05:03:58Z sdssmcp tLatch dsc_E_trcErr correction for azimuth -862 is too large." Unfortunately, we did not notice the error until about forty minutes into the scan. At the end of the short southbound spoke, we did a crossing scan, which was part of the posted AW procedure. Were we supposed to do this crossing scan? The Apache Wheel scans quickly filled the arch tapes, so we put in a fresh set. However, we spent a good deal of time performing this task because the posted procedure in Folklore was unclear with respect to the necessary IOP commands. Fortunately, we were closed because of high winds during this time, and no science time was lost. Also, when we tried to switch back to normal binned mode, the AW procedure's command of "init4Bin 1 1" did not work. But, we found the "init4Bin 1 1 26322" command in a previous version of AW that did work. We also had to issue a "set SCDDisplay bias" command, which was not part of the AW procedure, to get things back to normal. And, the "setRunAndFrame" command did not work either, so we filed a PR. ++++++++++++++++++++ Spectro: We switched to spectro because of inbound clouds from the north. 10:40Z Cart 09, Plate 1582 (chunk75): An Fk5 star was needed to find the field. As with the afternoon checkout with this cartridge, we got a missing guide fiber error when we did a preCal. So, we did a postCal instead. We search around in Folklore to find the command to disable the fiber but had no success. A while later, Steph found the "disableFiber #" command in an old e-mail. Plate was completed in three exposures. ++++++++++++++++++++ See problems section for the misc Watcher messages of the night. endNight finished and was happy. ---=== IMAGING RUN SUMMARY ===--- Run Time Stripe Lambda Last Flavor Comments Start End Begin End Frame ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4214 22:26Z 22:58Z 100 O 80.70 88.70 42 ignore 4215 01:16Z 01:30Z 100 O 123.24 126.79 38 bias 4216 01:32Z 02:20Z 82 S 120.67 132.79 89 science 4217 02:33Z 07:02Z 100 O 142.61 -150.00 1484 calibration 4218 07:22Z 07:27Z 100 O -145.10 -143.83 41 bias 4219 08:23Z 08:27Z 100 O -129.73 -128.76 33 ignore 4220 08:42Z 08:57Z 100 O -124.84 -121.06 39 bias ---=== IMAGING RUN DETAILS ===--- 01:20Z Run #4215: Bias, T-bars unlatched, on telescope, in late twilight. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 01:33Z Run #4216: Science, 82 S, 126 lambda to with +2 degree ramp at start. Started the run at ~5 min before 18 deg twilight to get set up to hit ramp the two degree ramp. Seeing quality as reported by seeingRun = 1.9" Frame Lambda Notes ----- ------ -------------------------------------------------------- 09 120.5 Seeing does not appear to be within spec. 10 121 Focus converged. 23 124 Start ramp up to science (01:42Z); seeing is about 2" 42 125.9 Skippy reported happy. 43 126 Start science (01:56Z). 79 131 End science because of poor seeing (02:18Z). ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 02:33Z Run #4217 Apache Wheel Frame RA Deg Notes ----- ------ -------------------------------------------------------- 008 284 Start of rim (equatorial) scan at dec of 00 (2:33Z). 411 45 End of the Equatorial rim at dec of 00 (03:47Z). 429 345 Start of Northbound long spoke at dec of -25 Dec (03:51Z). 823 345 End of Northbound long spoke at dec of +86 or four degrees beyond the pole (05:03Z). 2003-10-27 05:03:58Z sdssmcp tLatch dsc_E_trcErr correction for azimuth -862 is too large 836 00 Start of Southbound short spoke at dec of +70 (05:04Z). 1151 00 End of Southbound short spoke at dec of -25.6 (06:02Z). 1195 356.5 Start of crossing scan at dec of 00 (06:10Z). 1230 06.3 End of crossing scan at dec of 00 (06:16Z). 1238 330 Start of Hub scan at dec of 46.3 (06:1 1476 89.2 End fo Hub scan at dec of 48.4 (07:00Z). +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 08:23Z Run #4218: Binned bias, T-bars unlatched, on telescope, inside enclosure. ---=== SKIPPY RESULTS ===--- Run Frame nFrames stars muErr muRms nuErr nuRms rot az el --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4216 42 4 135 -3.200 0.185 7.600 0.139 -0.00157 192 57 4216 62 4 129 -3.400 0.200 7.400 0.214 -0.00115 192 57 ---=== LTMATCH RESULTS ===--- Run Field nFields alt az nGood rowMean rowSig colMean colSig rot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4216 70 1 57 348 39 -0.966 0.222 0.587 0.576 -0.00197 4216 70 1 57 348 51 -0.548 0.292 0.575 0.456 -0.00193 4216 70 1 57 348 35 -0.030 0.236 0.743 0.378 -0.00250 4216 70 1 57 348 29 0.370 0.186 0.565 0.359 -0.00190 4216 70 1 57 348 32 0.420 0.236 0.633 0.313 -0.00213 ---=== 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 22933, plate -9999 ------- 22:15 22933 0.0 bias ----- sequence 22934, plate 1582 ------- 22:53 22934 10.0 flat 22:55 22935 2.0 arc 22:58 22936 2.1 arc 23:01 22937 2.1 arc 00:12 22938 0.0 bias 11:02 22939 10.0 flat 11:05 22940 2.0 arc 11:24 22941 900.1 target 11:41 22942 900.1 target 12:11 22943 1500.1 target 12:14 22944 10.0 flat 12:16 22945 2.0 arc ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE I ===--- Time Instrument Az Alt Rot Scale pos offset pos offset pos offset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11:08Z 8, 1582 58.05 -0.0009 67.01 -0.0022 228.92 -0.0019 1.000180 ---=== TELESCOPE OFFSETS AND SCALE II ===--- ---=== DATA TAPE SUMMARY ===--- Goes: JL6901, 6903, 6905, 6907, 6909, 6911, 6916 Jl6918, 6919, 6920, 6921, 6922, 6923 Stays: JL6902, 6904. 6906, 6908, 6910, 6912, 6917 JL6924, 6925, 6926, 6927, 6928, 6929 ---=== FOCUS LOG ===--- setmir piston Temp Wind Time Inst scale M1 M2 Foc Az Alt (C) MPH Dir filt fwhm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11:07Z 8, 1582 1.00018 -1778 -184 150 58 66.8 2.5 19 53 gdr 1.7 ---=== WEATHER LOG ===--- Wind Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust DIMM Sky 22:11Z 30 22 6 350 (NNW) 884 - clear 22:44Z 31 22 0 175 (S) 806 - clear 23:16Z 31 21 0 30 (NNE) 749 - clear 23:48Z 30 20 0 189 (S) 720 - clear 00:24Z 30 19 8 19 (NNE) 708 - clear 00:57Z 29 19 12 18 (NNE) 964 - clear 01:33Z 30 17 23 26 (NNE) 634 - clear 02:05Z 31 12 17 3 (N) 516 - clear 02:38Z 31 10 7 353 (NNW) 509 - clear 03:14Z 30 11 19 0 (N) 540 - clear 03:46Z 30 11 21 5 (N) 614 - clear 04:19Z 31 9 8 43 (NE) 934 - clear 04:51Z 32 7 13 30 (NNE) 511 - clear 05:23Z 33 12 17 37 (NE) 257 - clear 05:55Z 34 13 22 58 (ENE) 221 - clear 06:27Z 35 13 15 34 (NE) 176 - clear 07:00Z 35 14 22 59 (ENE) 229 - clear 07:32Z 35 13 15 41 (NE) 166 - clear 08:08Z 35 14 18 72 (ENE) 150 - clear 08:40Z 36 16 16 37 (NE) 142 - clear 09:13Z 36 17 31 67 (ENE) 129 - clear 09:45Z 36 18 28 67 (ENE) 170 - clear 10:17Z 36 19 19 64 (ENE) 153 - clear 10:50Z 36 20 15 87 (E) 116 - clear 11:22Z 36 21 11 80 (E) 116 - clear 11:54Z 35 21 9 58 (ENE) 180 - clear 12:26Z 35 21 15 78 (ENE) 196 - clear 12:59Z 35 22 22 80 (E) 194 - clear ---=== TELESCOPE STATUS ===--- 23:30Z doors cracked, and fans on 00:43Z Enclosure off 07:20Z Enclosure on, Ln2 connected & turned on (high winds). 10:30Z Enclosure off 12:37Z Eclosure on, Ln2 connected & turned on. Cart 06 mounted No interlocks bypassed Spectro 72 lbs Imager 176 lbs ---=== SOFTWARE USED ===--- IOP/SOP: v3_120_0 Watcher: v2_24_0 MCP: v5_22_0 TPM: tpm_v2_34_0 AstroDa: v14_47 TCC: TCC 2.7.1 July 22 2003 sdssProcedures: v1_77 SoS: V4_10_6 hoggPT: v1_6_9 plate-mapper: v4_3_1 ---=== MIRROR NUMBERS ===--- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 0.5400 0.5460 Axial B 0.6470 0.6290 Axial C 1.0850 1.0900 Trans D -8.6100 -8.5750 Lateral E 10.8839 10.9093 Lateral F 10.8712 10.8712 GALILS Commanded: 4600. -2850. 850. -7250. 19000. 18450. Actual: 4600. -2850. 850. -7250. 19000. 18450. SETMIR VALUES PriDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 15.20 829.90 1.60 PriOrient: 0.00 0.00 14.91 830.49 3.19 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air Temp.: -0.4 Alt.: 30.287690 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A 1.5140 1.5100 Axial B 1.1040 1.0990 Axial C 1.1150 1.1160 Trans D -0.8300 -0.8210 GALILS Commanded: 1628657. 1548191. 1574528. -3900. -8750. Actual: 1628650. 1548200. 1574500. -3900. -8750. SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 0.00 -25.00 0.00 146.27 SecOrient: 1257.01 -0.01 -25.00 0.26 146.56 ---=== PROBLEMS IN DETAIL ===--- Below are the misc Watcher messages: altitude (Windscreen touched in altitude: UP (2003-10-26 23:21:54Z sdssmcp): 2003-10-26 23:22:04Z) dewar (Imager Dewar Low Weight:Spectro Dewar Low Weight:Imager Dewar Scale Communications Fault:Spectro Dewar Scale Communications Fault: 2003-10-26 22:31:02Z ) m1 temp (Excessive M1 - PMSS Temperature Differential:Excessive Telescope - Ambient Temperature Differential:Excessive Temperature Radial Gradient:Excessive Front-Back Temperature Differential:Excessive Front-Back Temperature Differential:Excessive Front-Back Temperature Differential:Excessive Front-Back Temperature Differential:Excessive Front-Back Temperature Differential: 2003-10-26 22:31:02Z) m1 mig (Communications Fault: 2003-10-26 22:31:02Z) tmicro (Disconnected Sensor in M2B7:Disconnected Sensor in M2B6:Disconnected Sensor in M2B5:Disconnected Sensor in M2B4:Disconnected Sensor in M2B3:Disconnected Sensor in M2B2:Disconnected Sensor in M2B1:Disconnected Sensor in M2B0:Disconnected Sensor in M1B7:Disconnected Sensor in M1B6:Disconnected Sensor in M1B5:Disconnected Sensor in M1B4:Disconnected Sensor in M1B3:Disconnected Sensor in M1B2:Disconnected Sensor in M1B1:Disconnected Sensor in M1B0:Disconnected Sensor in M0B7:Disconnected Sensor in M0B6:Disconnected Sensor in M0B5:Disconnected Sensor in M0B4:Disconnected Sensor in M0B3:Disconnected Sensor in M0B2:Disconnected Sensor in M0B1:Disconnected Sensor in M0B0:Communications Fault: 2003-10-26 22:31:02Z ) Text="failed to move one or more axes":AxisNoTrack:"TTT" (2003-10-27 00:19:33Z) m2 galil (Communications Fault: 2003-10-26 22:31:02Z) Modu="axe i SchMove" (2003-10-27 00:19:56Z) Modu="axe o Init" (2003-10-27 00:19:56Z) Modu="prt ReadReplySet" (2003-10-27 00:19:33Z) Modu="exe Track" (2003-10-27 00:19:56Z) m2 temp (Excessive Temperature Radial Gradient:Excessive Front-Back Temperature Differential:Excessive Front-Back Temperature Differential:Excessive Front-Back Temperature Differential:Excessive Front-Back Temperature Differential:Excessive Front-Back Temperature Differential: 2003-10-26 22:31:02Z ) ca (Channel Access Failure: TPM Down?: 2003-10-26 22:30:42Z) m1 galil (Communications Fault: 2003-10-26 22:31:02Z) env temp (Excessive Lower - Ambient Temperature Differential:Excessive Return - Ambient Temperature Differential:Excessive Floor - Ambient Temperature Differential:2003-10-26 22:31:02Z ) m2 mig (Communications Fault: 2003-10-26 22:31:02Z) Modu="prt ReadMatch" (2003-10-26 22:26:39Z) Modu="prt Init Forth" (2003-10-26 22:26:39Z) AxisStat:rot (out_closed_loop amp_bad stop_in: 2003-10-26 22:22:33Z) AxisStat:az (out_closed_loop amp_bad stop_in: 2003-10-26 22:22:33Z) AxisStat:alt (out_closed_loop amp_bad stop_in bump_up_ccw_sticky: 2003-10-26 22:22:33Z) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The spectro #s numbers are listed below, and the Amb_temp was 4.5 degrees C. IDL> collimate, 22936 Reading /data/spectro/52939/sdR-b1-00022936.fit SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 2 = 3.67649 DN (5-sig clip) SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 3 = 2.83997 DN (5-sig clip) Reading /data/spectro/52939/sdR-b1-00022937.fit SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 2 = 3.63459 DN (5-sig clip) SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 3 = 2.83541 DN (5-sig clip) COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.66 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.51 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.29 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.01 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -0.5 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-52939-b1-00022936.log PostScript file = Collimate-52939-b1-00022936.ps Reading /data/spectro/52939/sdR-b2-00022936.fit SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 2 = 3.80907 DN (5-sig clip) SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 3 = 3.34277 DN (5-sig clip) Reading /data/spectro/52939/sdR-b2-00022937.fit SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 2 = 3.81199 DN (5-sig clip) SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 3 = 3.33509 DN (5-sig clip) COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.35 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.27 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.14 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = 0.04 pix COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -1.3 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: (if red is already in focus) Log file = Collimate-52939-b2-00022936.log PostScript file = Collimate-52939-b2-00022936.ps Reading /data/spectro/52939/sdR-r1-00022936.fit SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 2 = 3.83754 DN (5-sig clip) SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 3 = 3.82541 DN (5-sig clip) Reading /data/spectro/52939/sdR-r1-00022937.fit SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 2 = 3.81679 DN (5-sig clip) SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 3 = 3.81798 DN (5-sig clip) COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.46 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.21 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.19 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.15 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1350 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp1; mechPiston 1350" Log file = Collimate-52939-r1-00022936.log PostScript file = Collimate-52939-r1-00022936.ps Reading /data/spectro/52939/sdR-r2-00022936.fit SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 2 = 4.31962 DN (5-sig clip) SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 3 = 3.89368 DN (5-sig clip) Reading /data/spectro/52939/sdR-r2-00022937.fit SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 2 = 4.31565 DN (5-sig clip) SDSSPROC: Std. dev. in bias region for amp# 3 = 3.87478 DN (5-sig clip) COLLIMATE: Min offset = -0.61 pix COLLIMATE: Max offset = 0.16 pix COLLIMATE: RMS across CCD = 0.16 pix COLLIMATE: Mean offset = -0.12 pix COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1091 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue SOP command: "sp2; mechPiston 1091" Log file = Collimate-52939-r2-00022936.log PostScript file = Collimate-52939-r2-00022936.ps IDL> ---------------------------------------------------------- Below is the TB that I got while setting up my SOP session. can't read "gFiber(2,mag,0)": no such element in array while executing "lappend mag $gFiber($i,mag,$j)..." ("loop" body line 2) invoked from within "loop j 0 5 { lappend mag $gFiber($i,mag,$j) lappend objId $gFiber($i,objId,$j) }" ("loop" body line 12) invoked from within "loop i 1 12 { if {![info exists gFiber(gprobe,$i,exists)]} { continue } puts $outFile "pluginfo " nonewline ..." (procedure "writePlugInfo" line 7) invoked from within "writePlugInfo 0" (procedure "loadCartridge" line 281) invoked from within "loadCartridge -latest $cart $plate" (procedure "GUIloadCart" line 26) invoked from within "GUIloadCart $GUIcart $GUIplate" invoked from within ".sgui.loadcart.button invoke" ("uplevel" body line 1) invoked from within "uplevel #0 [list $w invoke]" invoked from within "if {($w == $tkPriv(window)) && ([$w cget -state] != "disabled")} { uplevel #0 [list $w invoke] }" invoked from within "if {$w == $tkPriv(buttonWindow)} { set tkPriv(buttonWindow) "" $w config -relief $tkPriv(relief) if {($w == $tkPriv(window)) && ([$w cget -state] ..." 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