SpeX Observing Log Date 20020818 UT Telescope IRTF Observers Deming, Harrington (remote), w/ Paul Sears (TO), Bus (support) Weather Directory duke:/scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/2002-08-18/ IRTFmacros /home/bigdog/macro/bigdog (link /home/guest04/bdmac) jhmacros /scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/macros NASA IRTF Hale Pohaku: (808) 974-4213 HP Dining: (808) 935-7606 Summit: (808) 974-4209, -4210 Summit spkr: (808) 974-4211 Hilo: (808) 932-2300 Bobby Bus: (808) 895-8830 cell (808) 933-2894 home (808) 932-2371 office Jeremy cell: (301) 442-1326 Remote observing with SpeX: http://irtf.ifa.hawaii.edu/userSupport/remote_obs/spex_ssh.html gt5 ssh bigdog.ifa.hawaii.edu -l guest04 startdv & gt5 ssh bigdog.ifa.hawaii.edu -l guest04 bigdogxui & gt5 ssh guidedog.ifa.hawaii.edu -l guest04 startdv & gt5 ssh guidedog.ifa.hawaii.edu -l guest04 guidedogxui & gt5 ssh stefan.ifa.hawaii.edu -l guest04 tcs1_status & gt5 ssh tt@mother.ifa.hawaii.edu ttconx & #(this is slow) #click lower run #in new window, pull down position, HEXAPOD Z=-1.5500 dome temp is 4C, starting focus -1.2. # close position window # type to expect> prompt z=-1.2 # this moves the focus to stefan (directory is actually on duke): cd ln -s /home/bigdog/macro/bigdog bdmac cd /scrs1 mkdir -p jh/2002-IRTF/{2002-08-18,2002-08-19,2002-08-26,2002-09-02}/{bigdog,guidedog} chmod -R 775 jh chmod 777 jh/2002-IRTF/{2002-08-18,2002-08-19,2002-08-26,2002-09-02}/{bigdog,guidedog} mkdir -p /scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/macros chmod -R 775 /scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/macros oobleck: cd ~/ast/esp01/data mkdir 2002-IRTF/{2002-08-18,2002-08-19,2002-08-26,2002-09-02}/{bigdog,guidedog} cd 2002-IRTF chmod -R 775 * chmod -R 777 */* Need to install rsync on guest04. ftp rsync.samba.org jh@ cd /pub/rsync/binaries/Solaris bin hash get rsync-2.5.5.Solaris251.sparc.tar.gz quit gunzip -c rsync-2.5.5.Solaris251.sparc.tar.gz | tar xpf - rsync -aHS --delete guest04@duke.ifa.hawaii.edu:/scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/2002-08-18/\* /u2/jh/ast/esp01/data/2002-IRTF/2002-08-18 & rsync -aHS --delete guest04@duke.ifa.hawaii.edu:/scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/macros /u2/jh/ast/esp01/data/2002-IRTF & rsync -aHSvvn --delete guest04@duke.ifa.hawaii.edu:/scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF /u2/jh/ast/esp01/data & It works. Setting up passwordless. I'm2IRTFpw! guest04 password is co-I's first name, lc Sat Aug 17 20:02:55 HST 2002 Go to a star for focus. BIGDOG: set observers: Deming, Harrington (remote), w/ Paul Sears (TO), Bus (support) directory: /scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/2002-08-18/bigdog prefix: big GPStime support checked mirror: out shutter: open OS filter: open dichroic: open slit: 0.5"x15" grating: ShortXD In GUIDEDOG: set observers: Deming, Harrington (remote), w/ Paul Sears (TO), Bus (support) directory: /scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/2002-08-18/guidedog prefix: guide GPStime support checked guidedog dv: box star w/ middle button, zoom setup->div by divisor WANT: 2000 max for nonlinear focus star is SAO 84797 set range -1000 to 1700 coadd 4 cycles 100 z -1.4 548 556 836 975 899 z -1.3 z -1.25 z -1.2 z -1.15 z -1.1 606 978 1187 927 1160 these look good, leave there z -1.0 787 1320 1267 739 869 z -0.8 577 502 consistent boomerang shape Some haze around the moon, seeing varying a lot. Measure seeing: itime 0.5 coadd 20 cycles 1 cuts: select frame 1 buffer: A display type: xlinecut draw line with shift-middle set endpoint from line gaussian fit 5.6*0.12"=0.67 seeing! dome temp 3.7C Dome encoder not working, moving will be slow. HD 210483: 22 10 26.16 +18 47 49.6 move object get image in guider xui: click auto guidbox setup middle right side draw line in image with shift middle from star to center of top (A) guidebox DV: TCS offset, offset telescope slow.gd itime .24 coadd 6 go: starts to guide, sets on slit *=saturated in display z -1.3 focus gainXY 0.4 0.4 Keep parallactic angle: parallactic angle: -79.32 click sync position angle to parallactic angle xui: click auto guidbox setup middle right side DV: TCS Offset tab spectrum: saturation 7000 linear 4000 -- keep to 3000 in case seeing gets good should nod often enough to get good sky-line subtraction, no longer than 2 min itime 15 coadd 4 cycle 2 (ABBA) an ABBA quad should take 8 min Sat Aug 17 21:35:26 HST 2002 time: 0.51 sec pedestal 15 sec 30*0.51 sec ndr ask Paul to update crosshair position if guider doesn't get it between objects: guider off, move, get dome temp?, parallactic angle, autoguidebox?, guider on (stopped turning guider off at end of night, worked, saved time) ?=if needed Time is HST because that's easy to get with the date command. file object itime coadd cycle time(HST) airmass comment big0001 HD 210483 15 1 2 21:38:36 1.393 big0005 HD 210483 15 4 2 21:55:49 guider off cal_sxd_0.5 22:06:03 move, parallactic angle, autoguidebox, guider on big0017 HD 209458 22:13:05 1.21 big0021 HD 210483 22:23:01 1.20 didn't update autoguidebox setup something wrong, can't see star...went to wrong star dome 2.8C, focus still -1.3 big0025 HD 209458 22:41:55 1.128 big0029 HD 210483 22:52:22 1.12 wind 6.8 MPH E temp 2.7C hum 50% steady tau 0.22 visually clear z -1.35 focus no, flared... z -1.3 guider off, move, get dome temp check focus and PSF move 5" too bright to focus going to focus star unsaved 9thmag 0.24 40 1 too bright unsaved 9thmag 0.5 20 1 FEII filter z -1.5 focus seeing: 7.5 pix return to J guider filter parallactic angle, autoguidebox, guider on big0033 HD 209458 15 4 2 23:18:18 1.058 guider off cal_sxd_0.5 23:26:33 big0045 HD 210483 15 4 2 23:30:46 1.047 big0049 HD 209458 15 4 2 big0053 HD 210483 15 4 2 23:51:01 1.026 big0057 HD 209458 15 4 2 00:00:31 1.013 guider off cal_sxd_0.5 00:08:48 move, get dome temp, parallactic angle, autoguidebox, guider on dome temp 2.2C big0069 HD 210483 15 4 2 00:12:43 1.010 possible dome vignetting (moon up) skip this set? big0073 HD 209458 15 4 2 00:22:59 1.002 big0077 HD 210483 15 4 2 00:33:39 1.001 big0081 HD 209458 15 4 2 00:45:36 1.000 reset autoguider crosshairs cirrus on horizon dome temp 2.1C big0085 HD 210483 15 4 2 00:57:20 1.001 big0089 HD 209458 15 4 2 01:09:31 1.008 reset autoguider crosshairs cal_sxd_0.5 01:17:47 dome temp 2.1C big0101 HD 210483 15 4 2 01:21:58 1.011 big0105 HD 209458 15 4 2 01:31:49 big0109 HD 210483 15 4 2 01:41:03 1.027 big0113 HD 209458 15 4 2 01:50:50 1.046 big0117 HD 210483 15 4 2 02:00:21 1.050 cal_sxd_0.5 02:08:38 big0129 HD 209458 15 4 2 02:12:26 1.080 big0133 HD 209458 15 4 2 02:22:08 1.099 no slew, object wrong in header big0137 HD 209458 15 4 2 02:32:40 1.123 big0141 HD 210483 15 4 2 02:42:30 1.128 big0145 HD 209458 15 4 2 02:52:06 1.173 big0149 HD 210483 15 4 2 03:01:38 1.180 big0153 HD 209458 15 4 2 03:11:18 1.237 big0157 HD 210483 15 4 2 03:24:55 1.261 dome temp 1.7C big0161 HD 209458 15 4 2 03:34:32 1.335 cal_sxd_0.5 03:42:47 big0173 HD 210483 15 4 2 03:46:37 1.360 big0177 HD 209458 15 4 2 03:56:32 1.456 big0181 HD 210483 15 4 2 04:06:01 1.471 dome temp 1.7C z -1.55 maybe a little better wind NE 4 MPH hum 40% outside 4.3C big0185 HD 209458 15 4 2 04:15:41 1.594 cal_sxd_0.5 04:23:58 big0197 HD 210483 15 4 2 04:27:52 1.635 big0201 HD 209458 15 4 2 04:37:22 1.797 big0205 HD 210483 15 4 2 04:48:37 1.840 z -1.45 focus for flop test - donut, too far dome temp 1.7C FeII filter 5" N itime 2 coadd 5 z -1.75 focus FWHM 5pix=0.5" 1.6um big0209 HD 209458 15 4 2 05:10:26 2.266 big0213 HD 210483 15 4 2 05:19:54 2.311 05:28:36 moving to zenith, guider off dome temp 1.7F linprep.spex linear.spex 05:48:28 End of night: ABBA set with deliberately bad seeing - done linearity test with incandescent lamp lamps off mirror in shutter closed os blank kill all windows cd /scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/2002-08-18 chmod 755 * cd /scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/macros chmod 644 * transfer logs to IRTF directory and final data transfer to oobleck: glup: cd ~jh/ast/esp01/data/2002-IRTF tooob logs oobleck: rsync -aHS logs guest04@duke.ifa.hawaii.edu:/scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF rsync -aHS --delete guest04@duke.ifa.hawaii.edu:/scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF ~jh/ast/esp01/data & Tomorrow: "Warm body" is Seana Fenner No parallactic angle adjustment at airmass less than 1.01. between objects: move, get dome temp?, parallactic angle, autoguidebox? ?=if needed Observing report form: Gaussfit across slit image auto sync rotator and correct acquisition crosshairs guidebox disappears yellow on white numbers: lost data! 2D gaussfit /home/guest04/rsync-2.5.5.Solaris251.sparc.tar.gz http://rsync.samba.org/