SpeX Observing Log (copied from Joe's previous log (08-26))

Date		20020902 UT
Telescope	IRTF
Observers	Richardson w/ Dave Greip (TO)
Directory	duke:/scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/2002-09-02

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
KeckII wai.  (808) 881-3880

Arrived ~6pm

Clouds forming...
rel hum: ~17%

*** Started all windows as directed

----don't know exactly what all this is; I started the gui's
xterm -sl 3000 -sb -display :0.1 &
ssh bigdog.ifa.hawaii.edu -l guest04
startdv &

xterm -sl 3000 -sb -display :0.1 &
ssh bigdog.ifa.hawaii.edu -l guest04
bigdogxui  &

xterm -sl 3000 -sb &
ssh guidedog.ifa.hawaii.edu -l guest04
startdv &

xterm -sl 3000 -sb &
ssh guidedog.ifa.hawaii.edu -l guest04
guidedogxui &

xterm -sl 3000 -sb &
ssh stefan.ifa.hawaii.edu -l guest04
tcs1_status &

xterm -sl 3000 -sb &
ssh tt@mother.ifa.hawaii.edu
wai!mea
ttconx &
----

*** Ran array_init macro for both bigdog and guidedog

BIGDOG XUI:
set observers:	Richardson w/ Greip (TO)
directory:	/scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/2002-09-02/bigdog
prefix:		big
macrodir:	/scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/macros
GPStime support checked
mirror:		out
shutter:	open
OS filter:	open
dichroic:	open
slit:		0.5"x15"
grating:	ShortXD
NDR		2
slow count	6
itime		15
coadd		4
cycle		2
bigdog dv:
setup->div by divisor
WANT: 4000 max for nonlinear

GUIDEDOG XUI:
set observers:	Harrington, w/ Sears (TO)
directory:	/scrs1/jh/2002-IRTF/2002-08-26/guidedog
prefix:		guide
GPStime support checked
NDR		5
slow count	8
guidedog dv:
box star w/ middle button, zoom
setup->div by divisor
WANT: 2000 max for nonlinear

bigdog:
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

guidedog:
stay below 2000
update every 1.5 sec when guiding
for guiding on either prog or cal, 0.25, 6, 1
for FWHM, do 10 sec total integration


Sun Sep 01 

Mon Sep 02 5:00 UT 

focus star 7.2 mag A0
SAO 102935
??set range -1000 to 1700
z -1.4
itime 0.5
coadd 4
cycles 100
-1.2 bad
-1.3 2370 2512
-1.4 1942 2556
-1.5 785 800
-1.35 2647 3187 looks best
-1.38 best
(Dave focussed)
Seeing:
itime 0.5
coadd 4
cycle 100
5.1*0.12"=" seeing

*** reminding myself how everything works...

*** other notes
Dome T = 3.9 C

*** Do one of Drake's tests on "flopping"
FRAME 	OBJECT		ITIME	COADD	CYCLE	TIME(UT)	AIRMASS
big0001 sao 102935	15	4	4	5:35		1.012
big0008 		15	4	2	5:41		1.014	SLIT0.8
big0013 					5:46		1.107	SLIT1.6
big0017								NO GUIDING
								obj gone
big0020						5:57		OUT OF FOCUS
								z -1.60
----------------------------
now ready for real data
move to 210483

flat0025cal_sxd_0.5				6:05		1.640
arc0030
guide on
itime 0.25
coadd 6
sync parallactic angle

big0033	HD210483	15	4	2	6:14		1.561
big0037	HD209458				6:20		forgot to 
								change objname
***reset crosshairs (way off after rotating slit)
big0041	HD210483				6:29		1.455
big0045 HD209458
big0049 HD210483
big0053 HD209458				6:44		1.338
big0057 HD210483				6:50		1.339
big0060 HD209458				6:55		1.284
flat0065 cal_sxd_0.5				7:04
arc0071

***parameters did not reset after cal macro
big0073 HD210483	15	4	2	7:11		1.249

***Actually, the cal macro is what failed...
	Lost last arc file; need to repeat cal macro

flat0077 cal_sxd_0.5				7:15
arc0082

big0085 HD209458				7:18		1.197
big0089 HD210483				7:23		1.205
big0093	HD209458				7:28		1.167
big0097 HD210483				7:33		1.173
big0101 HD209458				7:38		1.139

***check focus
z -1.40
z -1.45	3046 2500
z -1.50	3251 2547
z -1.43
z -1.7  bad
z -1.47 2783
z -1.50 seems to give lowest fwhm
seeing:
fwhm = 7.7
7. *0.12 = 
*** Gave up on caring about focus; probably not optimized; shouldn't affect us

*** Got distracted by phone---check RA in fits header to figure out which object I was looking at for the following two abbas

big0105	HD210483 CHECK OBJECT!			8:04		1.083
big0109 HD209458 CHECK OBJECT!			8:09		1.087
big0113 HD209458
flat0117 cal_sxd_0.5				8:19
arc0122

big0125	HD210483				8:23		1.063
big0129 HD209458

*** Changed coadds to 8 --ooops, should have started like this

big0133 HD210483	15	8	2	8:34		1.047
big0137	HD209458		8		8:43		1.028

dome T = 4.4 C

big0141 HD210483				8:52		1.026
big0145 HD209458				9:02		1.012

move to comp
*** quick focus check
z -1.3
z -1.4 -best
z -1.5
z -1.6
z -1.7
z -1.47 ***
fwhm = 5.55

ready for cal
flat0149 cal_sxd_0.5				9:19
arc0154

***stop syncing with parallactic angle

big0157	HD210483				9:22		1.005
big0161 HD209458				9:31		1.001
big0165 HD210483				9:41		1.000
big0169	Hd209458				9:50		1.000
big0173	HD210483				9:59		1.001

*** resume syncing with parallactic angle
big0177 HD209458				10:10		1.008

relative humidity = 8.9%
dome T = 4.4 C
low winds

move to comp
*** cal macro failed again; don't know why
flat0181 cal_sxd_0.5				10:23
arc0186

big0189	HD210483	15	8	2	10:26		1.014
big0193 HD209458				10:35		1.027
big0197 HD210483				10:44		1.029
big0201 HD209458				10:53		1.049
big0205 HD210483				11:02		1.051
big0209 HD209458				11:12		1.078

move to comp, time for cal macro
flat0213 cal_sxd_0.5				11:22
arc0218
big0221	HD210483				11:24		1.087

*** quick chekc of focus--looked pretty bad
z -1.6
fwhm = 6.36, 5.7
slightly better, image is smaller
dome T = 3.1 C

big0225	HD209458				11:38		1.133
big0229 HD210483				11:47		1.138
big0233 HD209458				11:56		1.184
big0237 HD210483				12:06		1.190
*** time for cal macro
flat0241 cal_sxd_0.5				12:15
arc0246
big0249	HD209458				12:18		1.258
big0253 HD210483				12:27		1.266
big0257 HD209458				12:37		1.342
big0261 HD210483				12:46		1.354
big0265 HD209458				12:59		1.472
big0269 HD210483				13:09		1.484
*** time for cal macro
flat0273 cal_sxd_0.5				13:18
arc0278

*** check focus--image looks bad
set to z -1.73
slightly better, image is smaller
fwhm = 6.09 (vertical cut not as good)

big0281	HD209458	15	8	2	13:26		1.672
big0285	HD210483				13:35		1.693
big0289	HD209458				13:44		1.870
big0293	HD210483				13:54		1.895
big0297 HD209458				14:04		2.139
big0301 HD210483				14:13		2.176
big0305 HD209458				14:22		2.500
big0309	HD210483				14:32		2.548
** may have lost the last ab pair; star has almost disappeared

***final cal macro
flat0313 cal_sxd_0.5
arc0318

*** move back to zenith
*** pick a star near zenith: 8.5 mag G0--SAO 75739
*** Persistence test
big0321	SAO75539	15	8	2	14:46		1.000
big0325 "		15	8	1	14:55		A beam only
*** wait 2 min
big0326			15	8	1	15:00		B beam only
*** wait 2 min
big0327			15	8	1	15:04		B beam only
*** wait 2 min
big0328			15	8	1	15:08		A beam only

*** Dark frames
shutter closed
dichroic open (as before)
os filt open (as before)
others same as before

dark0329		15	1	4	
***oops still set at A only; repeat
dark0333		15	1	4	15:13
dark0341		30	1	2	15:15
dark0345		60	1	2	15:18
dark0349		120	1	2	15:22?

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start linear.spex
lin0353

Going down, linear.spex is still running.

*** Complete copying of data to dosequis
temporary directory is /data3/jeremy/irtf_tmp/
Drake will move these to the permanent directory later (I don't have permission to write to these directories)

At HP, macro has finished.
lamps off
mirror in
shutter closed
os blank
kill all windows - remotely logged into bigdog and kill -HUP bigdogxui
*** I couldn't figure out which processes to kill.  Eventually I killed the wrong one and destroyed the display I was using.  Now there are no "old" processes running, so I guess the ones at the summit have been destroyed.  I may not be sure about the processes running at the summit, but I am sure the instrument was left in the proper shutdown configuration.