From ops@s2mass.ctio.noao.edu Thu May 14 12:22:45 1998 Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 11:43:17 GMT From: 2MASS Operations Manager To: skrutski@north.phast.umass.edu, stiening@cannon.phast.umass.edu, ehwd@kutath.phast.umass.edu, osaa@ctios1.ctio.noao.edu, gbrehmer@ctios1.ctio.noao.edu, roc@ipac.caltech.edu, davy@ipac.caltech.edu, pugarte@ctios1.ctio.noao.edu, bouchet@ctiowf.ctio.noao.edu, gizis@stratford.phast.umass.edu 2MASS South Observing Log for Night # 440 (May 14/98 UT) Observer: J.Vasquez Weather Conditions: 23:00 The sky is clear all, but is high humidity (98%) 00:05 Clear all, the humidity is decrease now is 84% 01:00 Clear 02:30 The sky is clear all 03:30 Clear 05:00 Clear 06:45 Clear 07:23 The night is total clear 08:04 Clear absolutely 09:10 Clear all 10:24 Clear Moon phase: Waning gibbous with 91% of the moon's visible disk iluminated Eyeball quality estimates: 23:00 Photometric 00:05 Photometric 01:00 Photometric 02:30 Photometric 03:30 Photometric 05:00 Photometric 06:30 Photometric 07:23 Photometric 08:04 Photometric 09:10 Photometric 10:24 Photometric Notes: Observation tonight is: "must -observe tiles" (omega Cen) - The SI2MASS is !crashes! because the lights of the electronic camera Control/Data Interface are stop, then execute again (option #9) of the Script menu, and restart the program in S2MASS and SI2MASS. - El SI2MASS esta !pegado! porque las luces de la Camara Electronica Control/Data Interface estan detenidas, entonces se ejecuta de nuevo (opcion #9) del menu Script, y se restaura el programa en S2MASS y SI2MASS. - In SI2MASS tonigth is in use "oscript" - When the lights of the control/data interface is good,the SI2MASS is failure also. (something up with the script?. !what's up!) - Is curious, from the 05:49 in forward, the program in SI2MASS is working perfect, so... GMT Scan Comment 22:30 Closed Dome, because the humidity = 98% 22:30 Turn on the Fan 22:35 Camara filled in 3 minutes 22:40 Cts= -190 all 23:00 Waiting what the humidity is decrease 00:08 tt=10.4 focus=1010 00:16 Tur off the Fan 00:18 001 tt=9.9 bkg=549,2555,1845 ht=8.7 at=8.9 h=48 00:26 003 In this scan the program in SI2MASS is crashes, now re-boot the computer and restart the observation 00:32 007 SI2MASS is crashes again, replan and restart the observing 01:47 010 tt=7.8 bkg=449,2207,1766 ht=5.8 at=7.8 h=45 02:18 015 !OH! in this scan is visible a big estelar system, what screen cover, ( possible globular cumulu) 02:19 016 tt=7.7 bkg=450,2373,1686 ht=5.7 at=7.6 h=46 02:40 019 tt=7.6 bkg=380,1947,1544 ht=5.7 at=7.1 h=46 02:46 019 seeing H-band bkg variations, is possibly some moon reflection 02:56 026 tt=7.4 bkg=458,2536,1692 ht=5.8 at=7.0 h=47 03:32 SI2Mass is !crashes! again, re-boot SI2mass, replan and restart 03:50 035 tt=7.0 bkg=315,1505,1436 ht=5.9 at=7.0 h=48 04:21 041 tt=6.9 bkg=301,1429,1411 ht=6.2 at=6.8 h=49 04:47 SI2mass is !crashes! again, replan and restart 05:02 050 tt=6.8 bkg=360,1829,1549 ht=6.0 at=6.9 h=45 05:15 055 tt=6.8 bkg=361,1763,1513 ht=5.8 at=7.0 h=43 05:40 058 Definitively the "Script" of the SI2MASS is bad, this stop !crashes! every one or two scan. 05:49 062 tt=6.9 bkg=474,2474,1751 ht=6.5 at=6.8 h=43 06:36 072 tt=6.6 bkg=497,2551,1723 ht=4.8 at=6.6 h=47 07:05 076 tt=6.4 bkg=528,2722,1778 ht=4.5 at=6.4 h=46 07:12 076 H-band bkg variation 07:23 082 tt=6.3 bkg=627,3315,2101 ht=4.5 at=6.4 h=46 08:04 089 tt=6.0 bkg=514,2305,1705 ht=4.5 at=6.3 h=46 08:35 098 tt=6.0 bkg=490,2136,1654 ht=4.5 at=6.3 h=45 09:10 103 tt=6.0 bkg=527,2522,1714 ht=4.7 at=6.3 h=44 09:41 112 tt=5.9 bkg=571,2691,1809 ht=4.4 at=6.3 h=44 10:24 118 tt=5.7 bkg=603,2788,1856 ht=3.9 at=6.3 h=43 10:39 124 tt=5.6 bkg=592,2681,1822 ht=3.9 at=6.3 h=41 10:43 125 Twilight Flat tt=5.6 ht=4.0 at=6.3 h=40 11:26 Cts= -190 all 11:27 130 Dark Frame 11:40 Camara Filled in 3 minutes The data tape was written in COMPRESS format