2011 March 09 UT Technical Night.

Plan

To be done:

• Check the Z4/Z11 relation now that the abovementioned changes have been made.
  • Run dofpia with stringent limit criteria: dofpia, BlueLimit=10, RedLimit=10
  • When convergence to the usual limits is reached: (z4,z5,z6, z11 <~ 250nm, z7,z8 <~ 400nm and z22 <~50nm) and the converged pupil image is reading out, send Z11 = +/- 1000nm. Note the before/after image numbers and allow a few more iterations, until it appears reasonably well-converged.
• Blue filter focus offsets need to be remeasured after this change to BlueZ22Zero.
• Redetermine the matrix elements M13 (Z4/Z22; currently 8.0) and M23 (Z11/Z22, currently 3.0):
  • Follow above steps to check Z4/Z11 relation, but when the converged pupil image is reading out, send Z22 = +/- 200nm.
• Astigmatism has appeared to be oscillating in recent logs. Change AstigScale by about 60% (from 220 to 130) and test this change.

Log

Ran Skyflat Scaling OBs

Problem with SX: actuator force violated.

• 23000 and xxxxx are with collimation model
• 23142 and 23144 are with +1500 nm Z11 to see if SX forces are being applied despite error messages about actuators.
• Comparing 23000 and 23142 - Z11 did have an effect, so actuator forces are being applied.

Pointing - We were going to slew to a pointing star (ACT 284 but I mistyped 248). Andrew sent Z11 = -1500nm and SX panicked.

• Rebooted VXWorks and brought mirror back up. The scrolling "actuator force violated" messages stopped after this -

Pointing/Co-Pointing check

• ACT284
• Run dofpia here. Now we have BlueZ22Zero=1.8, Blue M12 element = -1.75 and Z4/Z11 in sendsph3 = -1.75
• 030809/030805 B/R images. Didn't notice R image coming up.
• 031157/031154. lbcrangebal

FPIA tests at ra=05:01 dec=+27:

• Seeing is above BadSeeingLimit.
• 20:24 send Z11 = +1000nm. 032527/032528 were taken immediately after. Converged again in <= 5 iterations (depending on criteria - seeing is 1.5-2").
• 033225 was converged (or one after convergence) and sent +1000nm Z11. Seeing is varying a lot from 1.1 to 1.5 or 2. Letting dofpia run.
• Stop with "S"
• dofpia,/X2,BlueLimit=10,RedLimit=10 to see if we get more consistent results with longer exposure times. 0359...are the first B/R images with 32sec OBs.
• after 42711 and 42713 sent Z11 = +1000nm.
• field was down to 46 deg, seeing was actually stabilizing... need to move to higher elevation field

FPIA tests at M67: ra=08:50:24 dec=+11:49:00

• Seeing was initially 0.95 but is drifting up to about 1.4-1.5"

Going to lbcrangebal at nearby pointing star,

• Slew to WT10_254.
• dofpia, X2 /newdata/lbcb.20110309.045916.fits is a poor fit
  • notice that Blue appears to converge to a non-aberrated pupil and backs out very little at the end while Red converges to a spherically aberrated pupil and backs out ~-500 Z11 and +800 Z4 at the end.
• lbcrangebal:

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          Old      Delta      New
       -------   -------   -------
   CE  -43.245     3.211   -40.034
   CA -132.238    -0.602  -132.840

Back to M67

• dofpia, X2, RedLimit=10, BlueLimit=10
• send -1000 Z11 to Blue, to Red (failed because state not idle...although pupils look like they have -1000nm Z11) - this was after 051436/051435.

   194    236    -12     -8    -95    -66     -3    y  1.31  0.14                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.051435.fits  V-BESSEL
   404    -60   -166   -344     66    438     11    y  1.46  0.37                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.051609.fits  V-BESSEL

   187    -59   -141     58      6    -57     -4    y  1.11  0.13                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.051436.fits  r-SLOAN 
   -50   -103    332   -237     29    535      0    y  1.25  0.38                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.051611.fits  r-SLOAN 

• send -1000 Z11 to Blue, Red after 052740/052739

Work on Blue Z11 (because at the moment it is converging to a non-aberrated pupil)

• determine we want to change SphZero and SphRedCorrection (to compensate since SphZero is not B/R sided).
• Add +500 to SphOff and subtract 500 from SphRedCorr to give SphOff=588, SphRedCorrection=-275.
• Run dofpia with these changes: good.
• Now change BlueFinalZ11 by -500: from old value of +400 to -100.

 -1050      0      0      0      0    600      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
   820    311    -56     43    -13   -235    -26    y  1.12  0.38                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.055548.fits  V-BESSEL
  -171   -225     98    -32    -95     14     13    y  1.14  0.13                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.055727.fits  V-BESSEL
   876      0      0      0      0   -500      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment  
           
  -875      0      0      0      0    500      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
   109   -232     67     12    -40    -22      0    y  0.94  0.12                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.055545.fits  r-SLOAN 
    63    108   -138     29    -20    -29     -9    y  0.94  0.10                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.055729.fits  r-SLOAN 
   709      0      0      0      0   -405      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             

• Notice after this change that the Z4 on Blu e is consistently positive on first iteration, ~400 nm. We change FocusAlphaBlue from 78 to 79.
• New dofpia run starts with 061136/061133.

Work on BlueZ22Zero, which was 1.6 (before December 2010), changed to 2.3 in December, and earlier tonight was 1.8. Just now we put it back to 1.6.

• Both Red /Blue converge well.

 -1050      0      0      0      0    600      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
   681    102    124    -80     21   -110    -29    y  1.28  0.29                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.063321.fits  V-BESSEL
  -236   -205   -112    -27     85     22    -10    y  1.26  0.15                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.063501.fits  V-BESSEL
  -184   -134    -80     18    -52     67      0    y  1.29  0.13                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.063640.fits  V-BESSEL
   962      0      0      0      0   -549      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             

  -875      0      0      0      0    500      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
   566    -22    227   -113     20    -81      3    y  0.81  0.26                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.063318.fits  r-SLOAN 
   -85     90   -166    164     16     -2      5    y  0.78  0.13                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.063502.fits  r-SLOAN 
    47    -47     93    -85      7     25     12    y  0.83  0.10                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.063641.fits  r-SLOAN 
   642      0      0      0      0   -366      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             

• Extra/Intra focal pairs now: RB_rVexin4.ob 064035/064032 and 064106/064119

Looks like we got sphOffset wrong. Extra-focal pupil has large +ve Spherical (Z11) and Intra-focal has little hole.

• Run dofpia to converge and Andrew sends a Z11 = -250nm again. Run RB_rVexin4.ob now to take extra/intra focal pupil images:

065446/065443 and 065537/065530. inext_m250.jpg

• Run dofpia to converge and Andrew sends Z11 = -750nm. Next images are Ex/In focal pupils: 070858/070853 and 070947/070942
• change SphRedCorrection from -275 to +225 (original value)
• Run dofpia
• sent Z11 = -1000nm and take Ex/In-Focal pupils: 072550/072548 and 072639/072635
• sent also now Z22 = -200nm and take Ex/In-Focal pupils: 072820/072909 and 07820/72910
• Run dofpia
• Give Z11 = -1000nm and Z22 = +200nm.
• Ex/In-Focal pupils: 074407/074405 and 074455/074454
• Run dofpia
• Z11 = -500nm
• Ex/In-Focal pupils 075827/075824 and 075916/075913
• We changed SphRedCorrection from 225 to -25 and then ran dofpia
• Ex/In-Focal pupils (this generates another "reference" set with this new SphRedCorrection. 082235/082237 and 082324/082324
• Gave -500 nm Z11 and took Ex/In-Focal pupils 082646/082646 and 082740/082735

Slewing to new target: M53 RA=13:13 and DEC=18:25, elevation of M67 had dropped to 40, elevation 71 deg.

• Ran dofpia twice:

 -1050      0      0      0      0    600      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
  1304    793    -15    541    -99   -444   -100    y  0.94  0.68                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.083835.fits  V-BESSEL
   119    278    266   -272   -103   -114     -9    y  1.03  0.21                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.084015.fits  V-BESSEL
  -104   -123    310   -106     30    -76     10    y  1.04  0.15                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.084154.fits  V-BESSEL
  -222    137   -448    177   -142     64      5    y  1.03  0.21                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.084328.fits  V-BESSEL
    14    222     21   -325     71     37     -5    y  1.00  0.18                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.084502.fits  V-BESSEL
   419   -427   -183    214    -67    -87    -18    y  0.95  0.26                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.084637.fits  V-BESSEL
  -308    201    185   -215    144     62     12    y  0.98  0.21                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.084813.fits  V-BESSEL
   174     44   -240    497     10    -22    -29    y  0.99  0.26                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.084948.fits  V-BESSEL
   -75   -110    360   -294   -149      6      9    y  1.06  0.20                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.085125.fits  V-BESSEL
   821      0      0      0      0   -469      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
 -1050      0      0      0      0    600      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
    92     92   -317    112    -14    -22      7    y  1.13  0.14                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.085458.fits  V-BESSEL
  -171    214    172   -201     63     32      5    y  1.08  0.16                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.085635.fits  V-BESSEL
   836      0      0      0      0   -477      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment         
  -875      0      0      0      0    500      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
 -1244    103   -369    402    -28   -205    -49    y  0.73  0.56                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.083837.fits  r-SLOAN 
   256    135     71   -360     54   -186    -29    y  0.73  0.24                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.084017.fits  r-SLOAN 
  -193    102     61    127    -77    -46     -2    y  0.74  0.14                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.084153.fits  r-SLOAN 
   118   -246   -179      3     96      5     -6    y  0.71  0.13                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.084330.fits  r-SLOAN 
  -334     43    -23   -164    -57     80     -5    y  0.72  0.18                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.084503.fits  r-SLOAN 
   234     71    147   -188    133      1    -12    y  0.76  0.17                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.084639.fits  r-SLOAN 
   100    -70   -130    365   -136     59      2    y  0.77  0.20                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.084815.fits  r-SLOAN 
   564     70     56   -116    171   -216     -5    y  0.66  0.29                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.084949.fits  r-SLOAN 
  -227    -98      0    -42   -108     24      7    y  0.78  0.13                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.085127.fits  r-SLOAN 
   611      0      0      0      0   -349      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
  -875      0      0      0      0    500      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
  -326     25    -93    147    257    165     10    y  0.88  0.23                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.085455.fits  r-SLOAN 
   910    127     55   -167   -173   -152     -6    y  0.83  0.40                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.085636.fits  r-SLOAN 
   640      0      0      0      0   -366      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             

Slewing to M3: ra=13:42, dec=29:00 because M53 field has weak pupils, lower s/n and not so good for this work.

• Run dofpia. In 090715 is example of poorly fit pupil.
• Changed SphOffset from +588 to +338 (subtracted -250 --- -500 was indicated, but temperature difference on mirror and we give a conservative estimate.)
• First dofpia with new SphOffset=338 starts at 092529/092524

lbcrangebal: WT10_294 *no dofpia here because close by... 093357/093353

Sending the calculated optics offsets:
SX: dX = 0.027 dY = -0.146 dRX = -3.129 dRY = -0.576
DX: dX = -0.057 dY = 0.197 dRX = 4.236 dRY = 1.217
Creating proxy IRCL for LBC on prime left
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Creating proxy IRCR for LBC on prime right
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          Old      Delta      New
       -------   -------   -------
   CE  -40.034     7.689   -32.345
   CA -132.840     1.196  -131.644

Changed FocusAlphaRed and FocusAlphaBlue by -0.5. Now FocusAlphaRed=77.5 and FocusAlphaBlue=78.5

• Ran dofpia, forgot to slew back to M3.
• Slew to M3, run dofpia there. Starts at 094244/094245:

 -1050      0      0      0      0    600      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
  -225    153    645     96    128   -128     -9    y  0.90  0.25                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.094244.fits  V-BESSEL
   -30    -24   -324     19     58    -82      1    y  0.93  0.14                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.094424.fits  V-BESSEL
  -188    186      8   -217    -14     42      3    y  0.97  0.16                      /newdata/lbcb.20110309.094602.fits  V-BESSEL
   771      0      0      0      0   -440      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
  -875      0      0      0      0    500      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             
   571    -52   -144   -295   -269   -219     -9    y  0.50  0.33                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.094245.fits  r-SLOAN 
  -160    -73   -106    404    281    -79     -5    y  0.52  0.25                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.094422.fits  r-SLOAN 
     0    179    152   -367    -37    -90     -2    y  0.54  0.20                      /newdata/lbcr.20110309.094604.fits  r-SLOAN 
   463      0      0      0      0   -264      0    y  0.00  0.00                     dofpia_sph3_adjustment             

Saved current lbcfpia.cfg file (lbcfpia_20110309_a.cfg):

SphOffset        = 338 
SphRedCorrection = -25
FocusAlphaRed    = 77.5 
FocusAlphaBlue   = 78.5
BlueZ22Zero      = 1.6
RedZIMatrix       = [[1.0,-2.4,-8.0],[0.0,1.0,3.0],[0.0,0.0,1.0]] 
BlueZIMatrix      = [[1.0,-1.75,-8.0],[0.0,1.0,3.0],[0.0,0.0,1.0]] 

Filter focus offsets: 1000....

r-SLOAN:

 Average best focus of 0.026477 with FWHM of 2.84

V-BESSEL: Best focus at -0.05, but it was lower limit. Try again with center at 0.0

Filter focus offsets: 101532... I set the wrong starting value.

• r-SLOAN sequence -> Average best focus of 0.0367961 with FWHM of 2.82

Dofpia

Filter focus offsets 102615... yet again ran incorrect ob.

But r-SLOAN sequence -> best focus at 0.032926 with FWHM of 3.14

Dofpia

Ran superfoc sequence again, for V... 103915...

  /newdata/lbcb.20110309.103915.fits[LBCCHIP2] at focus -0.12 with average FWHM of 7.06
  /newdata/lbcb.20110309.103953.fits[LBCCHIP2] at focus -0.06 with average FWHM of 3.91
  /newdata/lbcb.20110309.104032.fits[LBCCHIP2] at focus 0. with average FWHM of 3.77
  /newdata/lbcb.20110309.104110.fits[LBCCHIP2] at focus 0.06 with average FWHM of 5.01
  /newdata/lbcb.20110309.104147.fits[LBCCHIP2] at focus 0.12 with average FWHM of 9.17

  Average best focus of -0.0238702 with FWHM of 3.65

dofpia

Ran superfoc sequence (RB_rV_medcoarse_superfoc.ob - as before, but edited to step through value close to bestfocus)

• Average best focus of -0.0177 with FWHM 3.52

Ran dofpia again

Science image after changing V-BESSEL (B) focus to -0.02 and r-SLOAN (R) focus to 0.031 (note that r-SLOAN focus did not need to be changed very much --- only from 0.035 ---- while V-BESSEL focus did: from 0.07 to -0.02.

• 110602/110557 Blue has 0.78" FWHM and Red has 0.66" FWHM in 30sec images.

Now we change SphOffset to 838, FocusAlphaBlue = 79.5 and FocusAlphaRed = 78.5

• Run dofpia: 110901/...

Now alphas changed by +0.3: FocusAlphaBlue = 79.8 and FocusAlphaRed = 78.8

dofpia

Now alphas changed again, by 0.2: FocusAlphaBlue = 80 and FocusAlphaRed = 79

dofpia

Change alphaBlue to 80.3 (lbcfpia.cfg_20110309_d.cfg)

• dofpia: there is now a lot of oscillation. Changing alpha, and thus z4, requires a change in matrix value...

Going back to the configuration (as attached here) with FocusAlphaRed=77.5 and FocusAlphaBlue=78.5 and SphOffset=338

• Converged quite quickly, from far off.

Z22 scaling:

• Run dofpia again (with "a" configuration)
• 12933/123935 are converged, dofpia exited, then we took an extrafocal pupil 124136/124134 (RB_rVfastextra)
• Send Z22 = +200 on both Blue and Red. RB_rVfastextra 124409/124407
• Run dofpia again. Take RB_rVfastextra: 125236/125237
• Send Z22 = -200 on both Blue and Red. RB_rVfastextra: 125419/125416.

Summary and Tasklist

• lbcfpia.cfg "a" configuration is good (but relatively small central hole).
• Work on a configuration which -> a bigger central hole and will converge quickly.
• Remeasure more filter focus offsets with "a" configuration.
• Need to change all filters in leftchannelfocus.dat and rightchannelfocus.dat... right really did not need any scaling but left did, by about -0.09mm.

-- OlgaKuhn - 09 Mar 2011