Subject: 2.5m obs log 20000507 (mjd 51672)
Date: Mon,  8 May 2000 04:35:26 -0600 (MDT)
From: hayes@apo.nmsu.edu (Jeffrey Hayes)
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                          Sunday May 07 2000
                 Apache Point Observatory SDSS 2.5m
                            Observing Log
                             (MJD 51672)
OBSERVING TEAM:
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Jeffrey Hayes (APO) - shift 2
Ellyne Kinney (APO) - shift 2
Eric Neilsen (JHU) PT
VISITORS:
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THE PLAN:
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Due to clouds, spectra.
SYNOPSIS FOR NIGHT:
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We tried to do spectra from Cartridge 9, plate 306.  Clouds were mostly in
evidence for all of the night, and so even spectroscopy was not possible.
We put on cartridge 8 in hopes of a better tomorrow.
TELESCOPE STATUS:
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DIMM:
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Open and reporting anywhere from 1.5'' to 3'' seeing.
INTERLOCKS:
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None bypassed.
SOFTWARE USED:
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IOP/SOP: v3_13_1branch_1
Watcher: v2_8_2
MCP: v4_2_4
TPM: v1_0_8
AstroDa: 14_24
TCC: 2.2.5
WEATHER SYNOPSIS (see below for hourly data):
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Not photometric.  At 00:45 clouds rolled in from the SW and covered the
area of interest for our spectra.  We could not open for the rest of the
night due to clouds in the entire S half of the sky.
GENERAL COMMENTS (see Problems below for details):
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We fiducialised the telescope by 00:45.  Ellyne noted that the air conditioning
was *not* running when she arrived, and that midway through the fiducials
she had to reboot the MCP when it froze-up and refused to respond.  The reboot
and the susequent fiducials where set without further incident.
There are a number of low pressures in the downstairs to report:
TEC coolers: spectro is 22 when it should be 28
             camera is 14 when it should be 17
             N2 bottle has a pressure less than 40 when it should be 40.
On closing down for the night, we had to reboot the laptop.  We did this okay.
endNight was run successfully.
DATA ACQUISITION (see IOP/SOP output below):
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IMAGING:
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Run     Type
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SPECTROSCOPY:
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Exposure     Type
--------     ----
3695         -bias -init
Plate 9  Cart 306
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starting focus = -150.00
MIRRORS:
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PRIMARY:
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MIGS                            SHOULD BE
Axial A=          1.9439       1.9284
Axial B=          0.5755       0.5594
Axial C=          0.5739       0.5579
Transverse D=     0.3729       0.3744
Lateral E=        1.9059       1.9065
Lateral F=        0.4069       0.4074
GALILS
Commanded: -300., -9300., -6400., 4200., 7350., 7050.
Actual:    -300., -9300., -6400., 4200., 7350., 7050.
SETMIR VALUES
primDesOrient: 394.93, -19.50, 7.80, 427.00, 1067.00
primOrient:
SECONDARY:
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Focus:  -150.00
Temp:   12.7C
Altitude: 90.
MIGS
Axial A=   -1.3529
Axial B=   -1.3199
Axial C=   -1.3369
Transverse D=  0.1989
GALILS
Commanded: 1621600., 1608700., 1598400., 10950., 6350
Actual:    1626761., 1610893., 1603599., 10950., 6350.
SETMIR VALUES
secDesOrient:
secOrient: 1280.32, 4.31, -5.79, 49.69, -324.75
FOCUS LOG:
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            M1 Piston     M2 Piston            Temp    Wind
Time  Inst   setmir    TCC  setmir   Az  Alt    C    Dir MPH  filt  FWHM "
LN2 SCHEDULE:
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Spectro dewars filled around 04:20.
Imager dewar: 185 lbs.
PROBLEMS:
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WEATHER DATA:
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                               Wind
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH   Direction    Dust   DIMM   Sky   Precip.
     00:01    55    11     14   268  (W)     1085           mcl
     01:01    55    11     16   264  (W)     1094           mcl
     02:01    54    10     16   273  (W)     1203           mcl
     03:01    53     8     13   274  (W)     1399           mcl
     04:01    53     8     14   285  (WNW)   1252	    mcl
[pmt]cl = partly, mostly, totally cloudy
DATA LOGS FROM IOP/SOP:
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