Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 05:46:18 -0600
From: Dan Long
Subject: 2.5m obslog 20000829 (MJD 51786)
                   APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M
                             OBSERVING LOG
                          Tuesday August 29 2000
                               (MJD 51786)
OBSERVING TEAM:
===============
Dan Long (APO)
Steph Snedden (APO)
Bryan Laubscher (LNAL)
Eric Neilsen (JHU) PT
VISITORS:
=========
Jeff Pier (USNO)
Jim Gunn (PU)
                               THE PLAN:
                               =========
    Science, weather permitting.
                               SYNOPSIS:
                               =========
    Weather was not permitting.  Closed all night.
          GENERAL COMMENTS (see Problems below for details):
          ==================================================
    Other than clouds and rain most of the night, the only thing of
note was that the telescope was tracked inside the enclosure to
verify that indeed changing axes positions were being recorded in the
headers of imager frames.  They are.
    The afternoon checkout went smoothly, with all systems behaving normally.
          DATA ACQUISITION (see IOP/SOP output below):
          ===========================================
IMAGING:
--------
Run     Type
---     ----
1650    bias    test
SPECTROSCOPY:
-------------
Frame  Exposure (sec)     Flavor/comments
-----  --------------     ---------------
OFFSETS:
Cart - ---:  Calib offsets  0,  0,  0.  Meridian scale 1.000000
TAPES:
    None.
                            MIRROR NUMBERS
                            ==============
PRIMARY:
--------
MIGS       TONIGHT     SHOULD BE
Axial A:    1.9310      1.9310
Axial B:    0.5585      0.5585
Axial C:    0.5550      0.5560
Trans D:    0.4065      0.4065
Lateral E:  1.9160      1.9165
Lateral F:  0.4160      0.4170
GALILS
Commanded:  4751., -2743., 591., -10848., 14572., 14119.
Actual:     4750., -2750., 600., -10850., 14550., 14100.
SETMIR VALUES
primDesOrient: 0.00, -2.30, 11.70, 640.50, 128.10
primOrient:    0.00, -2.28, 11.84, 639.70, 127.98
SECONDARY:
----------
Focus:     0
Temp:     10.7
Altitude: 30.0
MIGS
Axial A:  -1.342
Axial B:  -1.235
Axial C:  -1.283
Trans D:   0.193
GALILS
Commanded: 1585850., 1547250., 1617850., -5400., -10150.
Actual:    1559403., 1525104., 1586219., -5400., -10150.
SETMIR VALUES
secDesOrient: -2457.58, -20.00, -8.00, 50.00, 67.54
secOrient:     1235.76, -17.22, -7.22, 50.06, 67.45
                              FOCUS LOG:
                              ==========
             M1 Piston     M2 Piston            Temp    Wind
Time  Inst   setmir    TCC  setmir   Az  Alt    C    Dir MPH  filt  FWHM "
                            WEATHER SYNOPSIS
                            ================
    Skies were cloudy or mostly cloudy all night.  Thunderstorms
around the first half of the night.  Light rain and fog later,
beginning to break up around 04:00.
                              WEATHER DATA:
                              =============
                             Wind
      Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH   Direction    Dust  DIMM   Sky
      16:01    68    38     15    73  (ENE)    613    -   Mostly Cloudy
      16:01    63    50     12   224  (SW)     466    -   Cloudy
      17:01    63    50     11   222  (SW)     522    -   Cloudy
      18:01    54    45     12    82  (E)      538    -   Cloudy
      19:01    53    47     17    77  (ENE)    553    -   Sprinkles
      20:01    54    43     14   120  (ESE)    419    -   Thunder
      21:01    52    47      7   130  (SE)     591    -   Rain
      22:01    51    49      3    62  (ENE)    610    -   Thundershower
      23:01    50    46     20   127  (SE)     368    -   Rain
      00:01    52    43     16   141  (SE)     235    -   Lt Rain
      01:01    48    46     13   121  (ESE)    304    -   Lt Rain
      02:01    50    44     11   177  (S)      216    -   Sprinkles
      03:01    52    45     12   180  (S)      304    -   Cloudy
      04:01    51    47     11   184  (S)      569    -   Mostly Cloudy
      05:01    50    46      7   185  (S)      578    -   Cloudy
                              LN2 SCHEDULE:
                              =============
    Spectrographs were filled at 05:00.         05:00 Dewar wt  -6 lb
    Imager dewar changed at 05:00*              05:00 Dewar wt 120 lb
    *replacement dewar only half full.
                           TELESCOPE STATUS:
                           =================
    Stowed at 30 deg alt, cartridge 7 installed.
INTERLOCKS:
===========
none bypassed
SOFTWARE USED:
==============
IOP/SOP: v3_17_5_3
Watcher: v2_8_3
MCP: v4_3_2b
TPM: v2_0_0
AstroDa: 14_34
TCC: 2.4.0b2
DATA LOGS FROM IOP/SOP:
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