Subject: 2.5m obslog 20111119 (MJD 55885) From: dmbiz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 11:39:53 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Saturday November 19, 2011 (MJD 55885) ---- Observing Team ---- Garrett Ebelke Dmitry Bizyaev Kaike Pan (afternoon) ---- Observing Plan ---- BOSS all night. ---- Observing Summary ---- Mostly cloudy night. We opened for a big sucker hole and finished BOSS plate 5115 (c. 15) - DONE. 5127 (c. 13) - not finished. Dithered flats were completed for cartridge 18. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ---------- All systems and actors were checked. No problem to report. BOSS spectro collimation. Temperatures: Air: 4.1 C, SP1: 6.2C, SP2: 5.4 C. Motor positions: sp1: 33458, 33669, 30028; sp2: 28384, 28216, 29060; B1 off by -6.0 deg. B2 off by 7.5 deg. 22:10Z started ventilation. 05:00Z since the clouds were thick, we decided to mount cart. 18 to do dithered flats for it. Cart 18 was mounted. However, we seen a coming patch of clear sky and decided to open. cart. 15 is mounted. 05:35Z enclosure opened. 05:44:42 hartSp2: r=598, b=2.1, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 3.9 ; 05:44:42 sos.sp2AverageMove = -1778 05:44:48 motorPos.sp2.move: -1777, -1785, -1778; 05:44:48 hartSp1: r=-564, b=-1.9, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 4.3 ; 05:44:48 sos.sp1AverageMove = 2030 05:44:55 motorPos.sp1.move: 2030, 2031, 2030; No GS, offset 0,+003 applied We have a mix of rather dense clouds and clear spots in the sky. FLAT-00136519 : b2 XSIGMA value is red 05:42 r1-00136516 15 5115 arc Lef 4.8 33458 33669 30028 HART 05:43 r1-00136517 15 5115 arc Rig 4.8 33458 33669 30028 HART 05:44 r1-00136518 15 5115 arc Out 4.8 35488 35700 32058 05:46 r1-00136519 15 5115 fla Out 30.9 35488 35700 32058 05:49 r1-00136520 15 5115 sci Out 900.9 35488 35700 32058 06:06 r1-00136521 15 5115 sci Out 900.8 35488 35700 32058 06:22 r1-00136522 15 5115 sci Out 900.8 35488 35700 32058 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55884 3.5 7.3 3.4 7.2 900.8 21.4 5115-55884-01 55884 1.5 2.9 1.6 3.3 900.9 9.3 5115-55884-01 55884 1.5 2.8 1.6 3.1 900.8 9.0 5115-55884-01 55884 2.7 5.4 2.6 5.4 900.8 16.1 5115-55884-01 55885 0.8 1.5 0.8 1.6 900.9 4.7 5115-55884-01 55885 1.8 3.6 1.8 3.5 900.8 10.7 5115-55884-01 55885 2.4 4.6 2.3 4.4 900.8 13.7 5115-55884-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 14.2 28.1 14.1 28.5 6305.8 --> 84.9 ------------------------------------------------------------ This plate is done. --- 06:41:55 loadCart: ct=13, pl=5127, sd=A; 06:42:24 sop.gotoField = running; 06:46:13 hartSp1: r=236, b=0.8, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 4.3 ; 06:46:13 sos.sp1AverageMove = 2830 06:46:21 motorPos.sp1.move: 2829, 2830, 2830; 06:46:21 hartSp2: r=655, b=2.2, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 3.7 ; 06:46:21 sos.sp2AverageMove = -1194 06:46:26 motorPos.sp2.move: -1193, -1187, -1194; No GS, offset 0,+0.003 applied. There are running clouds in the sky. Guider stopped silently at 07:02: 07:02:13 client.v120.guider 206 gcamera w text="IMAGE READ FAILED: 4" 07:02:13 client.v120.guider 206 gcamera w exposureState="failed",0.0,0.0 07:02:13 client.v120.guider 206 gcamera f text="exposure failed: failed to read image from camera; please try gcamera reconnect before restarting the ICC" 07:02:13 CmdDone: client.v120.guider 206 gcamera expose time=15.000000 07:02:13 APO.gebelke.sop 330 guider w text="Failed to take exposure" 07:02:13 APO.gebelke.sop 330 guider i guideState=failed 07:02:13 APO.gebelke.sop 330 guider f guideState=failed 07:02:13 CmdDone: APO.gebelke.sop 330 guider on time=5 We checked gcamera : it was able to take inames We checked guiderActor: it was alive. All we did was issuing "hub startNubs guider" to make it working again. Guide stars did not move out of field. 07:17Z getting more clouds. 06:43 r1-00136523 13 5127 arc Lef 4.8 35488 35700 32058 HART 06:44 r1-00136524 13 5127 arc Rig 4.8 35488 35700 32058 HART 06:46 r1-00136525 13 5127 arc Out 4.9 38317 38530 34888 06:47 r1-00136526 13 5127 fla Out 30.8 38317 38530 34888 06:52 r1-00136527 13 5127 sci Out 900.8 38317 38530 34888 07:08 r1-00136528 13 5127 sci Out 900.9 38317 38530 34888 07:25 r1-00136529 13 5127 sci Out 900.8 38317 38530 34888 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55885 2.6 4.1 2.4 4.0 900.8 13.1 5127-55885-01 55885 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 900.9 3.2 5127-55885-01 55885 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 900.8 1.4 5127-55885-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 3.6 5.3 3.5 5.3 2702.5 --> 17.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ We have a close radar return, also clouds are getting thicker and we have almost no signal. We managed to close. 07:45Z enclosure on. Getting more clouds since that time. 09:25Z cart 18 is mounted for dithered flats. 09:25 r1-00136530 13 5127 arc Lef 4.8 38317 38530 34888 HART 09:27 r1-00136531 13 5127 arc Rig 4.9 38317 38530 34888 HART 09:35 r1-00136532 18 4790 arc Lef 4.8 33578 33791 30149 HART 09:36 r1-00136533 18 4790 arc Rig 4.8 33578 33791 30149 HART 09:41 r1-00136534 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 34260 34478 29466 09:43 r1-00136535 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 34199 34416 29529 09:45 r1-00136536 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 34137 34353 29590 09:47 r1-00136537 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 34075 34292 29655 09:49 r1-00136538 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 34013 34230 29714 09:51 r1-00136539 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33951 34168 29776 09:53 r1-00136540 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33889 34106 29838 09:55 r1-00136541 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33827 34044 29900 09:57 r1-00136542 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33765 33982 29962 09:59 r1-00136543 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33703 33920 30024 10:01 r1-00136544 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33641 33858 30088 10:03 r1-00136545 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33579 33796 30148 10:05 r1-00136546 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33517 33734 30210 10:07 r1-00136547 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33455 33672 30274 10:09 r1-00136548 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33393 33610 30334 10:11 r1-00136549 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33331 33548 30396 10:13 r1-00136550 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33269 33486 30459 10:15 r1-00136551 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33207 33424 30520 10:17 r1-00136552 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33145 33362 30582 10:19 r1-00136553 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33083 33300 30644 10:21 r1-00136554 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33021 33238 30706 10:23 r1-00136555 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 32959 33176 30768 10:27 r1-00136556 18 4790 arc Lef 4.8 33579 33795 30149 HART 10:28 r1-00136557 18 4790 arc Rig 4.8 33579 33795 30149 HART 11:25Z APOGEE autoscheduler started. APOGEE morning cals started. 11:35Z ventilation stopped ---- Spectroscopy Data Summary ---- 22:28 r1-00136508 10 4375 bia 0.0 35890 36102 32461 22:29 r1-00136509 10 4375 dar 20.0 35890 36102 32461 22:32 r1-00136510 10 4375 arc Lef 4.8 35890 36102 32461 HART 22:34 r1-00136511 10 4375 arc Rig 4.8 35890 36102 32461 HART 22:38 r1-00136512 10 4375 arc Lef 4.8 33458 33669 30028 HART 22:39 r1-00136513 10 4375 arc Rig 4.8 33458 33669 30028 HART 22:43 r1-00136514 10 4375 fla Out 30.8 33458 33669 30028 22:48 r1-00136515 10 4375 arc Out 4.8 33458 33669 30028 05:42 r1-00136516 15 5115 arc Lef 4.8 33458 33669 30028 HART 05:43 r1-00136517 15 5115 arc Rig 4.8 33458 33669 30028 HART 05:44 r1-00136518 15 5115 arc Out 4.8 35488 35700 32058 05:46 r1-00136519 15 5115 fla Out 30.9 35488 35700 32058 05:49 r1-00136520 15 5115 sci Out 900.9 35488 35700 32058 06:06 r1-00136521 15 5115 sci Out 900.8 35488 35700 32058 06:22 r1-00136522 15 5115 sci Out 900.8 35488 35700 32058 06:43 r1-00136523 13 5127 arc Lef 4.8 35488 35700 32058 HART 06:44 r1-00136524 13 5127 arc Rig 4.8 35488 35700 32058 HART 06:46 r1-00136525 13 5127 arc Out 4.9 38317 38530 34888 06:47 r1-00136526 13 5127 fla Out 30.8 38317 38530 34888 06:52 r1-00136527 13 5127 sci Out 900.8 38317 38530 34888 07:08 r1-00136528 13 5127 sci Out 900.9 38317 38530 34888 07:25 r1-00136529 13 5127 sci Out 900.8 38317 38530 34888 09:25 r1-00136530 13 5127 arc Lef 4.8 38317 38530 34888 HART 09:27 r1-00136531 13 5127 arc Rig 4.9 38317 38530 34888 HART 09:35 r1-00136532 18 4790 arc Lef 4.8 33578 33791 30149 HART 09:36 r1-00136533 18 4790 arc Rig 4.8 33578 33791 30149 HART 09:41 r1-00136534 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 34260 34478 29466 09:43 r1-00136535 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 34199 34416 29529 09:45 r1-00136536 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 34137 34353 29590 09:47 r1-00136537 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 34075 34292 29655 09:49 r1-00136538 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 34013 34230 29714 09:51 r1-00136539 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33951 34168 29776 09:53 r1-00136540 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33889 34106 29838 09:55 r1-00136541 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33827 34044 29900 09:57 r1-00136542 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33765 33982 29962 09:59 r1-00136543 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33703 33920 30024 10:01 r1-00136544 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33641 33858 30088 10:03 r1-00136545 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33579 33796 30148 10:05 r1-00136546 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33517 33734 30210 10:07 r1-00136547 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33455 33672 30274 10:09 r1-00136548 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33393 33610 30334 10:11 r1-00136549 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33331 33548 30396 10:13 r1-00136550 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33269 33486 30459 10:15 r1-00136551 18 4790 fla Out 30.8 33207 33424 30520 10:17 r1-00136552 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33145 33362 30582 10:19 r1-00136553 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33083 33300 30644 10:21 r1-00136554 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 33021 33238 30706 10:23 r1-00136555 18 4790 fla Out 30.9 32959 33176 30768 10:27 r1-00136556 18 4790 arc Lef 4.8 33579 33795 30149 HART 10:28 r1-00136557 18 4790 arc Rig 4.8 33579 33795 30149 HART ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- --- Offsets --- (arcsec) Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideRot calibOff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05:49 15-5115A -65.4 70.7 123.7 ( 2.2, 13.4) ( -38.3) ( -0.5, 2.4, 0.0) boss 06:05 15-5115A -71.0 67.5 120.1 ( 3.1, 12.6) ( -44.3) ( -0.5, 2.4, 0.0) boss 06:21 15-5115A -75.5 64.2 117.6 ( 3.8, 12.4) ( -47.5) ( -0.5, 2.4, 0.0) boss 06:51 13-5127A 282.0 57.9 117.9 ( 11.7, 8.6) ( -93.3) ( -0.5, 2.4, 0.0) boss 07:08 13-5127A 278.8 54.5 116.8 ( 12.5, 8.1) ( -94.6) ( -0.5, 2.4, 0.0) boss 07:24 13-5127A 276.0 51.1 116.1 ( 12.1, 7.8) ( -98.7) ( -0.5, 2.4, 0.0) boss ---- Focus Log ---- --- Focus --- Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 05:49 15-5115A 1.000000 0 1634 504 -65.4 70.7 3.5 14 260 1.4 boss 06:05 15-5115A 1.000004 -41 1621 520 -71.0 67.5 3.7 16 261 1.4 boss 06:21 15-5115A 1.000003 -28 1637 520 -75.5 64.2 3.5 14 254 1.5 boss 06:51 13-5127A 1.000067 -662 1134 524 282.0 57.9 3.1 11 263 1.4 boss 07:08 13-5127A 1.000069 -678 1127 522 278.8 54.5 3.3 19 266 1.3 boss 07:24 13-5127A 1.000072 -710 1086 496 276.0 51.1 3.5 18 262 1.6 boss ---- Weather Log ---- Wind 1 um DIMM IRSC Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Dir Dust fwhm mean sigma 19:00 5.8 -10.7 18.9 242.4 122 19:15 4.7 -12.8 20.7 236.7 119 19:30 5.6 -11.8 12.7 254.6 125 19:45 5.7 -13.8 18.4 264.2 103 20:00 6.6 -13.1 19.7 243.0 130 20:15 5.4 -11.4 15.7 252.0 162 20:30 5.3 -11.1 15.6 248.0 186 20:45 5.0 -12.1 13.9 236.5 173 21:00 5.6 -11.2 10.5 235.0 137 21:15 4.6 -11.6 5.8 260.3 180 21:30 4.5 -11.8 3.9 268.6 225 21:45 4.5 -11.4 11.0 268.8 170 22:00 4.8 -11.3 10.1 261.8 167 22:15 4.7 -11.3 7.5 253.7 168 22:30 4.4 -10.9 11.6 256.6 180 22:45 4.1 -11.0 7.3 261.1 195 23:00 4.1 -11.6 10.7 257.8 215 23:15 3.9 -11.5 9.6 252.3 184 23:30 3.7 -11.8 11.7 248.1 200 23:45 3.3 -11.4 11.5 218.9 180 00:00 3.0 -11.1 19.2 222.8 236 00:15 3.5 -10.9 21.8 238.4 259 00:30 3.7 -11.4 21.4 239.9 265 00:45 4.0 -12.7 12.5 269.0 249 01:00 4.2 -12.7 15.5 264.7 224 01:15 3.9 -12.2 17.4 250.4 194 01:30 4.2 -13.0 19.7 262.1 169 01:45 4.0 -13.3 20.4 252.6 169 02:00 4.3 -13.0 14.6 261.2 185 02:15 4.5 -12.7 17.6 265.5 180 02:30 4.4 -12.6 13.9 266.5 186 02:45 4.2 -12.5 17.8 264.0 194 03:00 4.4 -12.6 12.7 256.5 202 03:15 4.0 -11.8 12.5 264.1 219 03:30 4.1 -11.7 13.8 269.5 209 03:45 3.6 -11.6 15.6 262.3 219 04:00 3.5 -10.9 14.6 257.8 244 04:15 3.9 -10.1 14.3 265.8 286 04:30 3.9 -11.2 17.4 258.3 203 04:45 3.9 -11.4 11.0 259.1 243 05:00 3.9 -11.6 14.3 264.8 192 05:15 3.9 -11.6 12.0 264.6 197 05:30 3.8 -11.4 14.0 274.1 199 05:45 3.5 -10.7 20.4 269.1 200 06:00 3.7 -10.9 16.2 255.5 189 06:15 3.7 -11.2 20.2 266.6 211 06:30 3.6 -10.9 13.3 263.6 215 06:45 3.3 -10.4 13.8 249.9 222 07:00 3.7 -11.5 15.8 252.0 195 07:15 3.6 -11.9 17.9 252.6 188 07:30 3.9 -12.7 17.4 252.8 147 07:45 3.7 -12.1 13.7 255.8 163 08:00 3.6 -12.6 19.7 246.5 185 08:15 3.4 -11.9 13.3 260.8 174 08:30 3.2 -11.7 16.1 264.1 167 08:45 3.1 -11.4 13.8 264.1 168 09:00 3.4 -11.1 16.1 269.3 175 09:15 3.4 -10.3 17.6 263.3 171 09:30 3.3 -9.8 19.2 262.5 193 09:45 3.0 -9.7 18.0 239.9 180 10:00 2.9 -9.4 17.7 245.5 193 10:15 3.3 -9.8 15.7 238.4 180 10:30 3.4 -10.0 11.7 242.3 178 10:45 3.2 -9.6 11.6 247.7 179 11:00 3.6 -11.2 11.8 235.5 192 11:15 3.9 -16.0 22.8 234.5 93 ---- Telescope Status ---- 22:10Z Started ventilation 05:35Z encl25m : open 07:45Z encl25m : closed No interlocks bypassed Status at: 11:30Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 18 Counterweights at: 284, 284, 284, 285 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 163 lbs, 22 psi SP2 181 lbs, 22 psi --------------- ---- Software Used ---- ----STUI software: STUI: 1.1.2b1 2011-11-08; alerts: v1_2_0; apo: v1_7; boss: v2_5_4; boss.daq: 1.3.2; boss.specMech: 3.0.1; gcamera: v1_2_7; guider: v1_3_16; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_8; mcp: v6_6_10; mcp.plc: 28; mcp.azFiducialVersion: v1_100; mcp.altFiducialVersion: v1_100; mcp.rotFiducialVersion: v1_100; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_2_9; sos: v1_2_0; sos.idlspec2d: v5_5_3; tcc: 2.14.0; apogee: ? apogeecal: ? apogeeql: v1_4_1 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06; Setting up: idlspec2d Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_5_3 Setting up: |elodie Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_3 Setting up: |spinspect Flavor: Linux64 Version: start Setting up: |specflat Flavor: NULL Version: v1_18 Setting up: |speclog Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |platelist Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |platedb Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_0_9 Setting up: |hooloovookit Flavor: Linux64 Version: v3.0b4 Setting up: |sqlalchemy Flavor: Linux64 Version: 0.5.5 Setting up: |psycopg Flavor: Linux64 Version: 2.0.11 Setting up: |scipy Flavor: Linux64 Version: 0.7.1 Setting up: |actorcore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_15_0 Setting up: |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_15 Setting up: |external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: |actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v28_1 Setting up: |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_10 Setting up: |RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.8.0 Setting up: |tron Flavor: Linux64 Version: sdss3_v1_1_8 Setting up: |idlutils Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_4_23 Setting up: |idl Flavor: Linux64 Version: 7.1 Setting up: |dust Flavor: Linux64 Version: v0_1 Setting up: actorcore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_15_0 Setting up: |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_15 Setting up: |external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: |actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v28_1 Setting up: |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_10 Setting up: |RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.8.0 Setting up: |tron Flavor: Linux64 Version: sdss3_v1_1_8 ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -0.13 -0.127 Axial B: 0.068 0.08 Axial C: -0.008 -0.004 Trans D: 0.41 0.40935 Lateral E: 10.668 10.6553 Lateral F: 12.2809 12.2809 GALILS Commanded: 11300 -650 5500 19150 13500 13050 Actual: 11300 -650 5500 19150 13500 13050 SETMIR VALUES PrimDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 612.35 1325.90 PrimOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 612.43 1325.18 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air temp: 4.4 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -8.406 -8.408 Axial B: -8.691 -8.705 Axial C: -12.15 -12.158 Trans D: -10.025 -10.018 GALILS Commanded: 1577450 1611550 1562700 -9050 -6750 Actual: 1577451 1611523 1562748 -9050 -6750 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 13.00 8.00 -60.00 174.63 SecOrient: 1257.00 13.01 8.01 -60.38 174.68