Subject: 2.5m obslog 20111220 (MJD 55916) From: dmbiz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:32:17 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday December 20, 2011 (MJD 55916) ---- Observing Team ---- Dan Oravetz Dmitry Bizyaev Steph Snedden (afternoon) ---- Observing Plan ---- BOSS 11.1 hours ---- Observing Summary ---- We never opened due to high humidity and blowing snow. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: --------- 20:50Z - BOSS bias, dark taken. Gcamera dark taken. Actors checked. All OK. Cartridge 11 is on the telescope. 22:34Z - BOSS collimate on cartridge 11, Temp sp1=5.6 Temp sp2=4.9 with r1, r2 in focus: COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -3.5 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 7.2 degrees for spectro-2 A check with sos doHartmann verifies collimation will be in spec. 22:42Z - BOSS flat and arc taken. 23:14Z - Checkout at the telescope was without problems. A little snow from inside the west door was moved to outside the west door. The AC heater was turned on. Night: ----- Most of the night humidity was on the border. At the same time we had blowing snow even with mild wind in the first part of the night and same with stronger wind in the second part. We opened cloud camera and confirmed the permanent blowing snow issue during the whole night. 08:20Z APOGEE morning calibrations started. 10:35Z APOGEE autoscheduler was run. 11:30Z we call it a night. ---- Weather Log ---- Wind 1 um DIMM IRSC Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Dir Dust fwhm mean sigma 19:00 -2.5 -3.9 1.5 253.0 3812 19:15 -2.9 -3.6 2.7 305.6 2233 19:30 -3.2 -4.0 2.2 277.1 3607 19:45 -2.8 -3.8 5.5 274.2 2769 20:00 -2.8 -3.8 6.4 273.8 3550 20:15 -2.6 -4.1 5.1 334.8 153 20:30 -2.6 -4.3 6.7 247.0 133 20:45 -2.8 -4.4 3.0 266.8 153 21:00 -4.0 -6.0 3.9 276.0 159 21:15 -3.2 -4.6 5.3 299.1 179 21:30 -2.9 -4.3 5.1 262.1 159 21:45 -2.8 -3.3 5.3 284.5 2641 22:00 -3.2 -4.7 5.0 317.2 169 22:15 -2.6 -4.4 6.3 291.5 193 22:30 -2.8 -4.1 5.3 262.3 169 22:45 -3.6 -4.1 2.3 293.6 1402 23:00 -4.2 -4.7 1.2 288.5 356 23:15 -3.8 -3.8 7.0 258.2 529 23:30 -4.4 -4.7 1.8 246.3 1092 23:45 -4.8 -5.4 0.6 263.3 1507 00:00 -4.2 -5.4 2.1 0.5 1501 00:15 -3.9 -5.9 3.3 346.6 706 00:30 -4.3 -6.1 3.8 341.1 147 00:45 -4.6 -6.2 6.7 327.0 180 01:00 -4.7 -6.5 6.7 346.1 159 01:15 -4.6 -6.5 5.8 325.5 160 01:30 -5.3 -7.3 5.0 341.5 4095 01:45 -5.7 -7.3 5.8 329.0 150 02:00 -4.6 -6.9 7.2 277.6 210 02:15 -4.6 -8.4 8.7 282.9 201 02:30 -4.2 -11.4 5.7 259.5 181 02:45 -4.3 -11.1 10.5 281.0 193 03:00 -4.4 -11.1 9.0 298.2 199 03:15 -4.0 -12.2 13.3 304.8 198 03:30 -4.4 -14.4 11.3 296.4 179 03:45 -4.4 -12.6 10.6 293.9 182 04:00 -4.1 -12.5 11.0 294.4 236 04:15 -4.1 -12.1 13.3 278.8 207 04:30 -4.3 -11.8 10.2 274.0 277 04:45 -4.2 -11.6 6.8 264.2 263 05:00 -4.2 -12.0 9.4 277.0 198 05:15 -4.4 -10.1 9.1 269.2 234 05:30 -4.5 -9.8 9.9 277.8 307 05:45 -4.4 -10.1 10.2 264.0 311 06:00 -3.9 -9.9 9.9 301.3 250 06:15 -4.6 -9.1 11.4 286.5 242 06:30 -4.0 -11.2 14.3 278.3 223 06:45 -4.1 -11.0 15.8 284.6 234 07:00 -4.2 -11.2 12.1 286.8 465 07:15 -4.2 -11.8 11.5 302.4 277 07:30 -4.1 -11.7 18.8 302.8 182 07:45 -3.8 -11.1 13.8 279.5 189 08:00 -3.8 -10.4 17.7 300.8 231 08:15 -4.2 -10.2 28.3 293.9 232 08:30 -3.8 -10.3 16.1 303.3 626 08:45 -4.0 -9.8 16.6 291.4 242 09:00 -4.1 -10.0 11.9 302.3 184 09:15 -4.4 -9.7 15.6 298.1 234 09:30 -4.2 -9.8 14.8 276.5 702 09:45 -3.9 -9.4 19.0 295.1 473 10:00 -4.1 -9.4 19.9 286.8 248 10:15 -4.4 -9.3 24.9 292.7 248 10:30 -3.8 -9.5 18.7 275.8 255 10:45 -4.1 -9.3 13.7 305.5 260 11:00 -4.3 -9.3 12.5 279.5 238 ---- Telescope Status ---- We did not open the telescope. No interlocks bypassed Status at: 11:15Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 11 Counterweights at: 285, 285, 285, 289 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 138 lbs, 21 psi SP2 200 lbs, 21 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; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_2_9; sos: v1_2_0; sos.idlspec2d: v5_5_3; tcc: 2.14.0; -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_07; idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_5_3 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_13 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 ---- 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: 0.4101 0.40935 Lateral E: 10.6553 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: -1.3 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: -10.018 -10.018 GALILS Commanded: 1577450 1611550 1562700 -9050 -6750 Actual: 1577457 1611535 1562710 -9050 -6750 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 13.00 8.00 -60.00 174.63 SecOrient: 1257.00 13.00 8.00 -60.39 174.69