Subject: 2.5m obslog 20111204 (MJD 55900) From: doravetz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:02:31 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday December 04, 2011 (MJD 55900) ---- Observing Team ---- Dan Oravetz Kaike Pan ---- Observing Plan ---- MARVELS/APOGEE until 09:25 (8.5 h), then BOSS (3.0 h) ---- Observing Summary ---- Never opened because of snow and humidity. Temporarily cleared the apron and surrounding areas of snow. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: --------- All systems and actor were checked. No problem to report. BOSS spectro collimation: Air temp: -6 C, SP1 3.1 C, SP 2.5C. With Cart 13, B1 off the best focus by -4.2 deg, B2 off the best focus by 5.0 deg. Collimator piston positions: sp1: 34923, 35128, 31510; sp2: 26245, 26043, 26917; The weather, snowing, high humidity prevented us from ventilation. Night: ----- 00:30Z it was snowing. 04:00Z the sky cleared up. The humidity was still at 95%. We shoveled the path to 25m enclosure and the apron area in case we have a chance to open later. 11:00Z Snow flurries and high humidity. Started APOGEE morning cals. ---- Telescope Status ---- Status at: 11:01:54 Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.3, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 13 Counterweights at: 284, 284, 285, 285 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 143 lbs, 20 psi SP2 185 lbs, 19 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; ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -0.13 -0.127 Axial B: 0.067 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: -5.8 Altitude: 30.2 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -8.408 -8.408 Axial B: -8.692 -8.705 Axial C: -12.149 -12.158 Trans D: -10.022 -10.018 GALILS Commanded: 1577450 1611550 1562700 -9050 -6750 Actual: 1577375 1611655 1562597 -9050 -6750 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 13.00 8.00 -60.00 174.63 SecOrient: 1256.99 13.02 8.00 -60.39 174.67