Subject: 2.5m obslog 20110218 (MJD 55611) From: asimmons@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:40:31 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Friday February 18, 2011 (MJD 55611) ---- Observing Team ---- Daniel Oravetz Audrey Simmons ---- Observing Plan ---- MARVELS ---- Observing Summary ---- We lost the first few hours of the night due to heavy clouds. After we opened, we were very productive. We completed 8 MARVELS science exposures in partly cloudy to clear conditions. There are no problems to report. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ---------- 0002Z - Turned on lamp. Checked out telescope. Gathered mirror numbers. Collected some bias exposures and one dark. 0020Z - Started ventilating. Night: ------ Lots of thick clouds at sunset. We waited to open. 0340Z - Clouds cleared. Opened enclosure and force filled spectrographs. 0348Z - Cals. T03:48:10.080.fits[0] 2.000000 286871.000000 T03:50:09.720.fits[0] 15.000000 6375.692383 T03:52:21.690.fits[0] 2.000000 72778.000000 0401Z - gotoField cart 3, MARVELS plate 4477A, HD46375. There are double stars for the acquisition fibers. Clouds returned. 0407Z - 50 min exposure. Clouds cleared midway through the exposure. Seeing 1.2" Broken fiber - 81/82 T04:07:16.880.fits[0] 3000.000000 60.097332 0459Z - Cals. T04:59:02.600.fits[0] 2.000000 240038.000000 T05:01:00.880.fits[0] 15.000000 6458.461426 T05:03:12.730.fits[0] 2.000000 198943.000000 0500Z - Mounted cart 4, MARVELS plate 4514A, APG195-04. 0508Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.2" T05:08:18.370.fits[0] 3000.000000 55.135334 Broken fiber - 19/20 0600Z - Cals. T06:00:12.440.fits[0] 2.000000 47487.000000 T06:02:09.840.fits[0] 15.000000 6510.384766 T06:04:20.740.fits[0] 2.000000 313595.000000 0601Z - Switched to field 4514B, APG195+04. 0606Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.3-1.6" Clouds. T06:06:40.670.fits[0] 3000.000000 62.582333 Broken fiber 29/30 0658Z - Cals. T06:58:28.850.fits[0] 2.000000 363879.000000 T07:00:26.160.fits[0] 15.000000 6562.538574 T07:02:38.030.fits[0] 2.000000 315301.000000 0659Z - Mounted cart 8, MARVELS plate 4521A, APGSVOD2. 0710Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 2.3" Clouds. T07:10:35.450.fits[0] 3000.000000 28.816999 No broken fibers. 0802Z - Cals. T08:02:23.130.fits[0] 2.000000 369856.000000 T08:04:21.460.fits[0] 15.000000 6918.077148 T08:06:33.340.fits[0] 2.000000 324330.000000 0803Z - Switched to side 4521B, APGVOD3. We were pointed in a lot of clouds and there were no acquisition fibers available to use. So, it took us ~15 minutes to find stars. 0817Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.5" T08:17:30.150.fits[0] 3000.000000 35.608334 Broken fiber - 29/30 0910Z - Cals. T09:10:11.070.fits[0] 2.000000 174354.000000 T09:12:09.420.fits[0] 15.000000 6593.846191 T09:14:20.300.fits[0] 2.000000 108756.000000 0911Z - Mounted cart 6, MARVELS plate 4587A, APGSM3. Lots of clouds. 0926Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.3" T09:25:28.190.fits[0] 3000.000000 20.665667 Broken fiber - 79/80 1017Z - Cals. T10:17:28.190.fits[0] 2.000000 277787.000000 T10:19:26.620.fits[0] 15.000000 6537.384766 T10:21:37.510.fits[0] 2.000000 158673.000000 1018Z - Mounted cart 5, MARVELS plate 4592B, APGM53. 1031Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.5" T10:31:34.310.fits[0] 3000.000000 36.888668 No broken fibers. 1123Z - Cals. T11:23:53.590.fits[0] 2.000000 247936.000000 T11:25:53.080.fits[0] 15.000000 6534.922852 T11:28:05.040.fits[0] 2.000000 93398.000000 1124Z - Switched to side 4592A, APGSVOD1. 1130Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" T11:30:12.020.fits[0] 3000.000000 23.979000 No broken fibers. 1222Z - Cals. T12:22:09.920.fits[0] 2.000000 248417.000000 T12:24:07.290.fits[0] 15.000000 6479.307617 T12:26:19.140.fits[0] 2.000000 165351.000000 1233Z - Closed enclosure and stopped ventilating. ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideRot calibOff scale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:23:16 3-4477A -21 61 161 ( 2.0,13.6) (43.1) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000237 05:14:02 4-4514A 296 56 129 ( 6.8, 9.2) ( 0.9) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000223 06:12:41 4-4514B 284 52 121 ( 6.1,11.8) ( 2.3) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000234 07:14:41 8-4521A 50 44 220 (-7.7,12.0) (64.5) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000346 09:21:03 6-4587A 81 69 249 (-11.3, 6.9) (17.0) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000323 10:27:29 5-4592B -5 74 174 ( 0.0, 7.2) ( 0.0) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000275 10:40:27 5-4592B -17 73 164 (-0.7,12.4) (39.5) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000244 11:32:36 5-4592A -57 40 134 ( 4.1,15.6) (-43.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000306 ---- Focus Log ---- Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:23:16 3-4477A 1.000237 -2341 -381 406 -21 61 6.2 13 191 1.3 05:14:02 4-4514A 1.000223 -2207 -264 394 296 56 6.1 15 231 1.3 06:12:41 4-4514B 1.000234 -2312 -344 397 284 52 5.9 12 234 1.3 07:14:41 8-4521A 1.000346 -3411 -1215 408 50 44 5.3 15 221 2.2 09:21:03 6-4587A 1.000323 -3191 -1116 393 81 69 5.2 10 249 1.2 10:40:27 5-4592B 1.000244 -2411 -519 352 -17 73 5.0 10 262 1.4 11:32:36 5-4592A 1.000306 -3023 -897 391 -57 40 4.8 5 251 1.4 ---- Weather Log ---- Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:23:16 3-4477A 6.2 -2.2 8.4 54 13 191 462 4.8 1531.0 1.3 05:14:02 4-4514A 6.1 -2.1 8.2 56 15 231 502 5.3 1531.0 1.3 06:12:41 4-4514B 5.9 -2.4 8.3 55 12 234 472 24.0 1532.0 1.3 07:14:41 8-4521A 5.3 -2.7 8.0 56 15 221 559 132.6 1554.0 2.2 09:21:03 6-4587A 5.2 -1.4 6.6 62 10 249 335 266.7 1611.0 1.2 10:27:29 5-4592B 5.2 -1.0 6.2 64 9 262 252 226.2 1598.0 8.2 10:40:27 5-4592B 5.0 -0.9 5.9 65 10 262 275 19.6 1554.0 1.4 11:32:36 5-4592A 4.8 -0.8 5.6 67 5 251 271 52.4 1548.0 1.4 ---- Telescope Status ---- 0020Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 0340Z - Opened enclosure. 1237Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. Status at: 1237Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 5 Counterweights at: 275 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. SP1 LN2 dewar scale: 186.60 lbs, 18.78 psi SP2 LN2 dewar scale: 172.30 lbs, 23.83 psi ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2011-02-19 00:03:40; ----STUI software: STUI: 1.0b17 2011-02-16; alerts: trunk+svn115546; apo: v1_5; boss: v2_4_2; boss.daq: 1.2.14; boss.specMech: 3.0.1; gcamera: v1_2_3; guider: v1_3_2; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_5; mcp: v6_6_6; mcp.plc: 26; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_1_7; sos: v1_1_7; sos.idlspec2d: v5_4_25; tcc: 2.14.0; -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06; idlspec2d (sos3) ---v5_4_25 plate-mapper3 ---- NOCVS:v5_0_7 ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -5.519 -5.5210 Axial B: 16.098 16.0910 Axial C: 15.921 15.9190 Trans D: 11.032 10.9960 Lateral E: 10.6426 10.6553 Lateral F: 12.2555 12.2555 GALILS Commanded: 10600 -250 5800 10250 13050 12650 Actual: 10600 -250 5800 10250 13050 12650 SETMIR VALUES PrimDesOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 PrimOrient: 0.00 -13.67 10.53 574.80 742.37 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air temp: 8.1 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.835 -7.8330 Axial B: -2.428 4.8850 Axial C: 13.819 13.820 Trans D: 14.18 14.1910 GALILS Commanded: 1585350 1566700 1598900 -1450 -50 Actual: 1583863 1561413 1591882 -1450 -50 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1253.33 -7.98 -5.38 -58.98 22.64 ---- Problems in Detail ---- 0110Z - Clouds