Subject: 2.5m obslog 20110206 (MJD 55599) From: dmbiz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 14:05:37 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday February 06, 2011 (MJD 55599) ---- Observing Team ---- 23:29Z Dmitry Bizyaev Elena Malanushenko ---- Observing Plan ---- 23:30Z BOSS science ---- Observing Summary ---- 06:27Z Part of the night was lost due to clouds. BOSS cartridges exposed: 15 4568 - not done 17 4619 - DONE 16 4050 - DONE 18 4048 - not done Rotator at cart. 15 did not want to go to field smoothly. We finally moved it by small steps to reach the field. Rotator intended to go to +268 deg, but finally, after we finished small steps, gotoField sent telescope to -88 deg. Same happened to cartridge 17. It looks like fiducial #25 is read randomly - as different number each time. Telescope did not want to go below 15 deg in the morning. Left opened telescope to the day crew. 14:05Z 14:01Z Garrett is on site, he's trying to move telescope. Dan Long is on the phone. ---- Observing Log ---- 23:30Z Afternoon: ---------- All actors are ok. 00:03Z Two indicators at the S-wall of the lower enclosure were off, button "spectrograph power supply" was Off. I turned it on. Cloud camera was opened with the help of heat gun. 02:01Z We postponed opening because of dense clouds over us. 00:30Z ventilation started. 02:05Z dome opened. DIMM is not opened because of forecast. We went to the field with cart. 12, but dense clouds do not allow to find stars. 02:53Z Clouds are too dense, Moon is not seen. Because of the bad forecast (30% chance of snow in the evening), we close dome. 06:25Z Clouds gone. 06:01Z dome opened again cart 15 plate 4568 is mounted. Rotator does not go to the field normally: numerous requests to correct fiducials occur. After the correction same happens. 06:12:25 Rot: ind=16, deg=249.4, err= -7649447 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:17:40 Rot: ind=27, deg=287.8, err= 7636868 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:17:43 Rot: ind=28, deg=283.1, err= 7636867 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:17:45 Rot: ind=29, deg=278.3, err= 7636872 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:17:48 Rot: ind=30, deg=273.6, err= 7636871 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:17:50 Rot: ind=31, deg=268.8, err= 7636884 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:17:52 Rot: ind=32, deg=264.1, err= 7636888 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:17:55 Rot: ind=33, deg=259.4, err= 7636891 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:17:57 Rot: ind=34, deg=254.6, err= 7636885 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:18:00 Rot: ind=35, deg=249.9, err= 7636882 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:18:02 Rot: ind=36, deg=245.1, err= 7636890 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:24Z We moved rotator finally by the steps of 20 deg. 06:43:25 hartSp2: r=403, b=1.4, txt=OK, sp2Temp = -5.2 ; 06:43:37 hartSp1: r=237, b=0.8, txt=OK, sp1Temp = -4.9 ; 06:35Z Rotator 255 -> 260 06:28:34 Rot: ind=24, deg=255.8, err= -166386 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) Accepted Rot: 260 - 268 - OK 06:33Z Initially, rotator did want to go to 268 deg. After our steps, when we were there (at 268), gotoField started to move to Rot = -88. ! Break again. 06:34Z gotoField again: 06:33:07 Rot: ind=27, deg=243.5, err= 156894 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:33:09 Rot: ind=28, deg=238.8, err= 156889 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:33:12 Rot: ind=29, deg=234.0, err= 156894 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:33:14 Rot: ind=30, deg=229.3, err= 156898 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:33:16 Rot: ind=31, deg=224.5, err= 156908 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:33:19 Rot: ind=32, deg=219.8, err= 156907 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:33:21 Rot: ind=33, deg=215.1, err= 156909 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:33:24 Rot: ind=34, deg=210.3, err= 156910 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 06:38Z 6:36:53 .mcp 1055780 mcp ! command="AZ INIT" 06:36:53 .tcc 0 tcc F Modu="prt_ReadReplySet"; Text="too many replies on port LTA19:" 06:36:53 .tcc 0 tcc I Modu="prt_ReadReplySet"; Text="the following replies were read:" 06:36:53 .tcc 0 tcc I Modu="prt_ReadReplySet"; Text="ERR: failed to take semCmdPort semaphore" 06:36:54 .mcp 1055781 mcp i needSemaphore 06:36:54 .mcp 1055781 mcp ! command="ALT INIT" 06:36:54 .tcc 0 tcc F Modu="prt_ReadReplySet"; Text="too many replies on port LTA19:" 06:36:54 .tcc 0 tcc I Modu="prt_ReadReplySet"; Text="the following replies were read:" 06:36:54 .tcc 0 tcc I Modu="prt_ReadReplySet"; Text="ERR: failed to take semCmdPort semaphore" 06:36:54 .tcc 0 tcc I Modu="exe_BrdTelPos"; Text="6598550 packets sent successfully" 06:36:55 .mcp 1055782 mcp i needSemaphore 06:36:55 .mcp 1055782 mcp ! command="ROT INIT" 06:36:55 .tcc 0 tcc F Modu="prt_ReadReplySet"; Text="too many replies on port LTA19:" 06:36:55 .tcc 0 tcc I Modu="prt_ReadReplySet"; Text="the following replies were read:" 06:36:55 .tcc 0 tcc I Modu="prt_ReadReplySet"; Text="ERR: failed to take semCmdPort semaphore" 06:36:55 .tcc 0 tcc W Modu="axe_o_Init"; Text="fast init failed; will try to resynch: Az , Alt, Rot" 06:36:55 .tcc 0 tcc I Modu="axe_o_Init"; Text="resynchronizing I/O stream for: Az , Alt, Rot" 06:36:56 .mcp 0 mcp i cwPositions=293,292,292,296 06:36:56 .mcp 17771 mcp i commandIn="SEM.GIVE" 06:44Z GSPGTF 08:11Z Seeing ~ 2.0 - 2.5" 06:41 r2-00126320 15 4568 arc Lef 4.9 14507 13898 15417 HART 06:42 r2-00126321 15 4568 arc Rig 4.9 14507 13898 15417 HART 06:49 r2-00126322 15 4568 arc Out 4.9 9814 9202 10723 06:51 r2-00126323 15 4568 fla Out 30.9 9814 9202 10723 06:56 r2-00126324 15 4568 sci Out 900.9 9814 9202 10723 07:12 r2-00126325 15 4568 sci Out 900.9 9814 9202 10723 07:29 r2-00126326 15 4568 sci Out 900.9 9814 9202 10723 07:45 r2-00126327 15 4568 sci Out 900.9 9814 9202 10723 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55599 1.1 3.1 1.0 2.6 900.9 7.8 4568-55598-01 55599 1.1 3.3 1.1 2.6 900.9 8.1 4568-55598-01 55599 1.3 3.6 1.2 2.8 900.9 8.9 4568-55598-01 55599 1.2 3.4 1.2 2.4 900.9 8.2 4568-55598-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 4.7 13.4 4.5 10.4 3603.6 --> 33.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ This plate is not done. -- 08:01Z cart 17 plate 4619 is mounted. Same problems with rotator fiducials: 08:13Z 08:06:21 Rot: ind=53, deg=249.3, err= 21889691 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) Rotator attempted to move to +268 deg. It got stuck at Rot ~249. Instead of fiducial #25, it thinks that it got stuck at #53, and shows Rot position = 119.7, although the real position is ~ 249. 08:24:28 hartSp1: r=-634, b=-2.2, txt=OK, sp1Temp = -6.1 ; 08:24:36 hartSp2: r=308, b=1.1, txt=OK, sp2Temp = -6.2 ; 08:14Z T = -9.5C ambient. 08:15Z Probably this behavior is cold-related. 08:16Z 08:06:15 Rot: ind=28, deg=237.8, err= -10 08:06:18 Rot: ind=27, deg=242.6, err= 10 08:06:20 Rot: ind=26, deg=247.3, err= -12 08:06:21 Rot: ind=53, deg=249.3, err= 21889691 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 08:14:40 Rot: ind=27, deg=112.9, err= -21895430 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 08:14:42 Rot: ind=28, deg=108.2, err= -21895433 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 08:14:45 Rot: ind=29, deg=103.5, err= -21895425 error is too large to be corrected ( > 600) 08:17Z After "Accept fiducial" Rot position in MCP and STUI jumped to 229.6. 08:36Z Same happened as with cart 15 - suddenly, gotoField send rotator to negative values, and we got there. 08:38Z GSOGTF Seeing ~ 2.0 - 2.5", clear sky. 09:20Z 08:22 r2-00126328 17 4619 arc Lef 4.9 9814 9202 10723 HART 08:23 r2-00126329 17 4619 arc Rig 4.9 9814 9202 10723 HART 08:25 r2-00126330 17 4619 arc Out 4.9 7138 6524 8046 08:26 r2-00126331 17 4619 fla Out 30.9 7138 6524 8046 08:30 r2-00126332 17 4619 sci Out 900.9 7138 6524 8046 08:47 r2-00126333 17 4619 sci Out 900.9 7138 6524 8046 09:03 r2-00126334 17 4619 sci Out 900.9 7138 6524 8046 then wait 5 min to pass the zenith zone. (ALT > 88.5 deg) 10:03Z 09:28 r2-00126335 17 4619 sci Out 900.9 7138 6524 8046 09:45 r2-00126336 17 4619 sci Out 900.9 7138 6524 8046 Azimuth halted at the very end of this exposure, lost stars. 10:01 r2-00126337 17 4619 sci Out 10.8 7138 6524 8046 - bad After this tcc did not answer for a few minutes, then we had to go to field again. 10:46Z 10:16 r2-00126338 17 4619 sci Out 900.9 7138 6524 8046 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55599 2.1 4.7 1.9 4.1 900.8 12.8 4619-55598-01 55599 1.8 4.1 1.7 3.6 900.9 11.2 4619-55598-01 55599 2.2 4.7 1.7 3.7 900.8 12.3 4619-55598-01 55599 2.3 5.2 2.2 5.0 900.8 14.7 4619-55598-01 55599 2.0 3.9 1.8 3.5 900.8 11.2 4619-55598-01 55599 3.4 7.2 3.0 5.8 900.8 19.4 4619-55598-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 13.8 29.8 12.3 25.7 5404.9 --> 81.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ This plate is done --- 10:37Z cart 16 plate 4050 is mounted. 10:42:15 hartSp2: r=-20, b=-0.1, txt=OK, sp2Temp = -7.2 ; 10:42:27 hartSp1: r=-1291, b=-4.4, txt=OK, sp1Temp = -6.9 ; 10:47Z GSOGTF 10:49Z Seeing ~ 1.3 - 1.7" 11:47Z 10:40 r2-00126339 16 4050 arc Lef 4.9 7138 6524 8046 HART 10:41 r2-00126340 16 4050 arc Rig 4.9 7138 6524 8046 HART 10:43 r2-00126341 16 4050 arc Out 4.9 2548 1934 3456 10:44 r2-00126342 16 4050 fla Out 30.9 2548 1934 3456 10:48 r2-00126343 16 4050 sci Out 900.9 2548 1934 3456 11:04 r2-00126344 16 4050 sci Out 900.9 2548 1934 3456 11:21 r2-00126345 16 4050 sci Out 900.9 2548 1934 3456 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55597 2.0 4.0 1.5 2.9 900.9 10.4 4050-55592-01 55597 2.0 3.8 1.4 3.0 900.8 10.2 4050-55592-01 55597 2.1 4.4 1.7 3.3 900.8 11.5 4050-55592-01 55597 2.4 4.5 1.9 4.0 900.8 12.8 4050-55592-01 55599 2.5 5.2 1.8 3.8 900.9 13.3 4050-55592-01 55599 2.8 5.6 2.0 4.2 900.9 14.6 4050-55592-01 55599 2.4 4.9 1.8 3.7 900.9 12.8 4050-55592-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 16.2 32.4 12.1 24.9 6306.0 --> 85.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ This plate is done. --- 11:39Z cart 18 plate 4048 is mounted 11:44:16 hartSp2: r=944, b=3.2, txt=OK, sp2Temp = -7.2 ; 11:44:24 hartSp1: r=-646, b=-2.2, txt=OK, sp1Temp = -6.7 ; GSOGTF - in big fibers. 13:13Z Seeing ~ 1.6" 11:42 r2-00126346 18 4048 arc Lef 4.9 2548 1934 3456 HART 11:43 r2-00126347 18 4048 arc Rig 4.9 2548 1934 3456 HART 11:44 r2-00126348 18 4048 arc Out 4.9 4997 4383 5904 11:46 r2-00126349 18 4048 fla Out 30.9 4997 4383 5904 11:50 r2-00126350 18 4048 sci Out 900.9 4997 4383 5904 12:07 r2-00126351 18 4048 sci Out 900.9 4997 4383 5904 12:23 r2-00126352 18 4048 sci Out 900.9 4997 4383 5904 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55599 2.6 4.5 2.2 3.4 900.9 12.7 4048-55592-01 55599 2.6 4.7 2.3 3.6 900.9 13.2 4048-55592-01 55599 2.3 4.7 2.2 3.6 900.9 12.8 4048-55592-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 7.5 13.9 6.7 10.6 2702.7 --> 38.7 ------------------------------------------------------------ This plate is not done 12:55Z we attempt to move telescope to 6 deg, but telescope gets stuck at 17 deg. 13:33Z Telescope got stuck at 15 deg. We tried to bypass interlocks: 15-deg interlock, and motor-move-dn. It did not help. We called Dan Long, Dan recommended to disconnect air lines and retract the 15 deg pin. We disconnected the lines, but the pin does not move. 13:41Z 13:42Z endNight finished. ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- 06:57Z 06:55:38 15-4568A 106 74 -83 ( 4,16) ( 0, 0,134) ( 0, 0, 0) 0.999900 08:37Z 08:35:17 17-4619A 99 80 -87 (24,14) ( 0, 0,133) ( 0, 0, 0) 0.999934 09:21Z 09:19:29 17-4619A 148 88 -31 (18,42) ( 0, 0,-522) ( 0, 0, 0) 0.999944 ---- Focus Log ---- 06:57Z 06:55:38 15-4568A 0.999900 987 2669 727 106 74 -8.8 2 354 2.4 08:35:17 17-4619A 0.999934 649 2342 686 99 80 -9.4 7 299 2.0 ---- Telescope Status ---- 23:31Z 00:30Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 02:05Z - Enclosure off. 02:53Z - Enclosure on, 06:01Z - enclosure off. 13:40Z telescope does not go below 15 deg. Left telescope and opened dome to the day crew.. Status at: 13:40Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 18 Counterweights at: 292 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro2 168 lbs, 19 psi Spectro1 251 lbs, 19 psi ---- Software Used ---- 23:31Z ----STUI software: STUI: 1.0b15 2011-02-01; alerts: trunk+svn115546; apo: v1_5; boss: v2_4_1; boss.daq: 1.2.14; boss.specMech: 3.0.1; gcamera: v1_2_3; guider: v1_3_0; 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; Setting up: idlspec2d Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_4_25 Setting up: |elodie Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_3 Setting up: |spinspect Flavor: Linux64 Version: start Using /home/sdss3/products/NULL/specflat/v1_8/ups/specflat.table Setting up: |specflat Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_8 Setting up: |speclog Flavor: NULL Version: trunk Setting up: |platelist Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |platedb Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_0_4 Setting up: | sqlalchemy Flavor: Linux64 Version: 0.5.5 Setting up: | |psycopg Flavor: Linux64 Version: 2.0.11 Setting up: | actorcore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_12_4b Setting up: | |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_12 Setting up: | | external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: | | actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: | | |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v26 Product sdss3tools v1_7_10 has non-existent tablefile /home/sdss3/products/$UPS_DIR/sdss3tools.table Setting up: | | |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_10 Setting up: | | RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.3.5 Setting up: |idlutils Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_4_15 Setting up: | idl Flavor: Linux64 Version: 7.1 Setting up: | dust Flavor: Linux64 Version: v0_1 ---- Mirror Numbers ---- 02:02Z - 02:04Z PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -5.52 -5.5210 Axial B: 16.093 16.0910 Axial C: 15.92 15.9190 Trans D: 10.996 10.9960 Lateral E: 10.6553 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: -7 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.835 -7.8330 Axial B: 4.884 4.8850 Axial C: 13.818 13.820 Trans D: 14.197 14.1910 GALILS Commanded: 1585350 1566700 1598900 -1450 -50 Actual: 1585318 1566635 1598780 -1450 -50 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1256.93 -8.96 -4.00 -58.08 23.28