Subject: 2.5m obslog 20110315 (MJD 55636) From: asimmons@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:19:26 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday March 15, 2011 (MJD 55636) ---- Observing Team ---- Dmitry Bizyaev Audrey Simmons ---- Observing Plan ---- Engineering / MARVELS ---- Observing Summary ---- Craig ran some tests on cartridge 1 for a few hours at the beginning of the night until the clouds came in. We lost about two and a half hours because of clouds. We observed MARVELS: Cart 1, plate 4593A Cart 3, plate 4517A&B Cart 5, plate 4587A (twice) Cart 8, plate 4588A (twice) We are currently unable to take BOSS exposures with the new version of BOSS, but Craig is aware. If exposures need to be taken, the old version will need to be reloaded. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ---------- Turned on THAR lamp. Initially could not complete BOSS biases because the exposure status would hang on Readout and would not read to disk. Craig fixed the problem caused by work during the day. Cartridges 3 and 5 were not correct in the plate database. We had to run MarvelMap on them. Checked telescope. Gathered mirror numbers. Mounted cart 1. 2230Z - Started ventilating. Night: ------ Craig ran a few tests with guider centerUp during our first few exposures. 0123Z - Opened enclosure. Force filled spectrographs. 0139Z - MARVELS cals. T01:39:43.820.fits[0] 2.000000 71654.000000 T01:41:44.600.fits[0] 15.000000 6176.384766 T01:43:58.870.fits[0] 2.000000 61372.000000 0150Z - gotoField cart 1, MARVELS plate 4593A, APG 150-04. GSFOGTF. 0234Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.5" Lots of clouds. T02:34:09.510.fits[0] 3000.000000 10.183000 No missing fibers. 0326Z - Cals. T03:26:03.370.fits[0] 2.000000 75385.000000 T03:28:04.360.fits[0] 15.000000 5926.384766 T03:30:18.770.fits[0] 2.000000 230392.000000 0331Z - Mounted cart 12 to run some more tests with Craig. There were too many clouds to observe MARVELS and gather good data. 0400Z - Too many clouds. We just waited for them to clear. 0559Z - Cals. T05:59:38.400.fits[0] 2.000000 242103.000000 T06:01:41.310.fits[0] 15.000000 5733.922852 T06:03:56.530.fits[0] 2.000000 236480.000000 0559Z - gotoField cart 3, MARVELS plate 4517A, APGS VOD1. GSFOGTF. 0615Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.2" T06:15:33.070.fits[0] 3000.000000 23.655333 Missing spectra - 37/38 0708Z - Cals. T07:08:04.610.fits[0] 2.000000 246623.000000 T07:10:07.450.fits[0] 15.000000 6057.384766 T07:12:21.620.fits[0] 2.000000 62926.000000 0708Z - gotoField cart 3, MARVELS plate 4517B, APG M53. GSFOGTF. 0714Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.5" Some clouds. T07:14:38.670.fits[0] 3000.000000 28.870333 No broken fibers. 0807Z - Cals. T08:07:34.340.fits[0] 2.000000 214879.000000 T08:09:35.070.fits[0] 15.000000 6483.230957 T08:11:50.350.fits[0] 2.000000 220127.000000 0807Z - gotoField cart 5, MARVELS plate 4587A, APGS M3. 0817Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" T08:16:18.300.fits[0] 3000.000000 29.357666 Missing spectra - 15/16, 49/50, 81/82 0908Z - Cals. T09:08:10.600.fits[0] 2.000000 230601.000000 T09:10:13.430.fits[0] 15.000000 6394.538574 T09:12:28.740.fits[0] 2.000000 202074.000000 0914Z - Re-observed the previous field because we are ahead of schedule and there is a gap in the observing schedule. Seeing 1.4" T09:14:55.590.fits[0] 3000.000000 29.636999 1007Z - Cals. T10:07:27.620.fits[0] 2.000000 42395.000000 T10:09:28.370.fits[0] 15.000000 6114.769043 1007Z - gotoField cart 8, MARVELS plate 4588A, APGS N5466. GSFOGTF. 1017Z - 50 min exposure. Seeing 1.5" T10:17:47.690.fits[0] 3000.000000 25.586334 Missing spectra - 107/108 and 117/118 1109Z - Cals. T11:09:35.930.fits[0] 2.000000 43966.000000 T11:11:37.800.fits[0] 15.000000 6063.769043 T11:13:52.120.fits[0] 2.000000 245272.000000 1113Z - Re-observed the previous field. Seeing 1.8" T11:16:40.550.fits[0] 3000.000000 25.389000 1208Z - Cals. T12:08:39.970.fits[0] 2.000000 252875.000000 T12:10:40.670.fits[0] 15.000000 6358.922852 T12:12:55.090.fits[0] 2.000000 93081.000000 1218Z - Closed enclosure and stopped ventilating. ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- --- Offsets --- (arcsec) Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideRot calibOff scale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:43:47 1-4593A 230 48 85 (11.7,-1.2) ( 8.5) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000342 06:31:28 3-4517A 20 56 196 (-4.7,17.3) (54.8) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000334 07:17:27 3-4517B 55 65 226 (-8.6,13.7) (52.5) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000389 08:16:13 5-4587A 71 76 243 (-16.6,10.7) (15.8) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000371 09:18:14 5-4587A -8 84 171 (-0.7,18.7) (121.9) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000353 10:17:09 8-4588A 291 80 116 (11.9, 7.7) (19.4) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000360 11:19:41 8-4588A 273 67 106 (13.1, 4.6) ( 4.5) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000322 ---- Focus Log ---- --- Focus --- Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:43:47 1-4593A 1.000342 -3370 -1281 325 230 48 9.4 12 200 1.4 06:31:28 3-4517A 1.000334 -3297 -1281 286 20 56 8.6 12 201 1.2 07:17:27 3-4517B 1.000389 -3837 -1723 313 55 65 8.8 14 184 1.3 08:16:13 5-4587A 1.000371 -3660 -1574 332 71 76 8.4 15 184 1.4 09:18:14 5-4587A 1.000353 -3488 -1417 355 -8 84 8.1 20 212 1.4 10:17:09 8-4588A 1.000360 -2921 -1467 354 291 80 8.0 20 238 1.5 11:19:41 8-4588A 1.000322 -3175 -1094 398 273 67 7.2 15 238 1.8 ---- Weather Log ---- --- Weather --- Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:43:47 1-4593A 9.4 -10.7 20.1 22 12 200 1730 74.1 1547.0 1.4 06:31:28 3-4517A 8.6 -11.1 19.7 23 12 201 1327 64.1 1495.0 1.2 07:17:27 3-4517B 8.8 -11.2 20.0 22 14 184 1352 194.0 1560.0 1.3 08:16:13 5-4587A 8.4 -10.9 19.3 24 15 184 1407 67.4 1484.0 1.4 09:18:14 5-4587A 8.1 -11.2 19.3 24 20 212 1233 9.3 1517.0 1.4 10:17:09 8-4588A 8.0 -10.8 18.8 25 20 238 1092 5.3 1522.0 1.5 11:19:41 8-4588A 7.2 -10.8 18.0 26 15 238 1329 4.9 1523.0 1.8 ---- Telescope Status ---- 2230Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 0123Z - Opened enclosure. 1218Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. Status at: 1218Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 8 Counterweights at: 280 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. SP1 LN2 dewar scale: 131.30 lbs, 18.18 psi SP2 LN2 dewar scale: 136.00 lbs, 19.16 psi ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2011-03-15 23:24:19; ----STUI software: STUI: 1.0 2011-03-15; alerts: v1_1_4; 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_8; sos: v1_1_7; sos.idlspec2d: v5_4_25; tcc: 2.14.0; -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06; ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -5.52 -5.520 Axial B: 16.098 16.097 Axial C: 15.921 15.918 Trans D: 11.037 11.033 Lateral E: 10.668 10.6553 Lateral F: 12.2555 12.2682 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: 10.2 Altitude: 30.1 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.835 -7.834 Axial B: -2.432 -2.278 Axial C: 13.813 13.816 Trans D: 14.181 14.184 GALILS Commanded: 1585350 1566700 1598900 -1450 -50 Actual: 1585331 1566679 1598962 -1450 -50 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1257.00 -9.03 -4.00 -58.08 23.33 ---- Problems in Detail ---- 0327Z - Clouds 0559Z - End Clouds