Subject: 2.5m obslog 20110410 (MJD 55662) From: asimmons@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:43:03 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday April 10, 2011 (MJD 55662) ---- Observing Team ---- Howard Brewington Audrey Simmons ---- Observing Summary ---- Most of the night was lost due to strong wind gusts. We opened for a few hours at the beginning of the night, and completed cart 10, plate 4797. We also gathered signal on cart 11, plate 4652. We opened for the last hour and gathered very little signal on cart 17, plate 4073 with terrible seeing. We noticed during afternoon checkout that the mirror numbers for the secondary were off. We homed and relaxed, but it did not help. There are red values for M2 within the TPM. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ---------- 23:00Z Started the afternoon checkout. Checked email Checked status of rain sensor Recorded the software versions Recorded and checked mirror numbers Did 'platedb showActive' All BOSS/MARVELS carts are ready Tested the actors Check calib lamps Guider/gcamera tests: a) gcamera status (simulate=off; temp=-40) b) gcamera dark time=20 c) gcamera flat time=0.5 cartridge=16 d) guider status Spectro tests and focus a) guider loadCartridge b) boss exposure bias itime=0 c) boss exposure dark itime=20 d) sop hartmann e) sop doCalibs f) checked xMid and waveMid values g) declared calibs as test Checked that carts were in bay correctly; All BOSS/MARVELS carts are ready Mounted first cart of the night Opened doors/louvers; turned on fans hub25m> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 95G 16G 75G 18% / /dev/sda4 793G 140G 612G 19% /home /dev/sda1 99M 19M 75M 20% /boot tmpfs 5.9G 0 5.9G 0% /dev/shm sdssfiles1-p://data1/data/MARVELS 1.8T 279G 1.6T 16% /MARVELS /dev/drbd1 13T 3.8T 8.8T 31% /data There are red M2 values within the TPM window. We noticed that the secondary mirror numbers are off as well. We homed and relaxed the mirror with no change. We hope that it doesn't effect anything and we will notify French when he comes on site. Night: ------ 0139Z - Opened enclosure. Filled spectrographs. 0157Z - gotoField cart 10, BOSS plate 4797. GSFOGTF. 0216Z - Hartmanns 129695-95. 0219Z - Cals 129696-97. 0239Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 2.0" 0256Z - 15 min exposure. 0312Z - 15 min exposure. 0329Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55660 2.1 5.1 2.1 5.3 900.8 14.6 4797-55660-01 55660 1.8 4.5 2.0 4.9 900.8 13.2 4797-55660-01 55660 1.4 3.7 1.5 3.8 900.8 10.4 4797-55660-01 55660 1.6 3.7 1.7 4.1 900.8 11.1 4797-55660-01 55662 0.7 2.7 0.8 2.0 900.8 6.2 4797-55660-01 55662 0.9 3.5 1.0 2.5 900.8 7.9 4797-55660-01 55662 1.0 3.2 0.9 2.0 900.8 7.1 4797-55660-01 55662 0.9 2.7 0.9 1.6 900.9 6.1 4797-55660-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 10.4 29.1 10.9 26.2 7206.5 --> 76.6 0349Z - gotoField cart 11, BOSS plate 4652. GSFOGTF. 0349Z - Hartmanns 129702-03. 0351Z - Cals 12970405. 0356Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 2.5" 0412Z - 15 min exposure. 0429Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 3.7" 0445Z - 15 min exposure. 0502Z - 15 min exposure. 0518Z - 15 min exposure. 0534Z - 15 min exposure. We did not finish this plate. 0600Z - We closed due to high winds. Gusts were greater than 42mph. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55662 1.2 4.6 0.8 3.0 900.9 9.6 4652-55661-01 55662 0.5 2.6 0.4 1.7 900.8 5.2 4652-55661-01 55662 0.2 1.1 0.1 0.7 900.8 2.1 4652-55661-01 55662 0.4 1.8 0.2 1.0 900.8 3.4 4652-55661-01 55662 0.8 3.2 0.5 1.7 900.8 6.2 4652-55661-01 55662 1.3 4.9 0.8 2.1 900.9 9.1 4652-55661-01 55662 1.4 4.9 0.9 2.1 900.8 9.3 4652-55661-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 5.8 23.1 3.7 12.3 6305.8 --> 44.9 1000Z - Opened the telescope. The wind gusts down to 35mph. 1009Z - gotoField cart 17, BOSS plate 4073. GSFOGTF. 1009Z - Hartmanns 129713-14. Large move. Failed. 1011Z - Hartmanns 129715-16. 1019Z - Hartmanns 129717-18. Adjusted blue ring by -15 degrees. 1027Z - Hartmanns 129719-20. 1036Z - Cals 129723-24. 1043Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 3.0" 1100Z - 15 min exposure. 1116Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is not done yet. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55662 1.0 2.7 0.9 2.5 900.8 7.1 4073-55661-03 55662 1.5 3.8 1.4 3.5 900.8 10.2 4073-55661-03 55662 2.0 5.3 1.8 4.7 900.9 13.8 4073-55661-03 ------------------------------------------------------------ 4.5 11.8 4.1 10.7 2702.5 --> 31.1 1140Z - Closed enclosure and stopped ventilating. ---- Telescope Status ---- 0010Z - Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 0137Z - Enclosure off. 0600Z - Enclosure on, High wind. 1000Z - Enclosure off. Wind died down. 1140Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 1141Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 17 Counterweights at: 280 units LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Sp_01 173.00 lbs, 22.72 psi Sp_02 135.10 lbs, 23.53 psi ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2011-04-10 23:07:25; ----STUI software: STUI: 1.0 2011-03-15; alerts: v1_1_4; apo: v1_7; boss: v2_5_0; boss.daq: 1.3.1; boss.specMech: 3.0.1; gcamera: v1_2_3; guider: v1_3_4; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_5; mcp: v6_6_6; mcp.plc: 26; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_1_9; 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: -0.02 -0.022 Axial C: 15.924 15.924 Trans D: 11.031 11.033 Lateral E: 10.668 10.6426 Lateral F: 12.2555 12.2428 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: 3.6 Altitude: 30.3 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.171 -7.835 Axial B: -1.782 -2.442 Axial C: 14.463 13.810 Trans D: 14.402 14.184 GALILS Commanded: 1585350 1566700 1598900 -1450 -50 Actual: 1585369 1566710 1598924 -1450 -50 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1257.02 -9.01 -4.01 -58.09 23.32 PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -5.521 -5.520 Axial B: -0.021 -0.022 Axial C: 15.923 15.924 Trans D: 11.032 11.033 Lateral E: 10.6807 10.6426 Lateral F: 12.2555 12.2428 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: 3.4 Altitude: 30.3 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.171 -7.835 Axial B: -1.782 -2.442 Axial C: 14.463 13.810 Trans D: 14.402 14.184 GALILS Commanded: 1585350 1566700 1598900 -1450 -50 Actual: 1585192 1566446 1598742 -1450 -50 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1256.85 -9.02 -4.03 -58.10 23.33 PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -5.52 -5.520 Axial B: -0.021 -0.022 Axial C: 15.923 15.924 Trans D: 11.032 11.033 Lateral E: 10.6807 10.6426 Lateral F: 12.2555 12.2428 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: 3.3 Altitude: 30.3 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.171 -7.835 Axial B: -1.782 -2.442 Axial C: 14.463 13.810 Trans D: 14.402 14.184 GALILS Commanded: 1585350 1566700 1598900 -1450 -50 Actual: 1585243 1566553 1598799 -1450 -50 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1256.94 -9.01 -3.99 -58.08 23.32 ---- Problems in Detail ---- Other weather problem - Seeing over 4" High Wind