Subject: 2.5m obslog 20110428 (MJD 55680) From: asimmons@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:27:45 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday April 28, 2011 (MJD 55680) ---- Observing Team ---- Steph Snedden Audrey Simmons ---- Observing Plan ---- BOSS Science. ---- Observing Summary ---- Mostly clear night with decent seeing. A little dusty, We observed: Cart 10, plate 4851 - DONE Cart 11, plate 4832 - DONE Cart 12, plate 4864 - DONE Cart 13, plate 4950 - DONE Cart 15, plate 4954 - DONE Cart 18, plate 4175 - DONE Cart 17, plate 4176 ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ---------- Took some biases, dark, cals with cart 14 (special plate). Wrong cartridge. Mounted cart 10 instead. Checked out telescope. 01:00Z - Started ventilating. 01:11Z - Cals. Night: ------ 01:56Z - Opened telescope. Filled spectrographs. 02:14Z - gotoField cart 10, BOSS plate 4851. GSFOGTF. 02:14Z - Hartmanns 130246-47. 02:16Z - Cals 130248-49. 02:55Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" 03:12Z - 15 min exposure. 03:28Z - 15 min exposure. 03:44Z - 15 min exposure. 04:01Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55680 3.4 7.1 2.9 6.0 900.8 19.4 4851-55680-01 55680 3.2 6.2 2.6 4.9 900.8 16.9 4851-55680-01 55680 3.0 6.1 2.4 4.6 900.8 16.1 4851-55680-01 55680 3.0 6.1 2.5 4.6 900.8 16.2 4851-55680-01 55680 3.6 7.3 3.1 5.2 900.8 19.2 4851-55680-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 16.2 32.8 13.5 25.3 4504.0 --> 87.8 04:22Z - gotoField cart 11, 4832. Used offsets. 04:22Z - Hartmanns 130255-56. 04:56Z - Cals 130257-58. 04:31Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" 04:47Z - 15 min exposure. 05:03Z - 15 min exposure. 05:20Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55680 3.9 8.0 3.4 6.6 900.8 21.9 4832-55680-01 55680 4.4 8.6 3.6 6.9 900.8 23.5 4832-55680-01 55680 4.4 8.6 3.7 7.1 900.8 23.8 4832-55680-01 55680 4.0 7.7 3.2 6.2 900.8 21.1 4832-55680-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 16.7 32.9 13.9 26.8 3603.2 --> 90.3 05:41Z - gotoField cart 12, 4864. GSFOGTF. 05:41Z - Hartmanns 130263-64. 05:43Z - Cals 130265-66. There is a red XSIGMA value in the flat for r1, even though all of the collimators are in spec. 05:49Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.3" 06:05Z - 15 min exposure. 06:22Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55680 3.9 8.3 3.9 8.5 900.8 24.6 4864-55680-01 55680 3.8 7.7 3.6 7.9 900.8 23.0 4864-55680-01 55680 4.0 8.6 3.9 8.2 900.8 24.7 4864-55680-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 11.7 24.6 11.4 24.6 2702.4 --> 72.3 06:46Z - gotoField cart 13, 3950. GSFOGTF. Guide star #2 is out of focus. 06:46Z - Hartmanns 130270-71. 06:48Z - Cals 130272-73. 06:54Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.2" Some clouds in and out. 07:10Z - 15 min exposure. 07:27Z - 15 min exposure. 07:43Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55680 3.8 8.4 3.0 6.9 900.8 22.1 3950-55680-01 55680 4.2 8.8 3.3 7.5 900.8 23.8 3950-55680-01 55680 3.2 6.4 2.4 5.3 900.8 17.3 3950-55680-01 55680 4.2 8.4 3.2 6.9 900.8 22.7 3950-55680-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 15.4 32.0 11.9 26.6 3603.2 --> 85.9 08:05Z - gotoField cart 15, 3954. GSFOGTF. 08:05Z - Hartmanns 130278-79. 08:07Z - Cals 130280-81. 08:14Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.2" 08:30Z - 15 min exposure. 08:47Z - 15 min exposure. 09:03Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55680 3.9 7.3 3.3 6.6 900.8 21.1 3954-55680-01 55680 3.8 7.3 3.4 6.6 900.8 21.1 3954-55680-01 55680 4.0 8.2 3.5 7.5 900.8 23.2 3954-55680-01 55680 4.0 8.3 3.5 7.8 900.8 23.6 3954-55680-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 15.7 31.1 13.7 28.5 3603.2 --> 89.0 09:25Z - gotoField cart 18, 4175. GSFOGTF. 09:25Z - Hartmanns 130286-87. 09:27Z - Cals 130288-89. 09:32Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.3" Some clouds. 09:48Z - 15 min exposure. 10:05Z - 15 min exposure. 10:21Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55680 3.7 7.1 3.2 6.9 900.8 20.9 4175-55680-02 55680 4.2 8.0 3.5 7.0 900.8 22.7 4175-55680-02 55680 4.3 7.8 3.4 7.1 900.8 22.6 4175-55680-02 55680 3.9 7.5 3.2 7.1 900.8 21.7 4175-55680-02 ------------------------------------------------------------ 16.1 30.4 13.3 28.1 3603.2 --> 87.9 10:43Z - gotoField cart 17, 4176. GSFOGTF. 10:43Z - Hartmanns 130294-95. 10:45Z - Cals 130296-97. 10:49Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.3". This plate is not done yet. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55680 2.5 6.6 2.7 7.0 900.8 18.8 4176-55680-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 2.5 6.6 2.7 7.0 900.8 --> 18.8 11:26Z - Closed enclosure and stopped ventilating. ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- --- Offsets --- (arcsec) Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideRot calibOff scale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:55 10-4851A 5.0 63.6 184.3 ( 1.0,10.3) (62.4) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000214 a 03:11 10-4851A -4.1 63.6 176.5 ( 1.4,10.2) (63.9) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000192 a 03:27 10-4851A -13.1 63.1 168.9 ( 1.9, 9.7) (62.2) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000178 a 03:44 10-4851A -21.7 62.1 161.8 ( 2.5, 9.5) (59.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000176 a 04:00 10-4851A -29.6 60.6 155.3 ( 3.0, 9.4) (57.2) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) 1.000178 a 04:30 11-4832A 13.1 62.6 191.0 (-2.9, 2.5) (-18.6) ( 0.0,10.8, 0.0) 1.000177 a 04:46 11-4832A 4.2 63.1 183.5 (-3.7, 3.1) (-20.0) ( 0.0,10.8, 0.0) 1.000167 a 05:03 11-4832A -4.9 63.1 175.9 (-3.9, 3.5) (-20.4) ( 0.0,10.8, 0.0) 1.000158 a 05:19 11-4832A -13.7 62.6 168.4 (-4.1, 3.3) (-23.9) ( 0.0,10.8, 0.0) 1.000158 a 05:48 12-4864A 21.9 62.0 198.3 ( 4.1, 0.8) ( 1.9) ( 0.0,10.8, 0.0) 1.000209 a 06:05 12-4864A 13.3 63.0 191.2 ( 3.6, 1.8) ( 2.0) ( 0.0,10.8, 0.0) 1.000224 a 06:21 12-4864A 4.4 63.6 183.6 ( 3.2, 1.5) ( 2.3) ( 0.0,10.8, 0.0) 1.000215 a 06:53 13-3950A 52.8 71.1 225.5 (-0.3, 5.3) (17.4) ( 0.0,10.8, 0.0) 1.000214 a 07:10 13-3950A 43.2 73.7 217.8 (-0.5, 5.7) (24.1) ( 0.0,10.8, 0.0) 1.000236 a 07:26 13-3950A 31.0 75.8 207.4 (-0.5, 5.3) (32.6) ( 0.0,10.8, 0.0) 1.000233 a 07:43 13-3950A 15.5 77.2 193.8 (-0.2, 5.3) (41.5) ( 0.0,10.8, 0.0) 1.000231 a 08:13 15-3954A -14.9 80.7 166.3 (-4.1, 2.4) (58.5) (-25.2,10.8, 0.0) 1.000228 a 08:30 15-3954A -34.8 79.2 148.3 (-5.1, 1.4) (41.6) (-25.2,10.8, 0.0) 1.000213 a 08:46 15-3954A -49.2 76.9 135.9 (-4.7, 0.9) (25.9) (-25.2,10.8, 0.0) 1.000220 a 09:03 15-3954A -59.2 74.1 127.9 (-4.3, 0.1) (16.2) (-25.2,10.8, 0.0) 1.000228 a 09:31 18-4175A 4.9 77.5 184.3 ( 2.0, 0.6) ( 2.0) (-25.2,10.8, 0.0) 1.000226 a 09:48 18-4175A -12.9 77.3 168.4 ( 0.5,-0.5) (-0.1) (-25.2,10.8, 0.0) 1.000219 a 10:04 18-4175A -28.7 76.1 154.4 (-0.6,-1.6) (-10.7) (-25.2,10.8, 0.0) 1.000223 a 10:21 18-4175A -41.5 74.1 143.5 (-0.4,-2.7) (-21.8) (-25.2,10.8, 0.0) 1.000231 a 10:49 17-4176A -56.5 67.1 132.3 ( 1.4,-2.5) (12.6) (-25.2,10.8, 0.0) 1.000230 a ---- Focus Log ---- --- Focus --- Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:55 10-4851A 1.000214 -2108 -347 256 5.0 63.6 11.1 18 197 1.4 a 03:11 10-4851A 1.000192 -1898 -199 228 -4.1 63.6 11.4 15 206 1.6 a 03:27 10-4851A 1.000178 -1755 -114 192 -13.1 63.1 11.7 16 205 1.7 a 03:44 10-4851A 1.000176 -1732 -94 194 -21.7 62.1 11.7 10 210 1.7 a 04:00 10-4851A 1.000178 -1755 -98 203 -29.6 60.6 11.6 12 232 1.7 a 04:30 11-4832A 1.000177 -1742 -115 182 13.1 62.6 12.1 14 245 1.4 a 04:46 11-4832A 1.000167 -1643 -57 158 4.2 63.1 12.3 11 257 1.4 a 05:03 11-4832A 1.000158 -1554 31 174 -4.9 63.1 11.9 15 232 1.3 a 05:19 11-4832A 1.000158 -1564 42 191 -13.7 62.6 12.2 10 233 1.3 a 05:48 12-4864A 1.000209 -2067 -343 221 21.9 62.0 11.8 18 222 1.2 a 06:05 12-4864A 1.000224 -2207 -470 212 13.3 63.0 12.0 12 197 1.3 a 06:21 12-4864A 1.000215 -2118 -388 221 4.4 63.6 11.9 15 218 1.2 a 06:53 13-3950A 1.000214 -2112 -387 232 52.8 71.1 11.9 19 207 1.2 a 07:10 13-3950A 1.000236 -2325 -552 248 43.2 73.7 11.8 16 193 1.2 a 07:26 13-3950A 1.000233 -2305 -530 255 31.0 75.8 11.7 19 221 1.1 a 07:43 13-3950A 1.000231 -2277 -492 272 15.5 77.2 11.6 14 208 1.2 a 08:13 15-3954A 1.000228 -2252 -458 287 -14.9 80.7 11.6 17 202 1.2 a 08:30 15-3954A 1.000213 -2099 -337 282 -34.8 79.2 11.7 19 210 1.3 a 08:46 15-3954A 1.000220 -2172 -373 302 -49.2 76.9 11.4 16 195 1.3 a 09:03 15-3954A 1.000228 -2255 -430 311 -59.2 74.1 11.1 18 210 1.3 a 09:31 18-4175A 1.000226 -2233 -412 316 4.9 77.5 11.0 19 216 1.2 a 09:48 18-4175A 1.000219 -2159 -348 319 -12.9 77.3 10.9 21 238 1.3 a 10:04 18-4175A 1.000223 -2204 -370 332 -28.7 76.1 10.7 17 227 1.3 a 10:21 18-4175A 1.000231 -2280 -419 344 -41.5 74.1 10.4 17 221 1.3 a 10:49 17-4176A 1.000230 -2268 -390 352 -56.5 67.1 10.4 11 218 1.4 a ---- Weather Log ---- --- Weather --- Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:55 10-4851A 11.1 -13.5 24.6 16 18 197 1486 37.1 1472.0 1.4 a 03:11 10-4851A 11.4 -13.5 24.9 16 15 206 1451 29.5 1473.0 1.6 a 03:27 10-4851A 11.7 -13.4 25.1 15 16 205 1433 10.6 1459.0 1.7 a 03:44 10-4851A 11.7 -13.7 25.4 15 10 210 1555 37.0 1473.0 1.7 a 04:00 10-4851A 11.6 -13.7 25.3 15 12 232 1572 5.0 1472.0 1.7 a 04:30 11-4832A 12.1 -13.3 25.4 15 14 245 1291 4.9 1482.0 1.4 a 04:46 11-4832A 12.3 -13.4 25.7 15 11 257 1345 4.8 1483.0 1.4 a 05:03 11-4832A 11.9 -13.5 25.4 15 15 232 1144 4.9 1485.0 1.3 a 05:19 11-4832A 12.2 -13.3 25.5 15 10 233 1331 4.9 1483.0 1.3 a 05:48 12-4864A 11.8 -13.4 25.2 15 18 222 1399 4.9 1484.0 1.2 a 06:05 12-4864A 12.0 -13.3 25.3 15 12 197 1490 5.0 1479.0 1.3 a 06:21 12-4864A 11.9 -13.4 25.3 15 15 218 2047 5.0 1468.0 1.2 a 06:53 13-3950A 11.9 -13.3 25.2 15 19 207 2270 4.9 1484.0 1.2 a 07:10 13-3950A 11.8 -13.6 25.4 15 16 193 1828 40.8 1484.0 1.2 a 07:26 13-3950A 11.7 -13.6 25.3 15 19 221 1071 52.5 1490.0 1.1 a 07:43 13-3950A 11.6 -13.6 25.2 15 14 208 1139 33.7 1484.0 1.2 a 08:13 15-3954A 11.6 -13.6 25.2 15 17 202 1130 25.8 1480.0 1.2 a 08:30 15-3954A 11.7 -13.5 25.2 15 19 210 1140 59.6 1483.0 1.3 a 08:46 15-3954A 11.4 -13.8 25.2 15 16 195 1101 49.1 1478.0 1.3 a 09:03 15-3954A 11.1 -13.9 25.0 15 18 210 1038 13.8 1483.0 1.3 a 09:31 18-4175A 11.0 -14.2 25.2 15 19 216 1230 58.5 1496.0 1.2 a 09:48 18-4175A 10.9 -13.9 24.8 16 21 238 1402 44.6 1493.0 1.3 a 10:04 18-4175A 10.7 -13.8 24.5 16 17 227 1549 75.2 1480.0 1.3 a 10:21 18-4175A 10.4 -13.9 24.3 16 17 221 1484 7.7 1485.0 1.3 a 10:49 17-4176A 10.4 -13.6 24.0 17 11 218 1390 4.9 1488.0 1.4 a ---- Telescope Status ---- 01:00Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 01:50Z - Opened enclosure. 11:27Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. Status at: 11:27Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 17 Counterweights at: 280 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. SP1 LN2 dewar scale: 225.10 lbs, 22.66 psi SP2 LN2 dewar scale: 76.60 lbs, 18.89 psi ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2011-04-29 00:34:33; ----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_6; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_5; mcp: v6_6_6; mcp.plc: 27; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_1_9; sos: v1_1_7; sos.idlspec2d: v5_4_34; tcc: 2.14.0; -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06; ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -5.518 -5.520 Axial B: -0.028 -0.022 Axial C: 15.918 15.924 Trans D: 11.031 11.033 Lateral E: 10.6553 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: 13.5 Altitude: 30.3 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -0.015 -0.013 Axial B: -2.438 -2.442 Axial C: 13.808 13.810 Trans D: 14.18 14.184 GALILS Commanded: 1585350 1566700 1598900 -1450 -50 Actual: 1585325 1566717 1598912 -1450 -50 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -9.00 -4.00 -58.00 23.67 SecOrient: 1257.03 -9.03 -3.98 -58.07 23.33