Subject: 2.5m obslog 20110531 (MJD 55713) From: dmbiz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:06:16 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday May 31, 2011 (MJD 55713) ---- Observing Team ---- Steph Snedden Dmitry Bizyaev ---- Observing Plan ---- BOSS science all night long ---- Observing Summary ---- Running clouds and high dust count during the night. High dust and high humidity after midnight. BOSS plates exposed: 12 4847 - not done 10 4865 - DONE 13 4805 - not done Need to check mirrors for dust (~18,000 dust-hours collected). Please check valves on "liquid" side at both primary LN2 dewars. The LN2s are losing weight in time. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ---------- 01:25Z ventilation started, doors opened. All software and hardware parts work normally. Cart 12 is mounted. We don't open DIMM because of approaching clouds and bad forecast. Night: ------ 02:05Z enclosure off. 02:42Z gotoField with cart 12 plate 4847 02:45:39 hartSp1: r=895, b=3.1, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 15.8 ; 02:45:39 sos.sp1AverageMove = 3920 02:45:49 motorPos.sp1.move: 3919, 3920, 3921; 02:45:49 hartSp2: r=67, b=0.2, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 15.1 ; 02:45:49 sos.sp2AverageMove = 2365 02:45:57 motorPos.sp2.move: 2366, 2365, 2364; GSOGTF Scattered clouds in the field, seeing ~ 1,5" 02:43 r2-00131510 12 4847 arc Lef 4.8 31346 31108 32118 HART 02:44 r2-00131511 12 4847 arc Rig 4.8 31346 31108 32118 HART 02:45 r2-00131512 12 4847 arc Out 4.9 33712 33473 34482 02:47 r2-00131513 12 4847 fla Out 30.9 33712 33473 34482 03:10 r2-00131514 12 4847 fla Out 30.9 33712 33473 34482 03:15 r2-00131515 12 4847 arc Out 4.8 33712 33473 34482 03:17 r2-00131516 12 4847 sci Out 900.9 33712 33473 34482 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55712 2.7 5.4 2.2 5.3 900.8 15.6 4847-55712-01 55713 0.7 2.2 0.5 2.3 900.8 5.7 4847-55712-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 3.4 7.6 2.7 7.6 1801.6 --> 21.3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Evening plate, not done yet. -- 03:36Z cart 10 plate 4865 is mounted 03:41:25 hartSp2: r=-512, b=-1.8, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 14.3 ; 03:41:25 sos.sp2AverageMove = -2177 03:41:33 motorPos.sp2.move: -2174, -2173, -2177; 03:41:33 hartSp1: r=557, b=1.9, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 14.6 ; 03:41:33 sos.sp1AverageMove = -3106 03:41:43 motorPos.sp1.move: -3104, -3106, -3100; GSOGTF Running clouds, seeing ~ 1.6 - 2.5" 03:39 r2-00131517 10 4865 arc Lef 4.9 33712 33472 34482 HART 03:39 r2-00131518 10 4865 arc Rig 4.8 33712 33472 34482 HART 03:41 r2-00131519 10 4865 arc Out 4.8 31538 31299 32305 03:43 r2-00131520 10 4865 fla Out 30.8 31538 31299 32305 03:47 r2-00131521 10 4865 sci Out 900.9 31538 31299 32305 04:03 r2-00131522 10 4865 sci Out 900.8 31538 31299 32305 04:20 r2-00131523 10 4865 sci Out 900.9 31538 31299 32305 ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55711 2.6 5.5 2.5 5.3 900.8 15.9 4865-55711-01 55711 3.0 6.5 2.9 5.1 900.8 17.5 4865-55711-01 55711 3.2 6.5 2.9 4.6 900.8 17.2 4865-55711-01 55713 1.9 4.4 1.9 4.3 900.8 12.5 4865-55711-01 55713 0.9 2.0 1.0 2.1 900.8 6.0 4865-55711-01 55713 2.1 4.9 2.1 4.8 900.8 13.9 4865-55711-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 13.7 29.8 13.3 26.2 5404.8 --> 83.0 ------------------------------------------------------------ This plate is done. --- 04:38Z cart 13 plate 4805 is mounted 04:43:29 hartSp2: r=-280, b=-1.0, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 13.6 ; 04:43:29 sos.sp2AverageMove = 1753 04:43:35 motorPos.sp2.move: 1754, 1753, 1754; 04:43:35 hartSp1: r=516, b=1.8, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 14.0 ; 04:43:35 sos.sp1AverageMove = 2378 04:43:50 motorPos.sp1.move: 2378, 2376, 2378; GSOGTF in big fiber Partly cloudy sky, seeing ~ 1.4 - 2.2" 04:41 r2-00131524 13 4805 arc Lef 4.9 31538 31299 32305 HART 04:42 r2-00131525 13 4805 arc Rig 4.8 31538 31299 32305 HART 04:43 r2-00131526 13 4805 arc Out 4.9 33292 33052 34059 04:45 r2-00131527 13 4805 fla Out 30.9 33292 33052 34059 04:48 r2-00131528 13 4805 sci Out 900.8 33292 33052 34059 05:04 r2-00131529 13 4805 sci Out 900.8 33292 33052 34059 05:20 r2-00131530 13 4805 sci Out 900.8 33292 33052 34059 05:37 r2-00131531 13 4805 sci Out 900.8 33292 33052 34059 - heavier clouds, lost guide stars few times. 05:54 r2-00131532 13 4805 sci Out 43.4 33292 33052 34059 - BAD ------------------------------------------------------------ MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 55713 2.0 5.4 1.7 4.6 900.8 13.7 4805-55713-01 55713 2.2 6.4 1.9 5.2 900.8 15.7 4805-55713-01 55713 1.8 4.6 1.5 3.7 900.8 11.6 4805-55713-01 55713 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 900.8 0.6 4805-55713-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ 6.1 16.6 5.2 13.7 3647.2 --> 41.6 ------------------------------------------------------------ This plate is not done. --- 05:55Z We have collected ~ 20,000 dust-hiurs, humidity is climbing up to 50%, and the sky is cloudy. There is no reason to stay open, so we decided to close. 06:00Z enclosure on, ventilation switched to the internal cycling. Official Summer (12:00 am MST, June 1) is starting at this moment. 10:01Z dew point difference is 1.3C, peaked as low as 0.6C. It is still humid and foggy. We call it a night at this point. ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- --- Offsets --- (arcsec) Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideRot calibOff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:17 12-4847A -28.3 60.5 156.3 ( -5.9, 7.0) ( 5.0) ( 14.4, 7.2, 0.0) a 03:46 10-4865A 13.2 63.1 191.1 ( -6.9, 6.9) ( 72.6) ( 14.4, 7.2, 0.0) a 04:03 10-4865A 4.2 63.7 183.5 ( -6.0, 8.1) ( 71.8) ( 14.4, 7.2, 0.0) a 04:19 10-4865A -5.0 63.6 175.7 ( -5.4, 8.4) ( 71.7) ( 14.4, 7.2, 0.0) a 04:47 13-4805A 35.4 56.7 209.2 ( -8.6, 4.7) ( 21.0) ( 14.4, 7.2, 0.0) a 05:04 13-4805A 28.6 58.5 203.7 ( -8.4, 5.8) ( 20.8) ( 14.4, 7.2, 0.0) a 05:20 13-4805A 21.1 60.0 197.6 ( -7.8, 6.1) ( 21.7) ( 14.4, 7.2, 0.0) a 05:36 13-4805A 13.1 61.0 190.9 ( -7.7, 6.7) ( 22.4) ( 14.4, 7.2, 0.0) a 05:53 13-4805A 121.0 30.0 48.6 ( 0.0, 0.0) ( 0.0) ( 14.4, 7.2, 0.0) a ---- Focus Log ---- --- Focus --- Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:17 12-4847A 1.000287 -2831 -835 357 -28.3 60.5 15.8 13 114 1.7 a 03:46 10-4865A 1.000381 -3762 -1653 316 13.2 63.1 15.6 11 116 1.6 a 04:03 10-4865A 1.000365 -3599 -1542 294 4.2 63.7 15.0 8 95 2.3 a 04:19 10-4865A 1.000357 -3532 -1485 288 -5.0 63.6 14.7 9 91 1.9 a 04:47 13-4805A 1.000353 -3484 -1409 315 35.4 56.7 14.2 7 108 1.9 a 05:04 13-4805A 1.000326 -3214 -1196 309 28.6 58.5 14.4 8 90 1.5 a 05:20 13-4805A 1.000318 -3134 -1136 307 21.1 60.0 14.2 8 101 1.6 a 05:36 13-4805A 1.000305 -3016 -1051 295 13.1 61.0 14.7 10 92 1.6 a 05:53 13-4805A 1.000309 -3048 -980 285 121.0 30.0 14.8 13 90 2.6 a ---- Weather Log ---- Wind DIMM IRSC Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Dir Dust fwhm mean sigma 18:00 18.8 -7.7 8.9 191.5 59107 18:15 19.6 -8.3 4.6 225.1 59093 18:30 20.3 -7.8 11.2 214.6 62818 18:45 18.9 -7.6 9.2 246.2 64073 19:00 19.8 -7.7 6.0 217.5 60088 19:15 19.4 -7.9 15.6 210.3 58924 19:30 21.1 -6.7 8.6 188.5 55286 19:45 21.9 -4.8 14.4 209.3 54385 20:00 20.5 -6.6 20.9 218.2 52110 20:15 19.7 -7.5 1.8 182.6 49443 20:30 19.6 -7.9 11.1 188.3 53533 20:45 18.5 -8.6 9.2 154.0 51283 21:00 18.2 -9.2 12.3 122.0 43714 21:15 20.1 -7.6 21.8 202.6 41044 21:30 19.1 -8.2 4.9 233.2 52859 21:45 19.4 -8.4 12.6 190.0 53435 22:00 20.1 -8.2 7.6 160.1 45692 22:15 20.5 -5.9 9.2 175.4 43493 22:30 21.1 -6.8 24.9 200.5 42474 22:45 20.3 -6.7 16.8 206.0 42889 23:00 20.7 -5.7 9.7 209.0 43728 23:15 18.9 -7.4 5.6 153.4 44570 23:30 19.2 -7.2 9.6 142.7 47640 23:45 18.9 -6.7 18.7 145.5 49827 00:00 21.2 -5.9 9.8 195.5 51278 00:15 19.1 -5.8 13.5 150.3 51770 00:30 19.4 -5.4 14.3 195.8 52346 00:45 20.0 -4.9 10.5 176.6 52310 01:00 18.8 -4.7 7.1 161.0 57630 01:15 18.1 -4.5 15.1 138.3 60266 01:30 17.4 -4.3 14.3 135.9 66242 01:45 17.2 -4.3 9.6 111.0 71114 02:00 16.5 -3.8 13.3 111.5 78804 02:15 16.4 -2.8 12.4 112.9 85049 02:30 16.1 -2.7 9.7 112.6 89944 02:45 16.1 -2.1 14.4 108.3 94631 03:00 15.9 -1.0 12.4 98.6 106520 03:15 15.4 -0.8 11.1 114.9 116182 03:30 15.5 -0.1 14.7 111.6 119978 03:45 15.5 0.3 10.2 111.8 123515 04:00 15.2 0.4 7.4 93.6 130545 04:15 14.8 0.3 8.7 95.1 134547 04:30 14.5 0.4 7.4 94.9 137184 04:45 14.3 0.8 8.2 93.8 139921 05:00 14.2 1.3 8.3 93.1 144093 05:15 14.2 1.3 8.1 96.9 145182 05:30 14.3 2.3 13.0 86.8 147364 05:45 14.5 3.7 12.1 82.6 169215 06:00 14.1 2.5 17.0 85.3 163892 06:15 13.7 4.2 18.3 82.5 167078 06:30 13.7 6.8 15.6 112.6 202838 06:45 13.8 9.0 18.4 125.0 254341 07:00 13.8 9.7 17.1 112.1 294933 07:15 13.9 9.8 20.3 123.0 333893 07:30 14.1 9.7 22.9 125.3 305200 07:45 14.2 9.5 21.6 137.3 292984 08:00 14.6 8.4 19.7 145.9 254670 08:15 14.2 9.5 21.5 152.4 265679 08:30 13.3 10.1 16.4 138.8 337226 08:45 13.2 10.1 20.2 144.8 349549 09:00 12.5 10.7 23.6 138.9 404702 09:15 12.2 10.9 23.7 147.4 426175 09:30 12.1 11.6 34.0 139.5 521859 09:45 12.2 11.6 30.1 141.6 543865 10:00 12.1 10.9 28.3 141.1 548771 ---- Telescope Status ---- 01:25Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 02:05Z - Enclosure off. 06:00Z - Enclosure on, doors and louvers closed, fans off. No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 06:04Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 13 Counterweights at: 287 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Spectro2 129 lbs, 17 psi Spectro1 178 lbs, 22 psi ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2011-06-01 01:15:05; ----STUI software: STUI: 1.1a9 2011-05-19; 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_7; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_5; mcp: v6_6_6; mcp.plc: 28; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_2_1; sos: v1_1_7; sos.idlspec2d: v5_4_36; tcc: 2.14.0; -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06; Setting up: idlspec2d Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_4_36 Setting up: |elodie Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_3 Setting up: |spinspect Flavor: Linux64 Version: start 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 ... optional setup psycopg2 failed Setting up: | actorcore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_11_5 Setting up: | |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: CPL Setting up: | | external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: | | actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: | | |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v26 Setting up: | | |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_10 Setting up: | | RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.3.5 Setting up: | |RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |idlutils Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_4_23 Setting up: | idl Flavor: Linux64 Version: 7.1 Setting up: | dust Flavor: Linux64 Version: v0_1 ... optional setup first failed ... optional setup rc3 failed ... optional setup rass failed ... optional setup gsc failed ... optional setup twomass failed ... optional setup twomass_xsc failed ... optional setup tycho2 failed ... optional setup ucac failed ... optional setup usno failed Setting up: actorcore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_13_1 Setting up: |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_13 Setting up: | external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: | actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: | |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v26 Setting up: | |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_10 Setting up: | RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.3.5 ---- Problems in Detail ---- High Dust High Humidity Clouds