Subject: 2.5m obslog 20121216 (MJD 56278) From: dmbiz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:46:44 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Sunday December 16, 2012 (MJD 56278) ---- Observing Team ---- Garrett Ebelke Viktor Malanushenko Kaike Pan (afternoon) ---- Observing Plan ---- 16 Dec 2012 56278.0 0.30 01:13 12:47 23:54 11:29 BOSS 11.6 hours ---- Observing Summary ---- Night was lost due to high humidity and snow on nearby trees and on the roof of the enclosure. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: --------- Collimation was checked with cart 11. COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -6.5 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 3.6 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 42 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue command: "boss moveColl spec=sp1 a=42 b=42 c=42" COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -213 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue command: "boss moveColl spec=sp2 a=-213 b=-213 c=-213" motorPosition sp1: 30652, 30874, 30864; sp2: 28072, 28426, 29047; Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 3.2, Tsp2= 2.6; Outside air temperature= -3.8; Weather prevent from ventilation. Night: ------ Opening is impossible because of snow and fog. 7:50Z APOGEE calibs started BOSS calibs started APOGEE scheduler started 11:40Z Humidity is still high, trees around are covered by snow, rails are icy, and there is snow on the roof of the enclosure. This is not safe to open. We call it a night. ---- Weather Log ---- Wind 1 um DIMM IRSC Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Dir Dust fwhm mean sigma 19:00 -1.7 -4.3 9.8 245.0 458 19:15 -1.3 -4.1 12.4 257.3 445 19:30 -1.3 -4.0 8.5 256.3 555 19:45 -1.8 -4.3 12.7 252.2 487 20:00 -1.6 -4.1 13.4 254.6 2254 20:15 -1.9 -4.3 10.2 252.0 771 20:30 -1.8 -4.2 17.9 256.8 1646 20:45 -1.8 -4.1 13.0 245.6 1365 21:00 -1.7 -4.0 9.4 260.1 1871 21:15 -1.8 -4.1 13.3 236.5 2295 21:30 -1.7 -4.1 13.7 249.9 1236 21:45 -1.6 -3.9 15.3 248.7 1644 22:00 -1.7 -4.1 14.1 276.6 1884 22:15 -1.6 -4.1 11.6 265.2 1162 22:30 -1.6 -4.0 12.2 258.1 864 22:45 -1.6 -3.8 16.4 248.1 1066 23:00 -1.5 -4.0 14.5 245.8 1733 23:15 -1.8 -4.2 17.1 256.8 1231 23:30 -2.2 -4.7 11.6 262.3 1412 23:45 -2.3 -4.9 10.5 271.2 470 00:00 -2.6 -5.4 19.2 263.6 121 00:15 -3.0 -5.5 16.6 251.4 108 00:30 -3.1 -5.5 15.1 276.3 93 00:45 -3.4 -5.8 17.9 282.8 123 01:00 -3.8 -5.9 17.7 298.1 99 01:15 -3.8 -5.9 19.7 298.8 122 01:30 -4.1 -6.1 16.2 279.1 108 01:45 -5.4 -6.5 16.9 280.0 90 02:00 -5.6 -6.3 17.0 298.7 96 02:15 -5.3 -6.1 18.4 325.1 96 02:30 -4.5 -4.8 19.7 332.5 81 02:45 -4.7 -5.4 19.1 313.6 76 03:00 -4.9 -5.7 18.1 298.6 68 03:15 -5.0 -6.0 23.5 319.3 78 03:30 -5.2 -5.9 22.6 316.8 50 03:45 -5.0 -5.6 19.2 336.6 68 04:00 -5.2 -5.7 21.0 341.1 86 04:15 -5.4 -6.1 13.2 331.2 85 04:30 -5.4 -6.3 4.1 357.6 72 04:45 -5.4 -6.5 8.2 319.6 68 05:00 -5.6 -6.6 14.4 356.2 62 05:15 -5.6 -6.6 8.5 320.7 68 05:30 -5.8 -6.8 19.0 327.4 68 05:45 -6.0 -7.2 12.1 345.7 58 06:00 -5.7 -7.6 8.0 357.7 53 06:15 -5.7 -7.8 4.3 333.1 53 06:30 -5.7 -7.8 13.7 338.3 61 06:45 -5.7 -7.8 15.3 334.2 56 07:00 -5.7 -8.3 2.6 343.0 42 07:15 -5.8 -9.3 10.7 277.6 48 07:30 -5.7 -9.7 5.1 311.1 54 07:45 -5.8 -9.3 15.5 328.0 37 08:00 -5.6 -9.8 17.4 12.7 42 08:15 -5.4 -9.9 15.1 344.0 45 08:30 -5.2 -10.7 5.6 299.5 46 08:45 -5.8 -9.9 9.2 339.9 84 09:00 -5.8 -10.4 15.9 336.3 51 09:15 -5.8 -9.9 17.6 323.5 41 09:30 -5.7 -10.2 9.9 325.8 49 09:45 -5.8 -10.2 10.1 304.1 47 10:00 -6.0 -10.2 15.8 307.1 37 10:15 -5.8 -10.4 19.4 314.3 50 10:30 -5.6 -10.8 22.8 318.1 47 10:45 -5.4 -11.3 12.4 334.5 40 11:00 -5.3 -11.3 17.6 333.6 54 11:15 -5.3 -11.3 19.2 334.5 44 11:30 -4.9 -12.0 12.8 322.5 45 11:45 -4.7 -12.0 11.8 342.8 54 ---- Telescope Status ---- Never opened Status at: 11:45Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.3, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 11 Counterweights at: 289, 291, 291, 289 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 91 lbs, 20 psi SP2 108 lbs, 19 psi ---- Software Used ---- TUI: 1.1.3b5 2012-12-08; alerts: v1_2_1; apo: v1_7; boss: v2_5_13; boss.daq: 1.3.2; boss.specMech: 3.0.1; gcamera: v1_2_10; guider: v1_4_0; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_2_0; mcp: v6_6_16; mcp.plc: 28; mcp.azFiducialVersion: v1_107; mcp.altFiducialVersion: v1_107; mcp.rotFiducialVersion: v1_107; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_2_15; sos: v1_2_0; sos.idlspec2d: v5_5_9; tcc: 2.14.0; apogee: ** not availble ** apogeecal: ** not availble ** apogeeql: v1_4_1 Setting up: idlspec2d Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_6_1 Setting up: |elodie Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_3 Setting up: |spinspect Flavor: Linux64 Version: start Setting up: |specflat Flavor: NULL Version: v1_19 Setting up: |speclog Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |platelist Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |platedb Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_3_1 Setting up: |hooloovookit Flavor: Linux64 Version: v3_4_1 Setting up: |sqlalchemy Flavor: Linux64 Version: 0.7.7 Setting up: |scipy Flavor: Linux64 Version: 0.7.1 Setting up: |psycopg Flavor: Linux64 Version: 2.0.11 Setting up: |actorcore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_15_2 Setting up: |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_15_1 Setting up: |external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: |actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v28_1 Setting up: |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_11 Setting up: |RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.8.0 Setting up: |tron Flavor: Linux64 Version: sdss3_v1_1_9 Setting up: |idlutils Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_5_8 Setting up: |idl Flavor: Linux64 Version: 7.1 Setting up: |dust Flavor: Linux64 Version: v0_1 Setting up: actorcore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_17 Setting up: |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_16 Setting up: |external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: |actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v28_5 Setting up: |sdsstools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v4_33 Setting up: |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_12 Setting up: |RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.8.0 Setting up: |tron Flavor: Linux64 Version: sdss3_v1_1_9 ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 5.365 5.357 Axial B: 5.214 5.221 Axial C: 5.519 5.516 Trans D: 10.363 10.374 Lateral E: 10.6426 10.6299 Lateral F: 12.2809 12.2428 GALILS Commanded: 11300 -650 5500 21900 13500 13050 Actual: 11300 -650 5500 21900 13500 13050 SETMIR VALUES PrimDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 612.35 1500.90 PrimOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 612.07 1500.38 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air temp: -3.7 Altitude: 30.3 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 7.039 7.041 Axial B: 7.057 7.059 Axial C: 7.033 7.041 Trans D: 0.333 0.33 GALILS Commanded: 1576550 1594600 1580000 -3550 -6650 Actual: 1576550 1594628 1580014 -3550 -6650 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 3.00 5.00 0.00 115.81 SecOrient: 1257.01 3.00 5.02 -0.16 116.14