Subject: 2.5m obslog 20120313 (MJD 56000) From: asimmons@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:13:10 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday March 13, 2012 (MJD 56000) ---- Observing Team ---- Daniel Oravetz Audrey Oravetz ---- Observing Plan ---- BOSS Science ---- Observing Summary ---- Mostly clear with great seeing. There were some clouds at the beginning of the night, and then again at the end of the night. We observed: ============ Cart 10, plate 5738 Cart 11, plate 5317 - DONE Cart 12, plate 5330 - DONE Cart 13, plate 5460 - DONE Cart 14, plate 5364 - DONE Cart 15, plate 5480 Cart 16, plate 5430 - DONE Cart 17, plate 5391 - DONE ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ---------- When we arrived, the tcc was not responding, and neither was the specMec for spectrograph #2. Craig was online and fixed the problems for us. 00:15Z - Started ventilating. Mounted cart 10 for the beginning of the night. Night: ------ 01:15Z - Opened enclosure. Force filled spectrographs. 01:32Z - gotoField cart 10, BOSS plate 5738. 01:33Z - Hartmanns for testing - beginning at 141052. 02:16Z - gotoField cart 10, BOSS plate 5738. Used offsets -0.003,0.002. 02:18Z - Hartmanns 141064-65. 02:19:18 hartSp2: r=210, b=0.7, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 8.6 ; 02:19:18 sos.sp2AverageMove = 210 02:19:23 motorPos.sp2.move: 212, 211, 210; 02:19:23 hartSp1: r=-1087, b=-3.7, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 9.0 ; 02:19:23 sos.sp1AverageMove = 633 02:19:27 motorPos.sp1.move: 633, 633, 633; 02:20Z - Cals 141066-67. 02:29Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" Some light clouds. This plate is not done yet. 02:48Z - gotoField cart 11, BOSS plate 5317. Used offsets -0.005,0.005. 02:49Z - Hartmanns 1410069-70. 02:52:15 hartSp1: r=-328, b=-1.1, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 8.9 ; 02:52:15 sos.sp1AverageMove = 6918 02:52:31 motorPos.sp1.move: 6917, 6919, 6919; 02:52:31 hartSp2: r=-410, b=-1.4, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 8.3 ; 02:52:31 sos.sp2AverageMove = -1730 02:52:37 motorPos.sp2.move: -1730, -1727, -1730; 02:51Z - Cals 141071-72. 03:01Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.5" 03:18Z - 15 min exposure. 03:34Z - 15 min exposure. 03:50Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. 04:12Z - gotoField cart 12, BOSS plate 5330. Used same offsets as before. 04:11Z - Hartmanns 141077-78. 04:15:18 hartSp2: r=-665, b=-2.3, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 7.5 ; 04:15:18 sos.sp2AverageMove = 126 04:15:21 motorPos.sp2.move: 126, 125, 126; 04:15:21 hartSp1: r=-771, b=-2.6, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 8.4 ; 04:15:21 sos.sp1AverageMove = -5447 04:15:35 motorPos.sp1.move: -5447, -5445, -5445; 04:17Z - Cals 141079-80. 04:21Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.3" 04:37Z - 15 min exposure. 04:54Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. 05:13Z - gotoField cart 14, BOSS plate 5364. Used same offsets as before. 05:15Z - Hartmanns 141084-85. 05:18:14 hartSp1: r=-535, b=-1.8, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 7.9 ; 05:18:14 sos.sp1AverageMove = -559 05:18:17 motorPos.sp1.move: -559, -557, -560; 05:18:17 hartSp2: r=-769, b=-2.6, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 7.3 ; 05:18:17 sos.sp2AverageMove = 550 05:18:21 motorPos.sp2.move: 550, 550, 550; 05:21Z - Cals 141086-87. 05:24Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" 05:41Z - 15 min exposure. 05:57Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. 06:17Z - gotoField cart 17, BOSS plate 5391. Used same offsets as before. 06:19Z - Hartmanns 141091-92. 06:21:42 hartSp1: r=-390, b=-1.3, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 7.7 ; 06:21:42 sos.sp1AverageMove = -704 06:21:46 motorPos.sp1.move: -705, -703, -703; 06:21:46 hartSp2: r=-1050, b=-3.6, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 7.0 ; 06:21:46 sos.sp2AverageMove = -2371 06:21:55 motorPos.sp2.move: -2372, -2370, -2371; 06:21Z - Cals 141093-94. 06:29Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" 06:45Z - 15 min exposure. 07:02Z - 15 min exposure. 07:18Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. 07:39Z - gotoField cart 16, BOSS plate 5430. Used same offsets as before. 07:42Z - Hartmanns 141099-141100. 07:44Z - Cals 141101-02. 07:48Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" 08:05Z - 15 min exposure. 08:21Z - 15 min exposure. 08:38Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. 09:03Z - gotoField cart 13, BOSS plate 5460. Used same offsets as before. 09:04Z - Hartmanns 141108-09. 09:05:41 hartSp1: r=-273, b=-0.9, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 7.1 ; 09:05:41 sos.sp1AverageMove = 1739 09:05:48 motorPos.sp1.move: 1739, 1740, 1739; 09:05:48 hartSp2: r=-686, b=-2.3, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 6.7 ; 09:05:48 sos.sp2AverageMove = 1427 09:05:54 motorPos.sp2.move: 1424, 1427, 1426; 09:06Z - Cals 141110-11. 09:10Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4". This plate is DONE. 09:33Z - gotoField cart 15, BOSS plate 5480. Used same offsets as before. 09:36Z - Hartmanns 141114-15. 09:37:54 boss Idle 09:38:09 hartSp1: r=-463, b=-1.6, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 7.0 ; 09:38:09 sos.sp1AverageMove = -2232 09:38:16 motorPos.sp1.move: -2231, -2231, -2231; 09:38:16 hartSp2: r=-862, b=-3.0, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 6.5 ; 09:38:16 sos.sp2AverageMove = -1918 09:38:23 motorPos.sp2.move: -1918, -1919, -1918; 09:38Z - Cals 141116-17. 09:43Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4". Clouds. 10:00Z - 15 min exposure. 10:16Z - 15 min exposure. 10:33Z - 15 min exposure. 10:49Z - 15 min exposure. 11:05Z - 15 min exposure. 11:22Z - 15 min exposure. Marked "BAD". 11:38Z - 15 min exposure. Marked "BAD". This plate is not done yet. Too many clouds. 12:11Z - Closed enclosure and stopped ventilating. Mounted cart 10 for tomorrow evening. ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- --- Offsets --- (arcsec) Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideRot calibOff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:13 3-5670A 121.0 30.4 -0.0 ( 0.0, 0.0) ( 0.0) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 02:28 10-5738A 133.3 53.1 -77.5 (-22.6, 2.2) ( -44.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 03:01 11-5317A 70.7 55.8 236.0 (-21.1, 19.1) ( -68.1) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 03:17 11-5317A 66.5 59.0 233.7 (-19.9, 19.5) ( -67.1) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 03:34 11-5317A 61.6 62.1 230.6 (-18.2, 19.6) ( -64.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 03:50 11-5317A 55.7 65.1 226.6 (-16.4, 19.8) ( -60.9) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 04:20 12-5330A 50.8 64.3 222.4 (-10.9, 21.1) ( -42.4) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 04:37 12-5330A 43.4 66.8 216.7 ( -9.3, 22.9) ( -39.0) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 04:53 12-5330A 34.6 69.0 209.6 ( -6.8, 23.6) ( -34.1) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 05:24 14-5364A 46.3 62.2 218.4 (-11.1, 20.7) ( -20.1) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 05:40 14-5364A 39.0 64.5 212.7 ( -9.4, 22.1) ( -17.6) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 05:57 14-5364A 30.6 66.5 205.9 ( -7.1, 22.6) ( -13.8) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 06:29 17-5391A 40.7 61.3 213.8 (-10.6, 21.1) ( -23.9) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 06:45 17-5391A 33.2 63.4 207.8 ( -8.8, 22.8) ( -23.0) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 07:01 17-5391A 24.7 65.1 200.9 ( -6.2, 23.1) ( -20.5) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 07:18 17-5391A 15.4 66.2 193.0 ( -3.8, 23.3) ( -18.3) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 07:48 16-5430A 40.6 61.9 213.7 ( -9.3, 19.5) ( -47.0) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 08:04 16-5430A 33.0 64.0 207.7 ( -7.8, 20.7) ( -45.1) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 08:21 16-5430A 24.4 65.7 200.6 ( -5.6, 21.4) ( -43.2) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 08:37 16-5430A 14.8 66.8 192.5 ( -3.4, 22.0) ( -41.5) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 08:53 16-5430A 4.4 67.4 183.7 ( -1.1, 22.8) ( -41.5) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 09:10 13-5460A 29.0 65.3 204.4 ( -7.4, 21.6) ( -21.3) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 09:26 13-5460A 19.7 66.7 196.7 ( -4.9, 23.2) ( -18.4) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 09:43 15-5480A 30.8 65.1 205.9 (-12.5, 23.1) ( -39.8) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 09:59 15-5480A 21.8 66.7 198.4 (-10.0, 24.9) ( -35.6) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 10:16 15-5480A 11.6 67.7 189.8 ( -7.6, 25.8) ( -33.0) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 10:32 15-5480A 1.0 68.0 180.8 ( -5.0, 25.9) ( -32.4) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 10:48 15-5480A -9.7 67.8 171.6 ( -2.3, 25.6) ( -35.0) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 11:05 15-5480A -19.9 66.9 163.0 ( 0.2, 25.2) ( -39.3) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 11:21 15-5480A -29.2 65.5 155.2 ( 1.9, 24.5) ( -51.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 11:38 15-5480A -37.5 63.6 148.4 ( 0.4, 24.9) (-128.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss ---- Focus Log ---- --- Focus --- Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:13 3-5670A 1.000000 0 1257 0 121.0 30.4 10.2 8 264 99.9 boss 02:28 10-5738A 1.000220 -2172 -176 450 133.3 53.1 10.2 8 264 1.4 boss 03:01 11-5317A 1.000241 -2376 -360 443 70.7 55.8 10.2 8 264 1.5 boss 03:17 11-5317A 1.000219 -2162 -211 423 66.5 59.0 10.2 8 264 1.5 boss 03:34 11-5317A 1.000198 -1949 -60 406 61.6 62.1 10.2 8 264 1.5 boss 03:50 11-5317A 1.000174 -1717 118 400 55.7 65.1 10.2 8 264 1.3 boss 04:20 12-5330A 1.000191 -1885 -22 395 50.8 64.3 10.2 8 264 1.3 boss 04:37 12-5330A 1.000181 -1790 40 385 43.4 66.8 10.2 8 264 1.3 boss 04:53 12-5330A 1.000166 -1640 143 369 34.6 69.0 10.2 8 264 1.2 boss 05:24 14-5364A 1.000160 -1580 220 380 46.3 62.2 10.2 8 264 1.5 boss 05:40 14-5364A 1.000151 -1487 290 380 39.0 64.5 10.2 8 264 1.6 boss 05:57 14-5364A 1.000143 -1411 354 385 30.6 66.5 10.2 8 264 1.6 boss 06:29 17-5391A 1.000207 -2045 -189 353 40.7 61.3 10.2 8 264 1.3 boss 06:45 17-5391A 1.000204 -2016 -169 356 33.2 63.4 10.2 8 264 1.4 boss 07:01 17-5391A 1.000198 -1949 -119 354 24.7 65.1 10.2 8 264 1.3 boss 07:18 17-5391A 1.000194 -1911 -96 347 15.4 66.2 10.2 8 264 1.3 boss 07:48 16-5430A 1.000185 -1822 -3 358 40.6 61.9 10.2 8 264 1.4 boss 08:04 16-5430A 1.000172 -1694 101 362 33.0 64.0 10.2 8 264 1.4 boss 08:21 16-5430A 1.000172 -1697 104 370 24.4 65.7 10.2 8 264 1.2 boss 08:37 16-5430A 1.000164 -1618 170 372 14.8 66.8 10.2 8 264 1.3 boss 08:53 16-5430A 1.000168 -1659 144 383 4.4 67.4 10.2 8 264 1.3 boss 09:10 13-5460A 1.000164 -1618 174 373 29.0 65.3 10.2 8 264 1.5 boss 09:26 13-5460A 1.000183 -1809 8 370 19.7 66.7 10.2 8 264 1.4 boss 09:43 15-5480A 1.000131 -1293 452 382 30.8 65.1 10.2 8 264 1.4 boss 09:59 15-5480A 1.000152 -1500 301 405 21.8 66.7 10.2 8 264 1.4 boss 10:16 15-5480A 1.000149 -1471 320 402 11.6 67.7 10.2 8 264 1.3 boss 10:32 15-5480A 1.000139 -1372 392 394 1.0 68.0 10.2 8 264 1.3 boss 10:48 15-5480A 1.000145 -1433 341 394 -9.7 67.8 10.2 8 264 1.2 boss 11:05 15-5480A 1.000144 -1420 352 392 -19.9 66.9 10.2 8 264 1.3 boss 11:21 15-5480A 1.000146 -1439 -347 -295 -29.2 65.5 10.2 8 264 9.3 boss 11:38 15-5480A 1.000084 -825 -2763 -3222 -37.5 63.6 10.2 8 264 5.5 boss ---- Weather Log ---- --- Weather --- Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23:13 3-5670A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 99.9 boss 02:28 10-5738A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.4 boss 03:01 11-5317A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.5 boss 03:17 11-5317A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.5 boss 03:34 11-5317A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.5 boss 03:50 11-5317A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.3 boss 04:20 12-5330A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.3 boss 04:37 12-5330A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.3 boss 04:53 12-5330A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.2 boss 05:24 14-5364A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.5 boss 05:40 14-5364A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.6 boss 05:57 14-5364A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.6 boss 06:29 17-5391A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.3 boss 06:45 17-5391A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.4 boss 07:01 17-5391A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.3 boss 07:18 17-5391A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.3 boss 07:48 16-5430A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.4 boss 08:04 16-5430A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.4 boss 08:21 16-5430A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.2 boss 08:37 16-5430A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.3 boss 08:53 16-5430A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.3 boss 09:10 13-5460A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.5 boss 09:26 13-5460A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.4 boss 09:43 15-5480A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.4 boss 09:59 15-5480A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.4 boss 10:16 15-5480A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.3 boss 10:32 15-5480A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.3 boss 10:48 15-5480A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.2 boss 11:05 15-5480A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 1.3 boss 11:21 15-5480A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 9.3 boss 11:38 15-5480A 10.2 -17.8 28.0 12 8 264 1339 5.3 1548.0 5.5 boss ---- Telescope Status ---- 00:30Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 01:15Z - Opened enclosure. 12:12Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. Status at: 12:12Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 10 Counterweights at: 280 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. SP1 LN2 dewar scale: 218 lbs, 22 psi SP2 LN2 dewar scale: 216 lbs, 21 psi ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2012-03-13 00:59:38 ----STUI software: STUI: 1.1.2b1 2011-11-08; alerts: v1_2_0; apo: v1_7; boss: v2_5_5; boss.daq: 1.3.2; boss.specMech: 3.0.1; gcamera: v1_2_7; guider: v1_3_17; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_8; mcp: v6_6_11; mcp.plc: 28; mcp.azFiducialVersion: v1_100; mcp.altFiducialVersion: v1_100; mcp.rotFiducialVersion: v1_100; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_2_11; sos: v1_2_0; sos.idlspec2d: v5_5_3; tcc: 2.14.0; apogee: ? apogeecal: ? apogeeql: v1_4_1 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06; ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -0.131 -0.127 Axial B: 0.071 0.08 Axial C: -0.008 -0.004 Trans D: 0.41025 0.40935 Lateral E: 10.6553 10.6553 Lateral F: 12.2555 12.2809 GALILS Commanded: 11300 -650 5500 19150 13500 13050 Actual: 11300 -650 5500 19150 13500 13050 SETMIR VALUES PrimDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 612.35 1325.90 PrimOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 612.43 1325.18 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air temp: 8.6 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -8.411 -8.408 Axial B: -8.705 -8.705 Axial C: -12.159 -12.158 Trans D: -10.025 -10.018 GALILS Commanded: 1577450 1611550 1562700 -9050 -6750 Actual: 1577451 1611542 1562692 -9050 -6750 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 13.00 8.00 -60.00 174.63 SecOrient: 1257.00 12.99 8.00 -60.38 174.69