Subject: 2.5m obslog 20120309 (MJD 55996) From: kpan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:24:18 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Friday March 09, 2012 (MJD 55996) ---- Observing Team ---- Elena Malanushenko Kaike Pan ---- Observing Plan ---- MARVELS/APOGEE 10.5 hours Flexible Engineering ---- Observing Summary ---- The night was lost to weather. We completed BOSS spectro monthly checkout. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: --------- All systems and actors were checked. No problem to report. 23:45Z blow off dust on the apogee gang connector and started apogee afternoon calibrations. All frames look normal. Marvels TIO, ThAr test exposures were taken, they look normal. The weather does not look very promising, and even the sky clear up, the temperature, at - 6 C, is too low for the new pointing model. So we decided to dismount the engCamera, and mount a BOSS cartridge for BOSS spectra monthly checkout. Enclosure is closed; cwPositions = 285 284 284 286; MCP instr 16 (mounted); Guider cart= 16, pl= 5430, side= A (loaded); motorPosition sp1: 19047, 18010, 9807; sp2: 26172, 26049, 27085; Night: ----- 01:26Z started BOSS spectra monthly checkout. 25 bias frames: 140915-939. IDL> apo_plotbias, 140915, plotfile='/home/observer/bias55996.ps' Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00140915.fit -4.0 -3.1 -2.4 -0.0 2.5 3.2 4.0 sdR-b2-00140915.fit -4.1 -3.3 -2.5 -0.0 2.5 3.3 4.1 sdR-r1-00140915.fit -5.6 -4.5 -3.5 -0.0 3.5 4.6 5.8 sdR-r2-00140915.fit -6.1 -4.9 -3.8 -0.0 3.8 4.9 6.2 Three darks: 02:36:26 sop doCalibs ndark=3 darkTime=900 ff= 140945-- 140947 IDL> apo_plotbias, 140946, plotfile='/home/observer/dark55996.ps' Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00140946.fit -3.8 -3.0 -2.3 0.3 2.9 3.7 4.6 sdR-b2-00140946.fit -3.9 -3.0 -2.2 0.4 3.2 4.0 5.0 sdR-r1-00140946.fit -5.2 -4.0 -3.0 0.6 4.4 5.5 6.7 sdR-r2-00140946.fit -5.1 -3.8 -2.7 1.3 5.5 6.7 8.2 Five flats: 03:33:22 Five flats by "sop doCalibs nflat=1" (as nflat=5 does not work). ff= 140948 -- 140952 When we tried to take five flats in one sequence with sop GUI or STUI command line, it failed with these error message. It appears that flat can be only take one by one, not a multiple exposures with one command. 02:22:22 .hub 0 cmds d CmdQueued=80800,1331346176.75,"APO.elenam",52,"sop",40,"doCalibs nflat=5 flatTime=30" 02:22:23 .hub 0 cmds d CmdQueued=80801,1331346176.86,"APO.elenam.sop",82,"mcp",51,"ff.on" 02:22:26 .hub 0 cmds d CmdQueued=80802,1331346180.14,"APO.elenam.sop",83,"boss",79,"exposure flat itime=30 noreadout" 02:23:17 APO.elenam 52 sop f text="Impossible condition; complain to RHL" 02:23:17 CmdDone: APO.elenam 52 sop doCalibs nflat=5 flatTime=30 13:30Z run APOGEE morning calibration. ---- Telescope Status ---- Never open. Status at: 13:30:49 Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 16 Counterweights at: 285, 284, 284, 285 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 230 lbs, 23 psi SP2 238 lbs, 23 psi ---- Software Used ---- ---STUI software: STUI: 1.1.2b1 2011-11-08; alerts: v1_2_0; apo: v1_7; boss: v2_5_4; 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; Setting up: |elodie Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_3 Setting up: |spinspect Flavor: Linux64 Version: start Setting up: |specflat Flavor: NULL Version: v1_18 Setting up: |speclog Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |platelist Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |platedb Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_0_9 Setting up: |hooloovookit Flavor: Linux64 Version: v3.0b4 Setting up: |sqlalchemy Flavor: Linux64 Version: 0.5.5 Setting up: |psycopg Flavor: Linux64 Version: 2.0.11 Setting up: |scipy Flavor: Linux64 Version: 0.7.1 Setting up: |actorcore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_15_1 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_10 Setting up: |RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.8.0 Setting up: |tron Flavor: Linux64 Version: sdss3_v1_1_8 Setting up: |idlutils Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_4_26 Setting up: |idl Flavor: Linux64 Version: 7.1 Setting up: |dust Flavor: Linux64 Version: v0_1 Setting up: actorcore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_15_1 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_10 Setting up: |RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.8.0 Setting up: |tron Flavor: Linux64 Version: sdss3_v1_1_8 ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -0.134 -0.127 Axial B: 0.067 0.08 Axial C: -0.012 -0.004 Trans D: 0.4099 0.40935 Lateral E: 10.6553 10.6553 Lateral F: 12.2809 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: -5.7 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -8.41 -8.408 Axial B: -8.7 -8.705 Axial C: -12.15 -12.158 Trans D: -10.019 -10.018 GALILS Commanded: 1577450 1611550 1562700 -9050 -6750 Actual: 1577457 1611542 1562704 -9050 -6750 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 13.00 8.00 -60.00 174.63 SecOrient: 1256.93 12.98 7.96 -60.41 174.70