Subject: 2.5m obslog 20120424 (MJD 56042) From: asimmons@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:27:23 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday April 24, 2012 (MJD 56042) ---- Observing Team ---- Daniel Oravetz Audrey Oravetz ---- Observing Plan ---- BOSS Science ---- Observing Summary ---- Clear night. We observed: ct=10 pl=5876 - DONE ct=11 pl=5880 - DONE ct=12 pl=5850 - DONE ct=13 pl=5863 - DONE ct=15 pl=5897 - DONE ct=16 pl=5902 - DONE ct=18 pl=4973 - DONE ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ========== -- Status -- 2012-04-24 22:45:00.040789 Enclosure is closed; cwPositions = 278 277 278 278; MCP instr 14 (mounted); Guider cart= 14, pl= 5439, side= A (loaded); motorPosition sp1: 24116, 25144, 22296; sp2: 35005, 34873, 35927; Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 15.8, Tsp2= 15.5; Outside air temperature= 21.4; Boss CCD Temp : sp1r0= -124.6 (-126.6); sp1b2= -99.6 (-100.0); sp2r0= -134.0 (-134.8); sp2b2= -101.2 (-100.0); sp1LN2: 10.0; sp2LN2: 10.0; ------------------------------ gcameraTemp= -40.1 (-40.0); Rel. Focus = 0.0; objArcOff = 0.0, 0.0; ------------------------------ Apogee: vacuum = 5.886e-07 Apogee: ln2Level=95.672 ------------------------------ humid25m = 17.5; airTemp25m = 21.4C, dpTemp25m = -4.2C; diff= 25.6C; wind25m = n/a, direction = n/a; Took biases, darks, cals, and hartmanns. Gathered mirror numbers. 00:45Z - Mounted cart 10 for the beginning of the night. Started ventilating. Night: ====== 01:40Z - Opened enclosure to mostly clear skies. Force filled spectrographs. 02:11Z - gotoField cart 10, BOSS plate 5876. GSFOGTF. 02:15Z - Hartmanns 143028-29. 02:18:17 hartSp1: r=-41, b=-0.1, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 16.0 ; 02:18:17 sos.sp1AverageMove = 226 02:18:21 motorPos.sp1.move: 226, 226, 226; 02:18:21 hartSp2: r=22, b=0.1, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 15.1 ; 02:18:21 sos.sp2AverageMove = -241 02:18:24 motorPos.sp2.move: -241, -240, -241; 02:Z - Cals 14303. 02:48Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" 03:04Z - 15 min exposure. 03:21Z - 15 min exposure. 03:37Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 56042 2.8 7.6 2.6 7.5 900.8 20.5 5876-56042-01 56042 3.3 8.1 3.1 7.5 900.8 22.0 5876-56042-01 56042 2.9 7.2 2.6 6.8 900.8 19.5 5876-56042-01 56042 3.0 7.4 2.9 7.3 900.8 20.6 5876-56042-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 12.0 30.3 11.2 29.1 3603.2 --> 82.6 03:59Z - gotoField cart 11, BOSS plate 5880. GSFOGTF. 03:59Z - Hartmanns 143038-39. 04:02:42 hartSp1: r=4, b=0.0, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 14.7 ; 04:02:42 sos.sp1AverageMove = 4343 04:02:54 motorPos.sp1.move: 4343, 4344, 4343; 04:02:54 hartSp2: r=-465, b=-1.6, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 14.2 ; 04:02:54 sos.sp2AverageMove = -2315 04:03:02 motorPos.sp2.move: -2315, -2313, -2315; 04:02Z - Cals 143040-41. 04:13Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" 04:29Z - 15 min exposure. 04:46Z - 15 min exposure. 05:04Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 56042 3.4 8.1 3.3 7.7 900.8 22.5 5880-56042-01 56042 3.4 7.9 3.4 7.9 900.8 22.6 5880-56042-01 56042 3.3 7.7 3.1 7.6 900.8 21.7 5880-56042-01 56042 2.6 6.3 2.6 6.4 900.8 17.9 5880-56042-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 12.7 30.0 12.4 29.6 3603.2 --> 84.7 05:25Z - gotoField cart 12, BOSS plate 5850. Used offsets. 05:25Z - Hartmanns 143046-47. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 56042 3.4 8.1 3.3 7.7 900.8 22.5 5880-56042-01 56042 3.4 7.9 3.4 7.9 900.8 22.6 5880-56042-01 56042 3.3 7.7 3.1 7.6 900.8 21.7 5880-56042-01 56042 2.6 6.3 2.6 6.4 900.8 17.9 5880-56042-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 12.7 30.0 12.4 29.6 3603.2 --> 84.7 05:27Z - Cals 143048-49. 05:37Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" 05:53Z - 15 min exposure. 06:09Z - 15 min exposure. 06:26Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 56042 2.6 6.4 2.6 7.1 900.8 18.7 5850-56042-01 56042 2.9 6.9 3.0 7.8 900.8 20.6 5850-56042-01 56042 3.3 8.2 3.6 9.5 900.8 24.6 5850-56042-01 56042 3.2 8.0 3.3 8.9 900.8 23.4 5850-56042-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 12.0 29.5 12.5 33.3 3603.2 --> 87.3 06:46Z - gotoField cart 13, BOSS plate 5863. GSFOGTF. 06:50Z - Hartmanns 143054-55. 06:50:36 hartSp1: r=-127, b=-0.4, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 13.6 ; 06:50:36 sos.sp1AverageMove = 1593 06:50:42 motorPos.sp1.move: 1592, 1594, 1593; 06:50:42 hartSp2: r=690, b=2.4, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 13.3 ; 06:50:42 sos.sp2AverageMove = 690 06:50:45 motorPos.sp2.move: 691, 689, 689; 06:52Z - Cals 143056-57. 06:55Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" 07:11Z - 15 min exposure. This exposure is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 56041 2.5 6.7 2.1 6.0 900.8 17.3 5863-56039-01 56041 2.5 6.4 2.2 6.4 900.8 17.5 5863-56039-01 56041 1.7 3.9 1.6 4.2 900.8 11.4 5863-56039-01 56041 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 900.8 1.2 5863-56039-01 56041 0.5 0.8 0.4 1.1 900.8 2.8 5863-56039-01 56042 3.2 8.4 3.0 9.0 900.8 23.6 5863-56039-01 56042 2.8 7.6 2.5 7.8 900.8 20.7 5863-56039-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 13.4 34.1 12.0 35.0 6305.6 --> 94.5 07:31Z - gotoField cart 15, BOSS plate 5897. GSFOGTF. 07:33Z - Hartmanns 143060-61. 07:36:05 hartSp1: r=-333, b=-1.1, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 13.5 ; 07:36:05 sos.sp1AverageMove = -2682 07:36:13 motorPos.sp1.move: -2683, -2681, -2681; 07:36:13 hartSp2: r=194, b=0.7, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 13.1 ; 07:36:13 sos.sp2AverageMove = -2975 07:36:21 motorPos.sp2.move: -2974, -2975, -2975; 07:35Z - Cals 143062-63. 07:41Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.5" 07:58Z - 15 min exposure. 08:14Z - 15 min exposure. 08:31Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 56042 2.7 7.7 2.7 7.9 900.8 21.0 5897-56040-01 56042 2.8 7.8 2.9 8.1 900.8 21.6 5897-56040-01 56042 3.7 10.1 3.8 10.4 900.8 28.0 5897-56040-01 56042 3.2 8.8 3.3 9.1 900.8 24.4 5897-56040-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 12.4 34.4 12.7 35.5 3603.2 --> 95.0 08:52Z - gotoField cart 16, BOSS plate 5902. GSFOGTF. 08:52Z - Hartmanns 143068-69. 08:55:06 hartSp1: r=-375, b=-1.3, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 13.3 ; 08:55:06 sos.sp1AverageMove = -399 08:55:10 motorPos.sp1.move: -399, -398, -399; 08:55:10 hartSp2: r=718, b=2.5, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 12.8 ; 08:55:10 sos.sp2AverageMove = 982 08:55:14 motorPos.sp2.move: 984, 990, 982; 08:54Z - Cals 143070-71. 09:00Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" 09:16Z - 15 min exposure. 09:33Z - 15 min exposure. 09:49Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 56042 2.5 6.5 2.7 7.3 900.8 19.0 5902-56040-01 56042 2.2 6.0 2.4 6.8 900.8 17.4 5902-56040-01 56042 2.6 6.5 2.7 7.6 900.8 19.4 5902-56040-01 56042 2.9 7.2 3.0 8.4 900.8 21.5 5902-56040-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 10.2 26.2 10.8 30.1 3603.2 --> 77.3 10:15Z - gotoField cart 18, BOSS plate 4973. GSFOGTF. 10:15Z - Hartmanns 143077-78. 10:18:17 hartSp1: r=-666, b=-2.3, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 12.8 ; 10:18:17 sos.sp1AverageMove = -108 10:18:20 motorPos.sp1.move: -107, -105, -107; 10:18:20 hartSp2: r=1002, b=3.4, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 12.3 ; 10:18:20 sos.sp2AverageMove = -582 10:18:24 motorPos.sp2.move: -584, -589, -582; 10:19Z - Cals 143079-80. 10:22Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.3" 10:39Z - 15 min exposure. 10:55Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. 11:07Z - 15 degree twilight. We finished the last BOSS exposure 5 minutes after twilight, so we could not go on to observe APOGEE tonight. 11:26Z - Closed enclosure. Stopped ventilating. ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- --- Offsets --- (arcsec) Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideRot calibOff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:47 10-5876A 50.8 71.3 223.9 (-12.1, 16.1) ( 0.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 03:03 10-5876A 40.9 73.8 215.9 (-10.3, 17.0) ( 8.8) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 03:20 10-5876A 28.1 75.8 204.9 ( -7.5, 17.6) ( 19.3) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 03:36 10-5876A 12.4 77.0 191.1 ( -4.3, 18.3) ( 28.3) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 04:12 11-5880A 18.4 75.4 196.2 ( -8.4, 17.8) ( -57.3) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 04:29 11-5880A 2.6 76.0 182.3 ( -5.6, 17.9) ( -54.9) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 04:45 11-5880A -13.1 75.7 168.3 ( -2.1, 16.5) ( -61.4) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 05:03 11-5880A -29.0 74.3 154.4 ( 1.8, 15.1) ( -76.8) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 05:36 12-5850A -22.5 75.7 160.0 ( 5.8, 13.4) ( -40.2) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 05:52 12-5850A -35.8 74.0 148.5 ( 8.6, 11.6) ( -52.1) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 06:09 12-5850A -46.6 71.7 139.6 ( 10.6, 10.1) ( -60.9) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 06:25 12-5850A -54.9 69.0 133.1 ( 11.5, 9.0) ( -66.8) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 06:54 13-5863A -45.2 70.6 141.0 ( 6.7, 12.7) ( -33.6) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 07:11 13-5863A -53.4 68.0 134.7 ( 8.6, 11.4) ( -40.2) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 07:41 15-5897A -25.5 75.4 157.4 ( -2.1, 15.6) ( -18.6) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 07:57 15-5897A -38.3 73.5 146.4 ( 0.4, 14.8) ( -27.9) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 08:14 15-5897A -48.4 71.2 138.1 ( 2.5, 14.0) ( -37.5) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 08:30 15-5897A -56.4 68.4 131.9 ( 3.7, 12.9) ( -43.6) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 08:59 16-5902A -55.6 68.7 132.6 ( 10.1, 11.6) ( -57.3) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 09:16 16-5902A -62.0 65.8 128.0 ( 12.1, 10.8) ( -64.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 09:32 16-5902A -67.4 62.6 124.6 ( 12.8, 10.3) ( -67.0) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 09:48 16-5902A -71.8 59.4 122.1 ( 13.6, 10.1) ( -69.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 10:05 16-5902A -75.6 56.1 120.2 ( 13.6, 10.0) ( -72.5) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 10:21 18-4973A 250.9 68.1 86.1 ( 11.3, 0.1) ( -21.9) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 10:38 18-4973A 251.2 64.8 88.9 ( 11.6, -0.3) ( -27.0) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 10:54 18-4973A 251.2 61.5 91.4 ( 11.0, 0.3) ( -33.9) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss ---- Focus Log ---- --- Focus --- Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:47 10-5876A 1.000380 -3752 -1567 409 50.8 71.3 15.8 10 259 1.4 boss 03:03 10-5876A 1.000361 -3561 -1424 400 40.9 73.8 15.7 12 239 1.5 boss 03:20 10-5876A 1.000345 -3405 -1302 395 28.1 75.8 15.6 9 259 1.5 boss 03:36 10-5876A 1.000335 -3309 -1225 393 12.4 77.0 15.2 11 240 1.7 boss 04:12 11-5880A 1.000318 -3140 -1113 364 18.4 75.4 15.4 13 238 1.4 boss 04:29 11-5880A 1.000308 -3042 -1051 345 2.6 76.0 15.3 14 232 1.3 boss 04:45 11-5880A 1.000292 -2886 -934 333 -13.1 75.7 15.5 12 264 1.3 boss 05:03 11-5880A 1.000293 -2895 -943 328 -29.0 74.3 15.2 10 226 1.4 boss 05:36 12-5850A 1.000281 -2774 -870 304 -22.5 75.7 15.0 11 265 1.7 boss 05:52 12-5850A 1.000246 -2433 -564 321 -35.8 74.0 15.0 13 271 1.7 boss 06:09 12-5850A 1.000249 -2465 -584 325 -46.6 71.7 15.0 14 267 1.5 boss 06:25 12-5850A 1.000242 -2392 -546 300 -54.9 69.0 15.1 12 264 1.4 boss 06:54 13-5863A 1.000248 -2443 -568 325 -45.2 70.6 14.8 17 282 1.3 boss 07:11 13-5863A 1.000262 -2583 -673 331 -53.4 68.0 14.7 21 276 1.6 boss 07:41 15-5897A 1.000212 -2092 -283 325 -25.5 75.4 14.6 8 266 1.7 boss 07:57 15-5897A 1.000226 -2226 -380 338 -38.3 73.5 14.8 10 298 2.0 boss 08:14 15-5897A 1.000241 -2382 -494 348 -48.4 71.2 14.6 15 301 1.4 boss 08:30 15-5897A 1.000236 -2331 -456 340 -56.4 68.4 14.5 10 269 1.4 boss 08:59 16-5902A 1.000240 -2370 -496 331 -55.6 68.7 14.4 13 305 2.1 boss 09:16 16-5902A 1.000255 -2519 -617 329 -62.0 65.8 14.1 11 310 2.1 boss 09:32 16-5902A 1.000255 -2513 -589 346 -67.4 62.6 13.8 9 283 2.0 boss 09:48 16-5902A 1.000268 -2643 -689 344 -71.8 59.4 13.5 5 340 1.6 boss 10:05 16-5902A 1.000271 -2675 -715 336 -75.6 56.1 13.3 9 326 1.8 boss 10:21 18-4973A 1.000266 -2631 -780 262 250.9 68.1 13.8 6 342 1.4 boss 10:38 18-4973A 1.000302 -2978 -1071 253 251.2 64.8 13.9 8 322 1.6 boss 10:54 18-4973A 1.000310 -3064 -1137 251 251.2 61.5 13.9 7 335 1.3 boss ---- Weather Log ---- --- Weather --- Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:47 10-5876A 15.8 -6.8 22.6 20 10 259 1705 5.6 1455.0 1.4 boss 03:03 10-5876A 15.7 -6.7 22.4 20 12 239 1643 5.5 1462.0 1.5 boss 03:20 10-5876A 15.6 -6.2 21.8 21 9 259 1556 5.5 1444.0 1.5 boss 03:36 10-5876A 15.2 -6.2 21.4 22 11 240 1503 7.2 1477.0 1.7 boss 04:12 11-5880A 15.4 -5.1 20.5 24 13 238 1368 5.5 1480.0 1.4 boss 04:29 11-5880A 15.3 -5.7 21.0 22 14 232 1223 5.5 1455.0 1.3 boss 04:45 11-5880A 15.5 -5.1 20.6 23 12 264 1038 5.2 1459.0 1.3 boss 05:03 11-5880A 15.2 -7.2 22.4 20 10 226 1008 5.4 1460.0 1.4 boss 05:36 12-5850A 15.0 -6.3 21.3 22 11 265 994 5.6 1476.0 1.7 boss 05:52 12-5850A 15.0 -6.3 21.3 22 13 271 934 5.9 1479.0 1.7 boss 06:09 12-5850A 15.0 -6.2 21.2 22 14 267 1102 5.8 1489.0 1.5 boss 06:25 12-5850A 15.1 -6.8 21.9 21 12 264 1048 5.6 1489.0 1.4 boss 06:54 13-5863A 14.8 -7.3 22.1 21 17 282 922 5.5 1490.0 1.3 boss 07:11 13-5863A 14.7 -7.2 21.9 21 21 276 921 5.3 1490.0 1.6 boss 07:41 15-5897A 14.6 -7.2 21.8 21 8 266 915 5.3 1488.0 1.7 boss 07:57 15-5897A 14.8 -6.4 21.2 22 10 298 891 5.3 1488.0 2.0 boss 08:14 15-5897A 14.6 -6.8 21.4 22 15 301 758 5.2 1493.0 1.4 boss 08:30 15-5897A 14.5 -7.4 21.9 21 10 269 689 5.4 1495.0 1.4 boss 08:59 16-5902A 14.4 -7.6 22.0 21 13 305 819 5.6 1483.0 2.1 boss 09:16 16-5902A 14.1 -7.4 21.5 21 11 310 927 5.3 1474.0 2.1 boss 09:32 16-5902A 13.8 -7.3 21.1 22 9 283 922 5.4 1484.0 2.0 boss 09:48 16-5902A 13.5 -7.2 20.7 23 5 340 894 5.3 1488.0 1.6 boss 10:05 16-5902A 13.3 -6.8 20.1 24 9 326 904 5.2 1500.0 1.8 boss 10:21 18-4973A 13.8 -6.8 20.6 23 6 342 906 5.3 1505.0 1.4 boss 10:38 18-4973A 13.9 -7.1 21.0 22 8 322 824 5.1 1507.0 1.6 boss 10:54 18-4973A 13.9 -6.9 20.8 23 7 335 806 5.4 1501.0 1.3 boss ---- Telescope Status ---- 00:45Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. 01:40Z - 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: 275 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. SP1 LN2 dewar scale: 199 lbs, 20 psi SP2 LN2 dewar scale: 190 lbs, 22 psi ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2012-04-24 22:41:53 ----STUI software: STUI: 1.1.2b2 2012-03-28; alerts: v1_2_0; apo: ** FAILED **; 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_103; mcp.altFiducialVersion: v1_103; mcp.rotFiducialVersion: v1_103; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_2_11; sos: v1_2_0; sos.idlspec2d: v5_5_3; tcc: 2.14.0; apogee: ** FAILED ** apogeecal: ** FAILED ** apogeeql: v1_4_1 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06; ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -0.128 -0.127 Axial B: 0.072 0.08 Axial C: -0.004 -0.004 Trans D: 0.41015 0.40935 Lateral E: 10.6426 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: 21.3 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -8.407 -8.408 Axial B: -8.698 -8.705 Axial C: -12.16 -12.158 Trans D: -10.03 -10.018 GALILS Commanded: 1577450 1611550 1562700 -9050 -6750 Actual: 1577469 1611561 1562685 -9050 -6750 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 13.00 8.00 -60.00 174.63 SecOrient: 1257.00 13.01 7.99 -60.39 174.68