Subject: 2.5m obslog 20120512 (MJD 56060) From: dmbiz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 10:59:21 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Saturday May 12, 2012 (MJD 56060) ---- Observing Team ---- Viktor Malanushenko Dmitry Bizyaev ---- Observing Plan ---- 12 May 2012 56060.0 0.47 03:28 10:31 11:50 18:54 BOSS 7.1 hours ---- Observing Summary ---- The night was lost due to clouds and rain in the first half, and due to high humidity in the second half. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ---------- 00:07Z testActors - OK 00:09Z sp bias & guder dark - done 00:25Z telescope cheked - OK Collimate; spCollimate 143686 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -9.0 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 10.0 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1494 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -2049 steps for spectro-2 r1,r2 ajusted spCollimate 143688 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -4.5 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 5.0 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 213 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -170 steps for spectro-2 00:43Z Collimate Done 00:52Z sp FF & ARC done 00:53Z afternoon checkout DONE. Ventilation not started yet i.e. radar return and thunderstorm. Night: ------ 01:44Z rain alert High humidity till the morning. 10:50Z APOGEE calibrations started ---- Weather Log ---- Wind 1 um DIMM IRSC Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Dir Dust fwhm mean sigma 18:00 11.9 4.4 10.2 189.3 1789 18:15 14.0 5.4 11.0 242.0 1790 18:30 12.7 5.4 6.2 232.9 1677 18:45 13.0 5.9 7.9 238.2 1679 19:00 14.7 5.9 9.4 191.8 1671 19:15 11.8 4.4 8.8 236.8 1887 19:30 11.3 4.1 7.1 287.5 1847 19:45 15.5 5.5 11.6 217.2 1909 20:00 13.5 4.7 15.1 242.6 1981 20:15 15.2 5.7 12.0 224.6 1968 20:30 14.1 4.8 15.2 241.6 2084 20:45 13.3 4.6 13.8 210.3 1881 21:00 14.4 5.0 14.7 220.1 1782 21:15 13.5 4.3 11.9 243.3 1846 21:30 14.1 4.1 11.9 260.8 1781 21:45 13.5 4.0 16.1 221.0 1884 22:00 13.8 4.4 12.5 238.1 1739 22:15 14.7 4.4 11.9 184.2 1665 22:30 14.3 3.8 11.9 218.1 1904 22:45 15.7 4.4 16.8 188.8 1957 23:00 12.1 2.7 11.1 188.6 1913 23:15 11.7 3.5 13.5 204.8 1726 23:30 11.7 3.6 10.5 184.3 1702 23:45 11.5 3.4 9.4 212.6 1715 00:00 11.7 3.8 7.3 196.6 1864 00:15 10.7 3.3 4.0 190.0 1731 00:30 10.0 3.1 12.2 128.8 1862 00:45 9.7 3.1 8.6 159.8 1715 01:00 9.3 3.3 1.9 118.5 1747 01:15 9.9 1.9 2.4 294.3 1900 01:30 9.9 1.5 7.1 308.8 2109 01:45 9.7 1.2 8.6 277.5 1879 02:00 9.0 0.9 5.3 256.9 1962 02:15 8.4 -0.7 10.2 141.9 2039 02:30 8.7 -1.3 8.9 162.4 2020 02:45 8.7 -1.8 12.0 156.1 2022 03:00 8.1 -1.3 13.6 126.7 1899 03:15 8.3 -2.3 9.1 128.2 1901 03:30 8.2 -2.6 5.6 105.6 1857 03:45 8.1 -2.6 6.1 111.0 1749 04:00 6.6 2.9 11.7 81.6 1915 04:15 6.5 4.0 7.6 80.0 1981 04:30 6.4 4.1 10.9 85.0 1868 04:45 5.9 4.5 19.2 76.3 1929 05:00 5.4 4.6 16.3 74.7 2042 05:15 5.1 4.5 16.2 88.1 1850 05:30 5.1 4.3 22.8 76.3 1840 05:45 5.0 4.2 15.5 84.3 1924 06:00 4.9 3.9 14.3 83.9 1941 06:15 4.8 3.6 11.1 86.0 1965 06:30 4.9 3.4 7.4 91.7 1902 06:45 4.8 3.4 10.1 83.5 1857 07:00 4.7 3.5 9.7 88.3 1830 07:15 4.7 3.3 12.1 76.0 1746 07:30 4.5 3.1 10.9 73.8 1812 07:45 4.3 3.1 5.4 97.1 1746 08:00 4.0 3.1 9.4 88.4 1860 08:15 3.9 3.3 15.3 69.5 1895 08:30 3.9 3.2 10.7 74.1 2077 08:45 4.1 3.2 17.6 75.2 2041 09:00 3.9 3.1 16.1 76.8 2194 09:15 3.8 3.1 9.4 83.6 1954 09:30 3.8 3.1 14.6 79.8 1835 09:45 3.7 3.2 8.9 94.0 2176 10:00 3.7 3.1 10.7 84.1 1926 10:15 6.0 2.8 7.6 63.5 1804 10:30 4.3 2.7 13.0 178.4 1847 10:45 5.0 2.5 3.2 127.8 1831 ---- Telescope Status ---- We did not open. No interlocks bypassed Status at: 10:57Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.1, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 11 Counterweights at: 279, 279, 278, 277 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 171 lbs, 21 psi SP2 179 lbs, 21 psi --------------- ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2012-05-13 00:07:54 ----STUI software: STUI: 1.1.2b2 2012-03-28; alerts: v1_2_0; apo: ** FAILED **; boss: v2_5_6; boss.daq: 1.3.2; boss.specMech: 3.0.1; gcamera: v1_2_7; guider: v1_3_17; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_9; 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; -- Other versions ---- idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_5_8 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_13 Setting up: idlspec2d Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_5_8 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_28 Setting up: |idl Flavor: Linux64 Version: 7.1 Setting up: |dust Flavor: Linux64 Version: v0_1 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_10 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: -0.129 -0.127 Axial B: 0.07 0.08 Axial C: -0.006 -0.004 Trans D: 0.4101 0.40935 Lateral E: 10.668 10.6553 Lateral F: 12.2682 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: 10 Altitude: 30.1 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -8.409 -8.408 Axial B: -8.7 -8.705 Axial C: -12.158 -12.158 Trans D: -10.026 -10.018 GALILS Commanded: 1577450 1611550 1562700 -9050 -6750 Actual: 1577438 1611554 1562698 -9050 -6750 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 13.00 8.00 -60.00 174.63 SecOrient: 1257.00 13.01 8.00 -60.38 174.68 ---- Problems in Detail ---- High Humidity