Subject: 2.5m obslog 20120515 (MJD 56063) From: kpan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 11:42:59 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday May 15, 2012 (MJD 56063) ---- Observing Team ---- Howard Brewington Kaike Pan Vistor: Michael Blanton ---- Observing Plan ---- 15 May 2012 56063.0 0.28 03:31 10:28 12:05 19:03 BOSS 7.0 hours ---- Observing Summary ---- Clear sky all night. Variable seeing 1.2"-2.5". We observed following plates. BOSS: cart 11, plate 5967. DONE. ct=12, pl=5858. DONE. ct 13, pl 5485. DONE. ct=15, pl=5170, DONE. ct=17, pl=5165. DONE. ct=18, pl=5191. APOGEE: cart 8, plate 5238. Field. 060+00_A one ABBA sequence. Clear sky, 1.5-2.0" seeing. MARVELS: completed monthly calibrations. Note to engineer crew: We accumulated about 20 K-hour dust. Humidity was above 50% for about one half of the night. Please check mirrors. Thanks. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ---------- 22:00Z Started the afternoon checkout. Checked email and changeNotes Checked 180-L dewars weight Cleaned APOGEE gang connector with air. Did APOGEE evening cals Checked the images Checked status of rain sensor Recorded the software versions Recorded and checked mirror numbers Did 'platedb showActive' All BOSS/MARVELS carts are ready Tested the actors Check calib lamps Guider/gcamera tests: a) gcamera status (simulate=off; temp=-40) b) gcamera dark time=20 c) guider flat d) guider status Spectro tests and focus a) guider loadCartridge b) boss exposure bias itime=0 c) boss exposure dark itime=20 d) sop hartmann e) sop doCalibs f) checked xMid and waveMid values g) declared calibs as test BOSS collimation: MotorPosition sp1: 27407, 29541, 21126; sp2: 31494, 29996, 33367; Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 10.9, Tsp2= 10.1; Outside air temperature= 11.5; Checked that carts were in bay correctly; All BOSS/MARVELS carts are ready 00:00Z Opened doors/louvers; turned on fans Mounted first cart of the night hub25m> df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 95G 17G 74G 18% / /dev/sda4 793G 221G 531G 30% /home /dev/sda1 99M 25M 69M 27% /boot tmpfs 5.9G 0 5.9G 0% /dev/shm sdssfiles1-p://data1/data/MARVELS 1.8T 355G 1.5T 20% /MARVELS /dev/drbd1 13T 11T 2.5T 81% /data /dev/sdc1 1.8T 1.1T 715G 62% /backup Night: ----- 02:00Z enclosure open. 02:30Z cart 11, plate 5967A. GSOGTF. 02:46:25 hartSp2: r=334, b=1.1, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 8.9 ; 02:46:25 sos.sp2AverageMove = -1514 02:46:31 motorPos.sp2.move: -1514, -1514, -1514; 02:46:31 hartSp1: r=-200, b=-0.7, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 9.4 ; 02:46:31 sos.sp1AverageMove = 66 02:46:38 motorPos.sp1.move: 67, 65, 65; We did the guide fiber angle during twilight. All angles agree within 30 degrees. 03:10Z started science. Clear sky, seeing at 1.2-1.5. Three 15 min exposures were taken, and fourth one was started and aborted. SoS says the plate is done, but plateDB says S/N^s on b1 is 9.99. We forced the plate completed. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 56063 3.0 7.2 3.0 7.3 900.8 20.5 5967-56056-01 56063 3.8 8.2 3.9 8.0 900.8 23.9 5967-56056-01 56063 3.2 7.3 3.5 7.3 900.8 21.3 5967-56056-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 10.0 22.7 10.4 22.6 2702.4 --> 65.7 04:06:26 loadCart: ct=12, pl=5858. SOGTF. 04:10:41 hartSp2: r=98, b=0.3, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 7.5 ; 04:10:41 sos.sp2AverageMove = -958 04:10:45 motorPos.sp2.move: -958, -958, -958; 04:10:45 hartSp1: r=-101, b=-0.3, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 7.8 ; 04:10:45 sos.sp1AverageMove = -4195 04:10:57 motorPos.sp1.move: -4195, -4195, -4194; 04:15Z started science. Clear sky, guider seeing at 1.7-2.1. Guide fiber angle test was done on the plate. Fiber 10 is slightly offset, maybe by 20 degrees. We called it passed the test. The plate is done with 5 exposures. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 56063 2.5 6.1 2.4 5.4 900.8 16.4 5858-56056-01 56063 2.3 5.9 2.2 5.5 900.8 15.9 5858-56056-01 56063 2.2 5.6 2.2 5.4 900.8 15.4 5858-56056-01 56063 2.1 5.5 2.0 5.1 900.8 14.7 5858-56056-01 56063 2.2 5.7 2.2 5.3 900.8 15.4 5858-56056-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 11.3 28.8 11.0 26.7 4504.0 --> 77.8 05:39:38 loadCart: ct=13, pl=5485, sd=A; SOGTF. Fiber angle test was done. Angles are good (wuthin 20 degrees). 05:44:29 hartSp2: r=-165, b=-0.6, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 6.6 ; 05:44:29 sos.sp2AverageMove = -694 05:44:33 motorPos.sp2.move: -694, -693, -694; 05:44:33 hartSp1: r=-85, b=-0.3, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 7.1 ; 05:44:33 sos.sp1AverageMove = -689 05:44:36 motorPos.sp1.move: -689, -689, -690; 05:49Z started science exposures. Clear sky, guider seeing at 1.4". During the 2nd exposure, seeing became worse to 1.7, 2.1" during 4th one. The plate is done with 5 exposures. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 56063 3.2 8.2 2.6 7.2 900.8 21.2 5485-56063-01 56063 2.8 7.6 2.4 6.8 900.8 19.6 5485-56063-01 56063 2.4 6.6 2.1 6.1 900.8 17.2 5485-56063-01 56063 1.9 5.1 1.5 4.6 900.8 13.1 5485-56063-01 56063 2.1 6.1 1.9 5.7 900.8 15.8 5485-56063-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 12.4 33.6 10.5 30.4 4504.0 --> 86.9 07:13:11 loadCart: ct=15, pl=5170. SOGTF. 07:17:33 hartSp1: r=-799, b=-2.7, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 6.9 ; 07:17:33 sos.sp1AverageMove = -2857 07:17:41 motorPos.sp1.move: -2857, -2863, -2855; 07:17:41 hartSp2: r=166, b=0.6, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 6.5 ; 07:17:41 sos.sp2AverageMove = -3267 07:17:51 motorPos.sp2.move: -3266, -3262, -3267; 07:22Z started exposures. Clear sky, seeing at 1.7". The guide fiber angle test was performed. Fiber #3 was off by about 40 degrees. The plate is done with 4 exposures. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 56063 2.9 8.0 3.3 8.6 900.8 22.8 5170-56059-01 56063 2.8 8.0 3.3 8.6 900.8 22.7 5170-56059-01 56063 2.6 7.2 3.0 7.7 900.8 20.5 5170-56059-01 56063 2.5 7.0 2.8 7.5 900.8 19.8 5170-56059-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 10.8 30.2 12.4 32.4 3603.2 --> 85.8 08:30:13 loadCart: ct=17, pl=5165, sd=A; 08:34:23 hartSp1: r=-855, b=-2.9, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 6.1 ; 08:34:23 sos.sp1AverageMove = -879 08:34:27 motorPos.sp1.move: -880, -874, -875; 08:34:28 hartSp2: r=1662, b=5.7, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 5.9 ; 08:34:28 sos.sp2AverageMove = -1242 08:34:35 motorPos.sp2.move: -1239, -1239, -1242; The guide fiber angle test was performed on this cartridge. All angles are good (within 20 degrees). The plate is done with four exposures. MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile ------------------------------------------------------------ 56063 2.8 8.1 3.0 7.2 900.8 21.1 5165-56059-01 56063 2.8 8.4 3.0 6.9 900.8 21.1 5165-56059-01 56063 3.5 9.4 3.4 7.4 900.8 23.7 5165-56059-01 56063 3.4 8.8 3.2 7.2 900.8 22.6 5165-56059-01 ------------------------------------------------------------ s/n= 12.5 34.7 12.6 28.7 3603.2 --> 88.5 09:46:02 loadCart: ct=18, pl=5191. Hartmann failed due to bad angle. B2 blue focus ring was moved by 8 deg. 10:01:36 hartSp2: r=1303, b=4.5, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 6.3 ; 10:01:36 sos.sp2AverageMove = 1038 10:01:45 motorPos.sp2.move: 1037, 1040, 1038; 10:01:52 motorPos.sp1.move: 54, 66, 52; 10:08Z started science exposures. Clear sky, guider seeing at 1.3", but quickly degraded to 2.1". Guide fiber angle test was done this cartridge. All angles are within 20 deg. Two 15 min exposures were obtained. The plate is not done yet. APOGEE: 10:44:35 loadCart: ct=8, pl=5238A. SOGTF. 10:51Z: started one ABBA sequence. Clear sky. guider seeing at 1.5"-2.0". During the 2nd B, seeing degraded to 3.5". 10:51:08 apogee.expose=apRaw-05010011, 47, A, Object 10:59:32 apogee.expose=apRaw-05010012, 47, B, Object 11:07:53 apogee.expose=apRaw-05010013, 47, B, Object. Seeing 2.0-3.5" 11:16:21 apogee.expose=apRaw-05010014, 47, A, Object Seeing 1.7". No missing fiber. faint fibers: #5. 11:25:03 apogee.expose=apRaw-05010015, 5, A, DomeFlat 11:27:59 apogee.expose=apRaw-05010016, 10, A, Dark 11:29:47 apogee.expose=apRaw-05010017, 10, A, Dark 11:37Z started morning calibs. 11:35Z enclosure ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideRot calibOff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:09 11-5967A 35.5 82.2 213.0 ( -4.4, 8.5) ( -1.8) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 03:25 11-5967A 7.6 83.5 187.0 ( -3.1, 8.9) ( 27.1) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 03:42 11-5967A -23.6 83.0 157.9 ( -1.4, 9.1) ( -1.1) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 03:58 11-5967A -46.1 81.0 137.4 ( 0.9, 8.1) ( -48.1) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 04:14 12-5858A 48.2 71.2 221.6 ( 1.4, 7.8) ( -16.6) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 04:31 12-5858A 38.0 73.6 213.2 ( 2.4, 8.4) ( -6.2) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 04:47 12-5858A 25.3 75.4 202.3 ( 3.6, 9.9) ( 2.5) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 05:03 12-5858A 9.9 76.4 188.7 ( 4.4, 9.0) ( 7.3) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 05:20 12-5858A -6.7 76.5 173.9 ( 5.3, 8.8) ( 6.6) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 05:48 13-5485A 28.8 65.3 204.3 ( -2.1, 6.4) ( -12.1) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 06:04 13-5485A 19.5 66.8 196.5 ( -1.5, 7.9) ( -10.0) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 06:21 13-5485A 9.3 67.6 187.9 ( -1.2, 7.9) ( -7.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 06:37 13-5485A -1.3 67.9 178.8 ( -1.1, 8.6) ( -8.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 06:53 13-5485A -11.8 67.5 169.8 ( -0.4, 8.9) ( -12.8) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 07:21 15-5170A 241.9 70.0 75.8 ( -1.0, 4.4) (-102.0) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 07:38 15-5170A 243.6 66.9 80.0 ( -1.0, 4.0) (-102.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 07:54 15-5170A 244.7 63.8 83.6 ( -0.8, 4.4) ( -99.6) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 08:10 15-5170A 245.2 60.7 86.8 ( -0.6, 5.0) ( -97.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 08:37 17-5165A 242.5 68.6 77.5 ( 4.0, 4.0) ( -28.5) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 08:53 17-5165A 243.9 65.5 81.5 ( 5.6, 3.3) ( -27.6) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 09:10 17-5165A 244.7 62.3 84.9 ( 5.8, 3.4) ( -27.1) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 09:26 17-5165A 245.1 59.2 87.9 ( 6.3, 3.6) ( -25.7) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 10:07 18-5191A 255.6 61.4 95.2 ( -7.4, 3.4) ( -45.3) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 10:24 18-5191A 254.9 58.1 97.0 ( -6.6, 2.9) ( -47.8) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) boss 10:50 8-5238A 27.2 80.2 204.8 ( -1.4, 6.5) ( 74.9) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) apog 10:58 8-5238A 16.3 80.8 194.8 ( -0.4, 7.8) ( 83.2) ( 0.0, 0.0, 0.0) apog ---- Focus Log ---- Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:09 11-5967A 1.000094 -923 807 456 35.5 82.2 7.2 12 79 1.5 boss 03:25 11-5967A 1.000103 -1016 775 500 7.6 83.5 7.2 13 63 1.3 boss 03:42 11-5967A 1.000106 -1048 777 528 -23.6 83.0 6.9 13 63 1.8 boss 03:58 11-5967A 1.000114 -1127 731 544 -46.1 81.0 6.7 6 87 1.5 boss 04:14 12-5858A 1.000155 -1529 383 521 48.2 71.2 6.6 13 61 2.1 boss 04:31 12-5858A 1.000142 -1404 468 505 38.0 73.6 6.4 12 47 1.8 boss 04:47 12-5858A 1.000140 -1376 480 497 25.3 75.4 6.3 11 48 2.3 boss 05:03 12-5858A 1.000132 -1299 547 501 9.9 76.4 6.3 11 57 2.0 boss 05:20 12-5858A 1.000127 -1258 585 504 -6.7 76.5 5.9 11 51 1.9 boss 05:48 13-5485A 1.000154 -1519 338 457 28.8 65.3 7.3 14 57 1.4 boss 06:04 13-5485A 1.000142 -1401 387 411 19.5 66.8 7.2 15 55 1.8 boss 06:21 13-5485A 1.000140 -1382 418 424 9.3 67.6 6.9 16 58 2.0 boss 06:37 13-5485A 1.000146 -1443 370 431 -1.3 67.9 6.9 16 56 1.8 boss 06:53 13-5485A 1.000136 -1341 438 412 -11.8 67.5 7.4 11 55 2.0 boss 07:21 15-5170A 1.000060 -592 1065 424 241.9 70.0 6.6 13 64 1.7 boss 07:38 15-5170A 1.000085 -834 914 468 243.6 66.9 5.7 13 80 1.8 boss 07:54 15-5170A 1.000096 -949 846 490 244.7 63.8 5.4 8 90 1.8 boss 08:10 15-5170A 1.000099 -974 812 470 245.2 60.7 6.2 9 89 1.6 boss 08:37 17-5165A 1.000094 -930 783 419 242.5 68.6 6.6 8 113 1.9 boss 08:53 17-5165A 1.000097 -952 699 349 243.9 65.5 7.6 7 143 2.1 boss 09:10 17-5165A 1.000071 -697 849 281 244.7 62.3 7.6 5 113 1.9 boss 09:26 17-5165A 1.000076 -754 804 275 245.1 59.2 7.5 4 111 1.8 boss 10:07 18-5191A 1.000101 -977 669 346 255.6 61.4 6.8 8 89 1.6 boss 10:24 18-5191A 1.000108 -1067 667 393 254.9 58.1 6.6 2 74 2.3 boss 10:50 8-5238A 1.000112 -1105 590 388 27.2 80.2 5.6 10 86 2.1 apog 10:58 8-5238A 1.000152 -1500 266 390 16.3 80.8 5.4 9 80 1.7 apog ---- Weather Log ---- Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:09 11-5967A 7.2 0.8 6.4 63 12 79 2322 5.2 1564.0 1.5 boss 03:25 11-5967A 7.2 0.9 6.3 64 13 63 2339 5.2 1564.0 1.3 boss 03:42 11-5967A 6.9 1.1 5.8 66 13 63 2422 5.2 1564.0 1.8 boss 03:58 11-5967A 6.7 1.2 5.5 67 6 87 2355 5.2 1564.0 1.5 boss 04:14 12-5858A 6.6 1.4 5.2 69 13 61 2397 5.2 1564.0 2.1 boss 04:31 12-5858A 6.4 1.4 5.0 70 12 47 2374 5.2 1564.0 1.8 boss 04:47 12-5858A 6.3 1.6 4.7 72 11 48 2386 5.2 1564.0 2.3 boss 05:03 12-5858A 6.3 1.6 4.7 72 11 57 2339 5.2 1564.0 2.0 boss 05:20 12-5858A 5.9 1.7 4.2 74 11 51 2421 5.2 1564.0 1.9 boss 05:48 13-5485A 7.3 -0.7 8.0 56 14 57 2319 5.2 1564.0 1.4 boss 06:04 13-5485A 7.2 -2.2 9.4 51 15 55 2320 5.2 1564.0 1.8 boss 06:21 13-5485A 6.9 -1.3 8.2 56 16 58 2301 5.2 1564.0 2.0 boss 06:37 13-5485A 6.9 -4.3 11.2 44 16 56 2436 5.2 1564.0 1.8 boss 06:53 13-5485A 7.4 -9.4 16.8 29 11 55 2355 5.2 1564.0 2.0 boss 07:21 15-5170A 6.6 -6.8 13.4 37 13 64 2481 5.2 1564.0 1.7 boss 07:38 15-5170A 5.7 -8.6 14.3 35 13 80 2600 5.2 1564.0 1.8 boss 07:54 15-5170A 5.4 -9.9 15.3 32 8 90 2930 5.2 1564.0 1.8 boss 08:10 15-5170A 6.2 -12.9 19.1 23 9 89 3091 5.2 1564.0 1.6 boss 08:37 17-5165A 6.6 -16.4 23.0 17 8 113 3114 5.2 1564.0 1.9 boss 08:53 17-5165A 7.6 -19.7 27.3 12 7 143 3131 5.2 1564.0 2.1 boss 09:10 17-5165A 7.6 -19.1 26.7 13 5 113 3232 5.2 1564.0 1.9 boss 09:26 17-5165A 7.5 -19.6 27.1 12 4 111 3053 5.2 1564.0 1.8 boss 10:07 18-5191A 6.8 -19.0 25.8 13 8 89 3179 5.2 1564.0 1.6 boss 10:24 18-5191A 6.6 -18.4 25.0 14 2 74 3208 5.2 1564.0 2.3 boss 10:50 8-5238A 5.6 -11.6 17.2 27 10 86 3104 5.2 1564.0 2.1 apog 10:58 8-5238A 5.4 -9.9 15.3 32 9 80 3220 5.2 1564.0 1.7 apog ---- Telescope Status ---- 0:00Z Started ventilation 2:00Z encl25m : open 11:35Z encl25m : closed No interlocks bypassed. Status at: 11:45Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 10 Counterweights at: 283 units LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. 180L LN2 dewar scales: Sp_01 205 lbs, 21 psi Sp_02 198 lbs, 21 psi ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2012-05-15 21:30:43 ----STUI software: STUI: 1.1.2b2 2012-03-28; alerts: v1_2_0; apo: v1_7; 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; ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -0.13 -0.127 Axial B: 0.068 0.08 Axial C: -0.008 -0.004 Trans D: 0.4099 0.40935 Lateral E: 10.6807 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: 11.1 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -8.408 -8.408 Axial B: -8.699 -8.705 Axial C: -12.156 -12.158 Trans D: -10.024 -10.018 GALILS Commanded: 1577450 1611550 1562700 -9050 -6750 Actual: 1577457 1611548 1562710 -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