Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 04:35:23 -0600 (MDT) Subject: Re: [sdss3-25mlog 687] 2.5m obslog 20120522 (MJD 56070) From: "Audrey Oravetz" > Please clean the mirror. A significant amount of dust was accumulated last > night > and again tonight, with the addition of possible ash from the fire. > I want to clarify, it is very unlikely that ash landed on the mirror because we closed very soon after smoke was detected. If any smoke debris landed on the mirror, it was within the time that the telescope was slewed to 6 degrees and the building was pulled on. > > APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M > > OBSERVING LOG > Tuesday May 22, 2012 > > (MJD 56070) > > ---- Observing Team ---- > > Dan Oravetz > Audrey Oravetz > > ---- Observing Plan ---- > > BOSS 6.7 hours > > ---- Observing Summary ---- > > Partly cloudy for most of the night. We closed at a little after 2am due > to a > major dust spike (~9000 counts) and a very strong smell of smoke outside. > We > decided that the telescope was not safe out in the open, so we closed and > turned > on the HVAC system inside of the enclosure. We looked all around the site > and > could not see if there was a fire nearby. We think (and hope) that the > smoke > came from a wildfire that is burning in the Gila. > > Before we closed, we observed: > > Cart 11, plate 5988 > Cart 12, plate 5993 - DONE > Cart 16, plate 5172 > > Please clean the mirror. A significant amount of dust was accumulated last > night > and again tonight, with the addition of possible ash from the fire. > > > ---- Observing Log ---- > > Afternoon > ========= > Checked that STUI actors were alive and responsive. Took guider dark, BOSS > biases & dark, Hartmanns. Checked fiducial crossings, mirror numbers, > upper/lower telescope enclosure. Took APOGEE evening cals. > > Before adjusting spectrograph focus: > > motorPositions > sp1: 26815, 28957, 20532 > sp2: 31415, 29900, 33278 > > Median spectrograph temperatures: Tsp1= 16.8, Tsp2= 16.4 > Outside air temperature= 22.4 > > Adjusted red collimator pistons according to Collimate output and the > spectrographs. > > COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) > COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -7.2 degrees for > spectro-1 > COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) > COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 6.6 degrees for > spectro-2 > COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 213 steps for spectro-1 > COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 427 steps for spectro-2 > > motorPositions > sp1: 32665, 34806, 26381; > sp2: 35000, 33485, 36864; > > Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 17.1, Tsp2= 16.7 > Outside air temperature= 22.6 > > 01:30Z - Started ventilating. > > Night > ===== > > 02:02Z - Opened the enclosure. Started fill. > > 02:34Z - gotoField cart 11, BOSS plate 5988. > 02:36Z - Hartmanns 144179-80. > 02:37:01 hartSp1: r=-186, b=-0.6, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 16.0 ; > 02:37:01 sos.sp1AverageMove = 371 > 02:37:05 motorPos.sp1.move: 372, 370, 369; > 02:37:05 hartSp2: r=49, b=0.2, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 15.5 ; > 02:37:05 sos.sp2AverageMove = 50 > 02:37:13 motorPos.sp2.move: 50, 50, 51; > 02:37Z - Cals 144181-82. > 03:23Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4" > 03:38Z - 15 min exposure. > 03:54Z - 15 min exposure. > 04:10Z - 15 min exposure. We unfortunately ended up slightly short on > signal for > this cartridge. The relied on the trend of signal given to us by SOS, but > this > last exposure fell significantly short of what was expected. We did not > notice > much difference in the sky or seeing either. We will just have to finish > this > plate tomorrow. > > MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 56070 2.3 7.3 2.5 7.1 900.8 19.2 5988-56068-01 > 56070 2.8 7.6 3.1 7.5 900.8 21.0 5988-56068-01 > 56070 2.7 7.7 3.0 7.2 900.8 20.6 5988-56068-01 > 56070 1.9 6.4 2.1 5.8 900.8 16.2 5988-56068-01 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > s/n= 9.7 29.0 10.7 27.6 3603.2 --> 77.0 > > 04:31Z - gotoField cart 12, BOSS plate 5993. > 04:33Z - Hartmanns 144187-88. > 04:34:47 hartSp2: r=-381, b=-1.3, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 14.8 ; > 04:34:47 sos.sp2AverageMove = -1438 > 04:34:53 motorPos.sp2.move: -1438, -1442, -1438; > 04:34:53 hartSp1: r=-830, b=-2.8, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 15.1 ; > 04:34:53 sos.sp1AverageMove = -6669 > 04:35:09 motorPos.sp1.move: -6669, -6662, -6666; > 04:35Z - Cals 144189-90. > 04:39Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4". Light clouds. > 04:56Z - 15 min exposure. > 05:12Z - 15 min exposure. > 05:29Z - 15 min exposure. > 05:45Z - 15 min exposure. > 06:01Z - 15 min exposure. > 06:18Z - 15 min exposure. This plate is DONE. > > MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 56070 1.5 7.3 1.5 7.6 900.8 17.9 5993-56070-01 > 56070 1.9 7.3 1.9 7.8 900.8 18.9 5993-56070-01 > 56070 1.5 6.7 1.5 7.2 900.8 16.9 5993-56070-01 > 56070 1.6 6.8 1.7 7.3 900.8 17.4 5993-56070-01 > 56070 1.7 6.6 1.7 7.1 900.8 17.1 5993-56070-01 > 56070 1.0 2.8 1.0 3.2 900.8 8.0 5993-56070-01 > 56070 1.2 2.9 1.3 3.4 900.8 8.8 5993-56070-01 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > s/n= 10.4 40.4 10.6 43.6 6305.6 --> 105.0 > > 06:37Z - gotoField cart 16, BOSS plate 5172. > 06:39Z - Hartmanns 144198-99. > 06:41:52 hartSp2: r=514, b=1.8, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 14.2 ; > 06:41:52 sos.sp2AverageMove = -2655 > 06:42:00 motorPos.sp2.move: -2654, -2654, -2655; > 06:42:00 hartSp1: r=-710, b=-2.4, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 14.6 ; > 06:42:00 sos.sp1AverageMove = -1024 > 06:42:05 motorPos.sp1.move: -1024, -1027, -1025; > 06:42Z - Cals 144200-01. > 06:47Z - 15 min exposure. Seeing 1.4". Light clouds. > 07:04Z - 15 min exposure. > 07:20Z - 15 min exposure. > 07:36Z - 15 min exposure. > 07:53Z - 15 min exposure. > 08:09Z - 15 min exposure. Declared bad. Very low signal. > > 08:26Z - Major dust spike and very strong smell of smoke outside. We > decided > that the telescope was not safe out in the open, so we closed and turned > on the > HVAC system inside of the enclosure. We looked all around the site and > could not > see if there was a fire nearby. We think that the smoke is coming from a > current > wildfire that is in the Gila since that it the direction the wind is > coming from. > > 10:35Z - Present conditions still do not allow us to open, and is very > unlikely > to improve. We turned everything off. > > > ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- > > --- Offsets --- (arcsec) > Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideRot calibOff > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 00:45 11-5988A 121.0 30.4 0.0 ( 0.0, 0.0) ( 0.0) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 03:21 11-5988A 30.6 77.5 207.4 ( -7.2, 7.4) ( -44.4) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 03:37 11-5988A 13.0 78.8 191.7 ( -6.1, 8.3) ( -31.6) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 03:53 11-5988A -6.9 79.0 173.7 ( -4.9, 8.1) ( -32.4) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 04:10 11-5988A -25.5 78.1 157.0 ( -3.7, 8.0) ( -47.8) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 04:39 12-5993A -26.9 79.0 155.5 ( 1.6, 4.6) ( 18.4) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 04:55 12-5993A -42.6 77.0 141.8 ( 3.5, 4.8) ( 0.1) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 05:12 12-5993A -53.8 74.5 132.5 ( 4.6, 4.8) ( -12.2) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 05:28 12-5993A -62.0 71.5 126.3 ( 5.6, 5.1) ( -19.7) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 05:44 12-5993A -68.3 68.4 122.0 ( 5.8, 5.7) ( -25.2) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 06:01 12-5993A -73.1 65.1 119.1 ( 6.3, 6.5) ( -28.8) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 06:17 12-5993A -77.1 61.8 117.1 ( 6.1, 7.0) ( -31.5) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 06:47 16-5172A 236.2 75.7 65.3 ( 1.5, 2.3) ( -99.3) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 07:03 16-5172A 240.4 72.7 72.0 ( 1.8, 2.3) ( -97.2) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 07:20 16-5172A 243.0 69.7 77.1 ( 2.3, 2.6) ( -96.4) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 07:36 16-5172A 244.5 66.6 81.2 ( 1.9, 3.4) ( -94.9) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 07:52 16-5172A 245.4 63.5 84.6 ( 1.8, 3.8) ( -93.3) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > 08:09 16-5172A 245.9 60.3 87.6 ( 1.4, 4.5) ( -91.1) ( 7.2, 10.8, > 0.0) boss > > > ---- Focus Log ---- > > --- Focus --- > Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 00:45 11-5988A 1.000000 0 1256 0 121.0 30.4 20.5 14 261 > 99.9 boss > 03:21 11-5988A 1.000321 -3172 -1125 380 30.6 77.5 17.5 20 273 1.4 > boss > 03:37 11-5988A 1.000313 -3086 -1062 373 13.0 78.8 17.3 18 271 1.4 > boss > 03:53 11-5988A 1.000291 -2870 -884 373 -6.9 79.0 16.9 20 267 1.2 > boss > 04:10 11-5988A 1.000294 -2898 -904 374 -25.5 78.1 16.9 11 265 1.4 > boss > 04:39 12-5993A 1.000234 -2309 -454 339 -26.9 79.0 16.6 17 271 1.4 > boss > 04:55 12-5993A 1.000233 -2296 -472 308 -42.6 77.0 16.9 14 263 1.5 > boss > 05:12 12-5993A 1.000244 -2405 -553 312 -53.8 74.5 16.9 20 273 1.5 > boss > 05:28 12-5993A 1.000235 -2322 -478 316 -62.0 71.5 16.7 16 266 1.6 > boss > 05:44 12-5993A 1.000241 -2379 -525 309 -68.3 68.4 16.6 14 302 1.5 > boss > 06:01 12-5993A 1.000246 -2427 -543 326 -73.1 65.1 16.1 11 271 1.4 > boss > 06:17 12-5993A 1.000245 -2421 -527 329 -77.1 61.8 16.2 13 277 1.4 > boss > 06:47 16-5172A 1.000290 -2863 -940 307 236.2 75.7 16.2 20 307 1.2 > boss > 07:03 16-5172A 1.000293 -2889 -952 312 240.4 72.7 16.2 19 291 1.6 > boss > 07:20 16-5172A 1.000305 -3026 -1038 319 243.0 69.7 15.9 13 299 1.3 > boss > 07:36 16-5172A 1.000297 -2937 -963 330 244.5 66.6 15.8 16 307 1.4 > boss > 07:52 16-5172A 1.000304 -3000 -1014 325 245.4 63.5 15.7 18 315 1.4 > boss > 08:09 16-5172A 1.000304 -3000 -1012 320 245.9 60.3 15.7 13 308 1.7 > boss > > > ---- Weather Log ---- > > --- Weather --- > Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 00:45 11-5988A 20.5 -6.8 27.3 15 14 261 2293 19.5 1483.0 > 99.9 boss > 03:21 11-5988A 17.5 -9.7 27.2 14 20 273 2020 5.5 1444.0 1.4 > boss > 03:37 11-5988A 17.3 -9.7 27.0 14 18 271 1929 5.4 1449.0 1.4 > boss > 03:53 11-5988A 16.9 -9.8 26.7 15 20 267 1814 5.2 1458.0 1.2 > boss > 04:10 11-5988A 16.9 -9.8 26.7 15 11 265 1763 5.2 1437.0 1.4 > boss > 04:39 12-5993A 16.6 -10.2 26.8 15 17 271 1722 5.3 1439.0 1.4 > boss > 04:55 12-5993A 16.9 -9.8 26.7 15 14 263 1845 5.7 1453.0 1.5 > boss > 05:12 12-5993A 16.9 -9.9 26.8 15 20 273 1867 5.4 1460.0 1.5 > boss > 05:28 12-5993A 16.7 -10.1 26.8 15 16 266 1804 17.3 1438.0 1.6 > boss > 05:44 12-5993A 16.6 -9.9 26.5 15 14 302 1797 35.0 1449.0 1.5 > boss > 06:01 12-5993A 16.1 -10.3 26.4 15 11 271 1791 59.2 1467.0 1.4 > boss > 06:17 12-5993A 16.2 -10.2 26.4 15 13 277 1808 87.1 1490.0 1.4 > boss > 06:47 16-5172A 16.2 -10.1 26.3 15 20 307 2680 110.2 1477.0 1.2 > boss > 07:03 16-5172A 16.2 -10.2 26.4 15 19 291 2828 89.7 1451.0 1.6 > boss > 07:20 16-5172A 15.9 -10.3 26.2 15 13 299 2672 30.1 1454.0 1.3 > boss > 07:36 16-5172A 15.8 -10.4 26.2 15 16 307 3883 7.2 1462.0 1.4 > boss > 07:52 16-5172A 15.7 -10.3 26.0 15 18 315 5540 7.5 1477.0 1.4 > boss > 08:09 16-5172A 15.7 -10.3 26.0 15 13 308 8776 7.3 1480.0 1.7 > boss > > ---- Telescope Status ---- > > 01:30Z - Began ventilation. Doors and louvers opened, fans on. > > 02:05Z - Opened enclosure. > > 08:20Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. > > Status at: 10:19Z > > Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount > Instrument mounted: Cartridge 16 > Counterweights at: 275 lbs > LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. > SP1 LN2 dewar scale: 182 lbs, 21 psi > SP2 LN2 dewar scale: 181 lbs, 20 psi > > > ---- Software Used ---- > > getVersions, 2012-05-23 00:44:16 > > -----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: -0.128 -0.127 > Axial B: 0.073 0.08 > Axial C: -0.003 -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: 20.4 > Altitude: 30.4 > > MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL > Axial A: -8.407 -8.408 > Axial B: -8.698 -8.705 > Axial C: -12.161 -12.158 > Trans D: -10.028 -10.018 > > GALILS > Commanded: 1577450 1611550 1562700 -9050 -6750 > Actual: 1577438 1611548 1562679 -9050 -6750 > > SETMIR VALUES > SecDesOrient: 1257.00 13.00 8.00 -60.00 174.63 > SecOrient: 1256.99 13.01 8.00 -60.38 174.68 > > _____________________________________________________ > Message 687 of sdss3-25mlog - Logs of nightly APO activities. > https://trac.sdss3.org/tracmailman/browser/private/sdss3-25mlog/all/687.html > sdss3-25mlog@sdss3.org > https://sdss3.org/mailman/listinfo/sdss3-25mlog >