Subject: 2.5m obslog 20120629 (MJD 56108) From: dmbiz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:45:44 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Friday June 29, 2012 (MJD 56108) ---- Observing Team ---- Garrett Ebelke Dmitry Bizyaev ---- Observing Plan ---- 29 Jun 2012 56108.0 0.73 03:57 10:17 15:28 21:50 MARVELS/APOGEE until 08:51 (5.4 h), then BOSS (1.4 h) ---- Observing Summary ---- It was mostly cloudy night with numerous radar returns around. Although we had some clear sky patches, we were unable to open because of the radars. APOGEE observing plan page was found empty in the evening. Peter was at a plane and was unavailable. We were ready to observe using the plugging request and visibility ranges from the main database. sdss-display (the wall mount weather etc. monitoring computer) is died again, was unable to be restored. Jon investigated and he suspects its HDD. ---- Observing Log ---- ----- Afternoon ----- 22:18Z testActors - OK check platedb - no dublicates 22:42Z SP bias and guider dark - done 23:43Z - telescope checked - OK 22:19:33 loadCart: ct=10, pl=4427, sd=A; Before Collimation: motorPosition sp1: 27920, 30058, 21648; sp2: 34637, 33115, 36528; Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 20.1, Tsp2= 19.9; Outside air temperature= 20.8; Collimation: COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -8.7 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -5.0 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 811 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 4312 steps for spectro-2 red cameras adjusted Target B1: -3 B2: +6 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -6.7 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 6.8 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 469 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 469 steps for spectro-2 Moved B1 -3 degrees COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -2.0 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 6.6 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 213 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 256 steps for spectro-2 Collimation Finished motorPosition sp1: 28730, 30871, 22461; sp2: 38948, 37427, 40839; 23:13Z SP flats and ARCs running 01:30Z - Started ventilation (delayed because of sprinkling rain on site) About 01 Z we found that APOGEE schedule page is empty for the current MJD. We tried to run the autoscheduler again, but it created the new page for the next MJD (which was expected). Peter is in the plane to Brazil, his student (Ben, who is involved in the scheduler coding) answered that he doesn't do anything with the scheduler without Peter's directions. We managed to restore the plugging and to follow the plate plug request in a combination with the main platedb tonight. Note that there is no any morning plate scheduled for tonight. 02:45Z ventilation stopped because of dust is climbing up. 03:35Z dust gone, but we still have numerous radar returns around. 05:10Z started ventilation again. Clouds make opening no sense. 10:30Z nearby radar returns and mostly cloudy sky prevented us from opening. 10:30Z we call it a night. Ventilation stopped. Doors closed. APOGEE calibrations started. Scheduler was run. ---- Weather Log ---- Wind 1 um DIMM IRSC Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Dir Dust fwhm mean sigma 18:00 22.0 2.9 12.9 294.5 1232 18:15 22.5 3.2 1.6 243.8 1142 18:30 22.7 3.6 4.6 217.4 1243 18:45 21.7 4.1 9.0 94.4 1004 19:00 22.2 4.4 8.8 64.6 1020 19:15 21.8 3.1 10.3 88.0 881 19:30 21.0 4.2 5.5 99.2 868 19:45 21.5 3.9 10.2 111.9 900 20:00 21.8 2.9 8.7 86.2 718 20:15 22.4 3.4 1.0 95.5 803 20:30 24.3 2.9 9.2 84.5 954 20:45 21.6 2.8 24.6 64.3 899 21:00 21.4 2.9 17.0 85.0 605 21:15 21.4 3.0 17.9 73.1 605 21:30 23.2 3.8 1.0 198.8 691 21:45 23.4 4.0 14.9 79.3 996 22:00 20.8 4.0 24.8 78.5 828 22:15 20.1 3.9 20.0 75.5 699 22:30 19.4 4.2 18.1 76.4 718 22:45 20.8 4.0 11.2 53.1 522 23:00 20.2 4.2 18.8 79.6 513 23:15 21.1 4.4 19.4 54.1 673 23:30 19.7 4.6 15.0 69.2 615 23:45 19.1 4.8 27.1 72.1 756 00:00 20.0 3.1 14.5 2.4 2094 00:15 20.2 3.3 13.8 58.5 797 00:30 21.1 2.2 5.6 266.4 801 00:45 21.4 2.5 4.5 349.3 829 01:00 21.1 2.5 2.2 342.0 882 01:15 21.2 2.5 7.5 275.5 892 01:30 21.1 2.5 6.2 281.3 910 01:45 20.9 2.6 4.8 278.3 852 02:00 21.0 2.5 3.8 324.9 896 02:15 20.3 2.4 6.4 280.5 965 02:30 19.8 2.8 3.3 304.5 2279 02:45 19.4 3.4 5.9 279.3 7218 03:00 19.9 3.2 7.2 321.3 9294 03:15 20.4 2.7 5.7 280.6 3293 03:30 20.5 2.4 9.3 308.8 1373 03:45 19.9 2.9 5.9 342.6 1461 04:00 20.3 2.5 3.5 305.6 1613 04:15 20.2 2.5 2.5 329.5 1114 04:30 20.3 2.4 4.8 281.3 1131 04:45 20.3 2.5 10.2 306.0 1401 05:00 20.2 2.6 5.6 303.2 1425 05:15 20.5 2.5 4.6 268.9 1418 05:30 20.3 2.5 5.0 254.9 1359 05:45 20.5 2.6 3.1 249.2 1293 06:00 20.4 2.7 4.8 207.0 1271 06:15 20.5 2.7 6.9 223.8 1327 06:30 20.5 2.6 6.6 245.3 1056 06:45 20.5 2.6 4.9 248.0 1249 07:00 20.4 2.6 6.0 262.2 1141 07:15 20.2 2.7 8.5 278.1 1083 07:30 20.3 2.8 6.9 263.8 1405 07:45 19.9 2.8 5.9 274.3 1452 08:00 20.1 2.7 8.4 295.2 1578 08:15 19.9 2.7 6.6 260.8 1694 08:30 19.7 2.8 5.6 261.5 1756 08:45 19.6 2.8 6.4 267.5 1843 09:00 19.6 2.8 10.1 285.7 1656 09:15 19.6 2.8 8.4 307.2 1482 09:30 19.6 2.9 5.1 270.5 1471 09:45 18.6 2.9 8.7 267.4 1834 10:00 18.3 3.1 5.6 243.5 1856 10:15 18.5 3.2 5.6 208.8 1636 10:30 18.4 3.2 3.4 190.2 1604 ---- Telescope Status ---- 01:30Z Started ventilation 10:32Z ventilation stopped No interlocks bypassed Status at: 10:35Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 10 Counterweights at: 280, 281, 280, 279 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 195 lbs, 22 psi SP2 186 lbs, 20 psi --------------- ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2012-06-29 22:15:57 ----STUI software: STUI: 1.1.2b5 2012-06-19; alerts: v1_2_0; apo: v1_7; boss: v2_5_6; boss.daq: 1.3.2; boss.specMech: 3.0.1; gcamera: v1_2_9; guider: v1_3_22; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_9; mcp: v6_6_13; mcp.plc: 28; mcp.azFiducialVersion: v1_103; mcp.altFiducialVersion: v1_103; mcp.rotFiducialVersion: v1_103; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_2_12; 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; 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: -0.128 -0.127 Axial B: 0.074 0.08 Axial C: -0.001 -0.004 Trans D: 0.41025 0.40935 Lateral E: 10.6553 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: 20.5 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -8.408 -8.408 Axial B: -8.699 -8.705 Axial C: -12.163 -12.158 Trans D: -10.029 -10.018 GALILS Commanded: 1577450 1611550 1562700 -9050 -6750 Actual: 1577419 1611535 1562786 -9050 -6750 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 13.00 8.00 -60.00 174.63 SecOrient: 1257.02 12.98 7.99 -60.39 174.70 ---- Problems in Detail ---- High Dust - until ~ 3:35Z Clouds