Subject: 2.5m obslog 20120821 (MJD 56161) From: dmbiz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:30:52 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday August 21, 2012 (MJD 56161) ---- Observing Team ---- Garrett Ebelke Dmitry Bizyaev ---- Observing Plan ---- 21 Aug 2012 56161.0 0.33 03:08 11:04 18:08 02:06 BOSS 7.9 hours ---- Observing Summary ---- Afternoon Telescope Checkout - Found the SP1 Dewar hose completely frozen over and leaking gas at the propane fitting. See Afternoon log for details. The night was lost due to overcast sky and rain. LN2 dewars' weight is under 100 lb. ---- Observing Log ---- ----- Afternoon ----- 22:45Z - testActors - OK check platedb - no duplicates 22:52Z - Started 20 BOSS Bias - 146216-146235 Started 1x 15min dark - 146236 Guider cart= 11, pl= 6315, side= A (loaded); Before Collimation: motorPosition sp1: 29247, 29552, 29459; sp2: 34437, 34498, 35060; Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 16.5, Tsp2= 15.9; Outside air temperature= 18.9; Collimation: COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -3.5 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -7.2 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 0 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 4697 steps for spectro-2 red cameras adjusted Target B1: -6 B2: +5 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -3.7 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 5.4 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 128 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 298 steps for spectro-2 Moved B1: +2 degrees COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -6.5 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 5.4 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 85 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 298 steps for spectro-2 Collimation Finished 00:10Z - Spectro Flat and Arc motorPosition sp1: 29247, 29552, 29459; sp2: 39133, 39195, 39757; While checking out telescope, I found the SP1 dewar connection hose was completely iced over. There was also a slight gas leak of LN2 between the dewar connection hose and the telescope (propane fitting). I disconnected the SP1 dewar connector to let it thaw out. After the connectors thawed, I used the air hose on the podium to blow the water off the connectors. Once reconnected, it sealed properly and the leak was gone. During evening checkout SP2 big LN2 dewar was found attached but its valve was turned off. ----- Night ----- Beginning - Ventilation delayed due to heavy clouds, and nearby radar returns. The sky was cloudy during the whole night. We had rain started several times this night. 10:25Z APOGEE scheduler was run. Morning calibrations started. We were unable to mount proper cartridge in the morning because of rain. ---- Weather Log ---- Wind 1 um DIMM IRSC Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Dir Dust fwhm mean sigma 18:00 17.9 8.4 9.7 333.6 1054 18:15 17.7 8.4 3.5 246.0 836 18:30 18.4 8.8 11.3 302.1 809 18:45 19.6 9.9 8.4 288.6 804 19:00 18.7 8.8 4.3 350.9 844 19:15 18.0 8.2 10.7 290.3 886 19:30 18.9 9.2 1.0 268.1 784 19:45 18.9 8.3 6.6 331.1 859 20:00 19.6 8.5 9.2 301.5 803 20:15 21.6 9.6 9.4 261.1 865 20:30 20.8 9.2 7.6 269.5 774 20:45 19.5 8.4 7.4 302.8 852 21:00 18.7 7.8 3.3 307.1 779 21:15 18.1 9.6 10.8 123.1 868 21:30 16.9 9.7 9.4 87.7 972 21:45 16.8 10.2 6.9 90.4 1100 22:00 18.0 9.6 5.3 128.9 890 22:15 17.7 9.9 8.7 78.1 924 22:30 17.7 9.8 6.4 127.8 919 22:45 18.5 9.1 1.2 204.8 885 23:00 19.3 9.8 7.7 201.7 853 23:15 19.4 9.4 6.5 200.1 889 23:30 18.9 9.1 8.1 222.7 828 23:45 18.8 8.4 5.7 188.9 813 00:00 18.8 9.6 6.1 234.4 781 00:15 18.4 8.9 6.6 222.1 801 00:30 14.9 10.3 18.5 65.0 652 00:45 14.0 10.0 23.3 70.6 636 01:00 13.8 9.9 17.6 66.8 739 01:15 14.0 9.5 19.7 73.1 649 01:30 14.4 8.8 16.6 76.4 631 01:45 14.2 9.0 12.7 80.0 647 02:00 14.2 8.9 10.8 77.4 657 02:15 14.3 8.7 11.2 80.4 731 02:30 14.4 8.7 10.2 86.0 659 02:45 14.7 8.5 11.9 87.0 658 03:00 14.4 8.5 12.2 80.5 665 03:15 14.5 9.2 6.9 31.6 771 03:30 14.6 9.3 10.7 75.9 994 03:45 13.7 10.3 10.8 63.0 952 04:00 13.3 10.6 14.7 65.7 1060 04:15 13.1 10.7 12.3 75.2 1096 04:30 12.8 10.7 9.6 85.0 1011 04:45 12.9 10.6 8.1 95.8 1054 05:00 13.1 10.6 9.4 109.5 1124 05:15 13.4 10.3 11.0 114.0 1025 05:30 13.7 9.9 13.3 122.8 990 05:45 13.7 9.8 15.1 124.7 1024 06:00 13.9 9.3 11.2 123.0 944 06:15 13.6 9.4 6.7 114.5 923 06:30 13.3 9.4 8.2 117.5 990 06:45 13.6 9.7 7.6 117.3 901 07:00 13.7 9.8 9.8 123.6 939 07:15 13.4 9.9 7.4 106.5 989 07:30 13.2 9.9 5.2 112.5 913 07:45 13.1 9.9 3.5 104.5 892 08:00 13.3 9.8 4.0 110.8 887 08:15 13.2 9.9 3.9 109.8 948 08:30 13.3 9.8 7.1 119.2 866 08:45 13.9 9.3 9.2 142.0 947 09:00 13.5 9.6 5.2 98.1 928 09:15 13.4 9.7 7.1 93.2 897 09:30 12.9 10.1 5.4 90.5 887 09:45 12.7 10.2 4.4 130.6 934 10:00 13.4 9.4 1.2 138.4 935 10:15 12.4 10.1 1.5 204.6 950 ---- Telescope Status ---- Never opened. No interlocks bypassed Status at: 10:30:50 Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.4, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 11 Counterweights at: 281, 280, 280, 281 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 98 lbs, 20 psi SP2 89 lbs, 21 psi --------------- ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2012-08-21 22:45:04 ----STUI software: STUI: 1.1.2b5 2012-06-19; alerts: v1_2_0; apo: v1_7; boss: trunk+svn137441; boss.daq: 1.3.2; boss.specMech: 3.0.1; gcamera: v1_2_9; guider: v1_3_22; hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_2_0; mcp: v6_6_15; mcp.plc: 28; mcp.azFiducialVersion: v1_106; mcp.altFiducialVersion: v1_106; mcp.rotFiducialVersion: v1_106; platedb: v1_0_5; sop: v1_2_13; sos: v1_2_0; sos.idlspec2d: v5_5_9; tcc: 2.14.0; apogee: ** FAILED ** apogeecal: ** FAILED ** apogeeql: v1_4_1 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06; idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_5_10 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_14 Setting up: idlspec2d Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_5_10 Setting up: |elodie Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_3 Setting up: |spinspect Flavor: Linux64 Version: start Setting up: |specflat Flavor: NULL Version: v1_19 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_16 Setting up: |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_16 Setting up: |external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: |actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v28_3 Setting up: |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_11 Setting up: |RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.8.0 Setting up: |tron Flavor: Linux64 Version: sdss3_v1 _1_9 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_16 Setting up: |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_16 Setting up: |external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: |actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v28_3 Setting up: |sdsstools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v4_33 Setting up: |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_11 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: 5.36 5.357 Axial B: 5.212 5.221 Axial C: 5.514 5.516 Trans D: 10.372 10.374 Lateral E: 10.6045 10.6299 Lateral F: 12.2428 12.2428 GALILS Commanded: 11300 -650 5500 21900 13500 13050 Actual: 11300 -650 5500 21900 13500 13050 SETMIR VALUES PrimDesOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 612.35 1500.90 PrimOrient: 0.00 0.00 0.00 612.07 1500.38 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.00 Air temp: 19.3 Altitude: 30.1 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 7 7.041 Axial B: 7.024 7.059 Axial C: 7.011 7.041 Trans D: 0.327 0.33 GALILS Commanded: 1576550 1594600 1580000 -3550 -6650 Actual: 1576953 1594584 1580147 -3550 -6650 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 3.00 5.00 0.00 115.81 SecOrient: 1257.02 2.97 5.01 -0.16 116.16