Subject: 2.5m obslog 20120924 (MJD 56195) From: doravetz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:48:48 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Monday September 24, 2012 (MJD 56195) ---- Observing Team ---- Karen Kinemuchi Dan Oravetz ---- Observing Plan ---- 24 Sep 2012 56195.0 APOGEE until 08:31 (6.7h), then BOSS (3.0 h) ---- Observing Summary ---- Mostly clear skies for the majority of the night, but we lost the last couple hours due to clouds and a few drops of rain. We did enjoy good seeing when skies were Observed the following APOGEE fields: Cart. 3, 6360, COROTC_A Faint fibers: 197, 250 Cart. 9, 5256, 090+08_A Fiber 284 is missing and fiber 114 is faint. Cart. 7, 6102, M15_A Fiber 197 is faint. Cart. 1, 6230, 120-04_A Faint fibers: 10, 24, 164, 250, 253 Cart. 4, 6244, 150-08_A Faint fibers: 117, 284 The guider stopped at 02:10Z because of an image read failure. No time was lost because all we had to do to restart guiding. The associated error from STUI is in the log body. ---- Observing Log ---- 21:30Z Afternoon checkout begins 21:37Z Dewar weights are recording at 118 and 114 lbs. 21:44Z ThreeReadDark script run; image looks ok. 21:48Z Running APOGEE evening calibs 22:02Z platedb and plugin email correspond and check. Tested actors status - ok. 22:06Z Guider camera tests,dark and flat done - ok 22:07Z Running BOSS Calib 1 bias and 1 short dark 22:14Z Running 1st set of sop hartmann 22:25Z collimation corrections: issued the following commands from run_collimate.sh: boss moveColl spec=sp1 a=-128 b=-128 c=-128 boss moveColl spec=sp2 a=3800 b=3800 c=3800 running 2nd sop hartmann to check focus of b cameras. 22:30Z Results from 2nd run of run_collimate.sh: Predict blue camera ring movement of -4.2 degrees for spectro-1 Predict blue camera ring movement of 3.6 degrees for spectro-2 Predict (red) piston movement of -128 steps for spectro-1 Predict (red) piston movement of 85 steps for spectro-2 -- Status -- 2012-09-24 22:33:21.551715 Enclosure = closed; cwPositions = 291 290 290 292; MCP instr = 18 (mounted); Guider cart= 18, plate= 5942, side= A (loaded); motorPosition sp1: 23827, 24140, 24057; sp2: 37912, 38225, 38722; Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 14.0, Tsp2= 13.7; Outside air temperature= 19.1; ------------------------------ Boss CCD Temp : sp1r0= -124.6 (-126.6); sp1b2= -99.6 (-100.0); sp2r0= -134.0 (-134.8); sp2b2= -100.8 (-100.0); sp1LN2: 10.0; sp2LN2: 10.0; ------------------------------ gcameraTemp= -40.0 (-40.0); Rel. Focus = 0.0; objArcOff = 0.0, 0.0; ------------------------------ Apogee: vacuum = 8.152e-07 Apogee: ln2Level = 95.231 ------------------------------ humid25m = 20.4; airTemp25m = 19.1C, dpTemp25m = -4.1C; diff= 23.2C; wind25m = n/a, direction = n/a ------------------------------ 22:34Z Started BOSS 1 arc and 1 flat calibs. 22:30Z APOGEE evening cals end; visually inspected them - ok 22:37Z Cart bay afternoon check out and cloud cam.... 22:54Z Checked BOSS test arc and flat - ok. 23:35Z Opened enclosure doors, opened louvers, and started ventilation fans. Mounted Cart 3 for first APOGEE observation. Night ===== 01:04Z - Opened to partly cloudy skies. Force-filled spectrographs from 180L LN2 dewars. Started DIMM. Checked telescope balance and fiducials. Cart. 3, 6360, COROTC_A *********************** 01:52Z - GSOGTF. Seeing 1.3-1.5" FWHM. Mostly clear with occasional cirrus. 01:58Z - Science. 2XABBA @ 500s. 01:58:59 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330009, 47, A, Object 02:07:22 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330010, 47, B, Object 02:10Z - The guider stopped. All we did was restart guiding and we were back to guiding. Here is the associated error from STUI: 02:10:07 client.v184.guider 133 gcamera w text="IMAGE READ FAILED: 4" 02:10:07 client.v184.guider 133 gcamera w exposureState="failed",0.0,0.0 02:10:07 client.v184.guider 133 gcamera f text="exposure failed: failed to read image from camera; please try gcamera reconnect before restarting the ICC" 02:10:07 CmdDone: client.v184.guider 133 gcamera expose time=5.000000 stack=1 02:10:08 APO.karen.sop 596 guider w text="Failed to take exposure" 02:10:08 APO.karen.sop 596 guider i guideState=failed 02:10:08 APO.karen.sop 596 guider f guideState=failed 02:10:08 CmdDone: APO.karen.sop 596 guider on time=5 02:15:43 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330011, 47, B, Object 02:24:11 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330012, 47, A, Object 02:32:39 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330013, 47, A, Object 02:41:02 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330014, 47, B, Object 02:49:23 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330015, 47, B, Object 02:57:50 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330016, 47, A, Object 03:06Z - Sky flat. There were some cirrus in the area, but satellite images suggest this may be the best opportunity for a sky flat. 03:06:26 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330017, 14, A, Object 03:08:59 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330018, 14, B, Object 03:11:30 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330019, 14, B, Object 03:14:08 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330020, 14, A, Object 03:17Z - Dome flat 03:17:07 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330021, 5, A, DomeFlat 03:19Z - Darks. 03:19:48 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330022, 10, A, Dark 03:21:36 apogee.expose=apRaw-06330023, 10, A, Dark [observer@sos3 ~]$ aptest 56195 06330021 flat= /data/apogee/utr_cdr/56195/apRaw-06330021.fits master= /home/observer/bin/apRaw-03720068.fits nfibers= 300 average ratio= 0.898102805634 missing fibers (flat/master -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:57 3-6360A 1.000150 -1481 243 311 7.5 57.9 14.1 12 206 1.4 apog 02:06 3-6360A 1.000132 -1306 387 311 3.5 58.0 14.0 9 187 1.3 apog 02:14 3-6360A 1.000124 -1223 452 307 -0.4 58.1 14.1 11 197 1.3 apog 02:23 3-6360A 1.000122 -1200 468 304 -4.4 58.0 14.0 13 203 1.3 apog 02:31 3-6360A 1.000110 -1089 559 303 -8.4 57.8 13.9 16 211 1.5 apog 02:39 3-6360A 1.000108 -1067 576 301 -12.3 57.5 13.8 15 193 1.4 apog 02:48 3-6360A 1.000109 -1076 573 305 -16.0 57.1 13.7 13 205 1.4 apog 02:56 3-6360A 1.000107 -1054 593 304 -19.7 56.5 13.7 14 199 1.4 apog 03:29 9-5256A 1.000206 -2032 -268 281 184.3 69.2 13.6 14 192 1.4 apog 03:37 9-5256A 1.000206 -2035 -271 281 187.7 69.1 13.7 12 180 1.3 apog 03:46 9-5256A 1.000202 -1994 -239 278 191.1 68.8 13.5 14 209 1.4 apog 03:54 9-5256A 1.000201 -1984 -233 276 194.4 68.4 13.5 13 184 1.6 apog 04:02 9-5256A 1.000204 -2016 -261 273 197.5 67.9 13.6 9 203 1.3 apog 04:11 9-5256A 1.000197 -1933 -206 267 200.4 67.3 13.5 15 183 1.3 apog 04:19 9-5256A 1.000193 -1911 -181 262 203.1 66.7 13.5 13 195 1.2 apog 04:28 9-5256A 1.000198 -1955 -215 264 205.6 65.9 13.4 6 190 1.5 apog 04:48 7-6102A 1.000091 -901 650 262 -22.2 68.1 13.3 10 186 1.2 apog 04:57 7-6102A 1.000081 -802 735 262 -27.2 67.4 13.2 14 178 1.4 apog 05:05 7-6102A 1.000080 -790 751 267 -31.9 66.5 13.2 7 187 1.3 apog 05:13 7-6102A 1.000082 -812 732 266 -36.4 65.5 13.3 7 185 1.3 apog 05:22 7-6102A 1.000080 -793 749 264 -40.6 64.4 13.1 13 199 1.4 apog 05:30 7-6102A 1.000084 -828 724 264 -44.3 63.2 13.4 9 201 1.3 apog 05:39 7-6102A 1.000088 -866 691 262 -47.9 61.9 13.2 7 181 1.3 apog 05:47 7-6102A 1.000088 -863 695 260 -51.1 60.6 13.2 13 213 1.3 apog 06:18 1-6230A 1.000156 -1538 118 244 164.2 62.3 13.1 11 209 1.4 apog 06:26 1-6230A 1.000134 -1318 297 242 166.3 62.8 12.7 15 218 1.4 apog 06:35 1-6230A 1.000134 -1325 289 242 168.6 63.1 12.8 10 202 1.5 apog 06:43 1-6230A 1.000131 -1293 309 237 170.9 63.5 13.1 13 212 1.4 apog 06:52 1-6230A 1.000135 -1337 277 241 173.3 63.7 12.9 14 220 1.4 apog 07:00 1-6230A 1.000135 -1328 280 238 175.7 63.9 12.9 13 224 1.3 apog 07:08 1-6230A 1.000134 -1321 283 235 178.2 64.0 12.9 14 211 1.5 apog 07:17 1-6230A 1.000129 -1258 323 232 180.7 64.0 13.1 13 229 1.5 apog 07:36 4-6244A 1.000170 -1678 17 244 125.5 56.3 13.1 8 239 1.4 apog 07:45 4-6244A 1.000170 -1675 18 247 126.0 57.7 12.8 8 255 1.4 apog 07:53 4-6244A 1.000165 -1634 58 255 126.6 59.1 12.9 12 255 1.6 apog 08:02 4-6244A 1.000159 -1573 108 260 127.2 60.6 13.1 9 260 1.4 apog 08:10 4-6244A 1.000157 -1551 115 251 128.1 62.0 13.1 9 271 1.4 apog 08:18 4-6244A 1.000158 -1560 103 251 129.1 63.3 13.1 18 242 1.3 apog 08:27 4-6244A 1.000152 -1500 152 254 130.3 64.7 13.1 13 265 1.2 apog 08:35 4-6244A 1.000141 -1388 234 245 131.6 66.0 13.1 10 271 1.3 apog ---- Weather Log ---- --- Weather --- Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:57 3-6360A 14.1 -4.4 18.5 27 12 206 437 64.8 1464.0 1.4 apog 02:06 3-6360A 14.0 -4.6 18.6 27 9 187 435 73.2 1469.0 1.3 apog 02:14 3-6360A 14.1 -4.7 18.8 27 11 197 468 70.7 1467.0 1.3 apog 02:23 3-6360A 14.0 -4.4 18.4 27 13 203 504 52.8 1462.0 1.3 apog 02:31 3-6360A 13.9 -4.4 18.3 27 16 211 503 40.1 1468.0 1.5 apog 02:39 3-6360A 13.8 -4.6 18.4 27 15 193 524 33.6 1457.0 1.4 apog 02:48 3-6360A 13.7 -4.5 18.2 27 13 205 620 30.7 1462.0 1.4 apog 02:56 3-6360A 13.7 -4.4 18.1 28 14 199 684 24.9 1461.0 1.4 apog 03:29 9-5256A 13.6 -4.7 18.3 27 14 192 707 7.3 1486.0 1.4 apog 03:37 9-5256A 13.7 -4.7 18.4 27 12 180 681 8.4 1494.0 1.3 apog 03:46 9-5256A 13.5 -4.7 18.2 27 14 209 731 5.4 1494.0 1.4 apog 03:54 9-5256A 13.5 -4.8 18.3 27 13 184 701 5.6 1489.0 1.6 apog 04:02 9-5256A 13.6 -4.7 18.3 27 9 203 753 5.8 1495.0 1.3 apog 04:11 9-5256A 13.5 -4.7 18.2 27 15 183 661 5.6 1495.0 1.3 apog 04:19 9-5256A 13.5 -4.7 18.2 27 13 195 641 5.6 1495.0 1.2 apog 04:28 9-5256A 13.4 -4.7 18.1 28 6 190 597 5.4 1496.0 1.5 apog 04:48 7-6102A 13.3 -4.7 18.0 28 10 186 710 5.6 1500.0 1.2 apog 04:57 7-6102A 13.2 -4.9 18.1 28 14 178 676 6.1 1502.0 1.4 apog 05:05 7-6102A 13.2 -4.9 18.1 28 7 187 625 5.7 1503.0 1.3 apog 05:13 7-6102A 13.3 -4.9 18.2 27 7 185 592 5.8 1502.0 1.3 apog 05:22 7-6102A 13.1 -5.0 18.1 28 13 199 557 5.8 1503.0 1.4 apog 05:30 7-6102A 13.4 -5.1 18.5 27 9 201 538 5.9 1504.0 1.3 apog 05:39 7-6102A 13.2 -5.0 18.2 27 7 181 609 6.2 1504.0 1.3 apog 05:47 7-6102A 13.2 -4.9 18.1 28 13 213 508 6.0 1509.0 1.3 apog 06:18 1-6230A 13.1 -5.0 18.1 28 11 209 440 5.5 1504.0 1.4 apog 06:26 1-6230A 12.7 -5.1 17.8 28 15 218 400 5.9 1498.0 1.4 apog 06:35 1-6230A 12.8 -5.3 18.1 27 10 202 409 6.0 1497.0 1.5 apog 06:43 1-6230A 13.1 -5.5 18.6 27 13 212 426 5.5 1505.0 1.4 apog 06:52 1-6230A 12.9 -5.6 18.5 27 14 220 460 11.3 1495.0 1.4 apog 07:00 1-6230A 12.9 -5.6 18.5 27 13 224 423 65.8 1472.0 1.3 apog 07:08 1-6230A 12.9 -5.6 18.5 27 14 211 421 131.3 1500.0 1.5 apog 07:17 1-6230A 13.1 -6.1 19.2 25 13 229 397 59.8 1491.0 1.5 apog 07:36 4-6244A 13.1 -5.9 19.0 26 8 239 400 81.0 1495.0 1.4 apog 07:45 4-6244A 12.8 -5.8 18.6 26 8 255 411 87.3 1494.0 1.4 apog 07:53 4-6244A 12.9 -5.8 18.7 26 12 255 403 201.3 1592.0 1.6 apog 08:02 4-6244A 13.1 -5.9 19.0 26 9 260 401 216.8 1580.0 1.4 apog 08:10 4-6244A 13.1 -5.7 18.8 26 9 271 417 223.0 1531.0 1.4 apog 08:18 4-6244A 13.1 -5.1 18.2 27 18 242 358 226.5 1491.0 1.3 apog 08:27 4-6244A 13.1 -4.7 17.8 28 13 265 349 329.4 1547.0 1.2 apog 08:35 4-6244A 13.1 -4.3 17.4 29 10 271 367 336.1 1576.0 1.3 apog ---- Telescope Status ---- Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 18 Counterweights at: 291, 290, 291, 291 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 87.10 lbs, 19.76 psi SP2 81.50 lbs, 16.68 psi ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2012-09-24 21:48:28 ----STUI software---- STUI: 1.1.2b5 2012-06-19 alerts: v1_2_0 apo: v1_7 boss: v2_5_9 boss.daq: 1.3.2 boss.specMech: 3.0.1 gcamera: v1_2_10 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 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: 5.362 5.357 Axial B: 5.215 5.221 Axial C: 5.515 5.516 Trans D: 10.366 10.374 Lateral E: 10.6299 10.6299 Lateral F: 12.2682 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: 18.8 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 7.039 7.041 Axial B: 7.06 7.059 Axial C: 7.036 7.041 Trans D: 0.332 0.33 GALILS Commanded: 1576550 1594600 1580000 -3550 -6650 Actual: 1576531 1594622 1580021 -3550 -6650 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 3.00 5.00 0.00 115.81 SecOrient: 1257.01 2.98 5.00 -0.17 116.15