Subject: 2.5m obslog 20120908 (MJD 56179) From: asimmons@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:30:24 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Saturday September 08, 2012 (MJD 56179) ---- Observing Team ---- Dan Oravetz Audrey Oravetz ---- Observing Plan ---- 8 Sep 2012 56179.0 BOSS until 06:28 (3.8 h), then APOGEE (5.3 h) ---- Observing Summary ---- The night was lost due to clouds and rain. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon ========= Checked STUI actors, checked mirror numbers, checked upper and lower telescope enclosure, checked cartridge/plate configurations in platedb with the APOGEE night plan, checked fiducials, cleaned APOGEE gang connector and took APOGEE evening cals, took guider dark, BOSS biases and dark. Focused BOSS spectrographs according to checkout instructions in science plan. Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 10.5, Tsp2= 9.8 Outside air temperature= 9.7 COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -5.2 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 6.1 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -341 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Camera r2 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| < 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -640 steps for spectro-2 Night: ====== Clouds and rain all night. Nothing happened. ---- Telescope Status ---- 10:55Z - Enclosure is on, doors and louvers are closed, and fans are off. Status at: 10:55Z Telescope stowed at: 30,121,00 mount Instrument mounted: Cartridge 11 Counterweights at: 280 lbs LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on. SP1 LN2 dewar scale: 161.3 lbs, 21.7 psi SP2 LN2 dewar scale: 156.5 lbs, 21.8 psi ---- Software Used ---- getVersions, 2012-09-09 10:56:37 ----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; ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 5.36 5.357 Axial B: 5.215 5.221 Axial C: 5.516 5.516 Trans D: 10.368 10.374 Lateral E: 10.6426 10.6299 Lateral F: 12.2555 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: 9.2 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 7.039 7.041 Axial B: 7.063 7.059 Axial C: 7.034 7.041 Trans D: 0.33 0.33 GALILS Commanded: 1576550 1594600 1580000 -3550 -6650 Actual: 1576543 1594597 1580040 -3550 -6650 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 3.00 5.00 0.00 115.81 SecOrient: 1257.00 2.99 5.01 -0.16 116.14