Subject: 2.5m obslog 20131028 (MJD 56594) From: asimmons@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 11:18:50 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Monday October 28, 2013 (MJD 56594) ---- Observing Team ---- Howard J. Brewington Audrey Oravetz ---- Observing Plan ---- 28 Oct 2013 56594.0 0.36 01:24 12:10 20:51 07:39 BOSS 10.8 hours We'll be filling in both ends of the night with apogee fields. ---- Observing Summary ---- We remained closed the entire night due to thick clouds and nearby radar. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ---------- 21:30Z Started the afternoon checkout. Checked email and changeNotes Checked 180-L dewars weight Cleaned APOGEE gang connector with air. Did 3-read dark Checked images Did APOGEE evening cals Checked the images Checked status of rain sensor Recorded the software versions & sos3> spVersion Recorded and checked mirror numbers Did 'platedb showActive' All BOSS/APOGEE carts are ready Then, stui->script->srartUp->plugging Tested the actors Check calib lamps Guider/gcamera tests: a) gcamera status (simulate=off; temp=-40) b) guider dark stack=9 time=15 c) guider status d) guider flat Spectro tests and focus a) guider loadCartridge b) boss exposure bias itime=0 c) boss exposure dark itime=20 d) sop hartmann Predict blue camera ring movement of -2.5 degrees for spectro-1 Predict blue camera ring movement of 1.6 degrees for spectro-2 Predict (red) piston movement of 128 steps for spectro-1 Predict (red) piston movement of 170 steps for spectro-2 - Status, 2013-10-28, 22:24:02 Enclosure = closed; cwPositions = 453 446 448 447; MCP instr = 11 (mounted); Guider cart= 11, plate= 6138, side= A (loaded); ---------- motorPosition sp1: 22837, 22729, 22535; sp2: 21657, 21110, 22139; ---------- Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 8.7, Tsp2= 7.8; Outside air temperature= 9.2; ---------- Boss CCD Temp : sp1r0= -124.6 (-126.6); sp1b2= -99.6 (-100.0); sp2r0= -134.4 (-134.8); sp2b2= -100.8 (-100.0); sp1LN2: 11.0; sp2LN2: 10.0; ---------- gcameraTemp= -40.1 (-40.0) gcamera simulating = Off Rel. Focus = 0.0; objArcOff = 0.0, 0.0; ---------- Apogee: vacuum = 8.486e-07 ( 85 ) ---------- Weather: humid25m = 37.4; airTemp25m = 9.2C, dpTemp25m = -4.6C; diff= 13.8C; wind25m = n/a, direction = n/a ---------- semOwner = TCC:0:0 stuiVer=(1.3.1b1 2013-10-22), pid = 27214 memory = 369 MB -- done -- e) sop doCalibs f) checked xMid and waveMid values g) declared calibs as test Checked that carts were in bay correctly; All BOSS/APOGEE carts are ready 00:02Z - Opened doors/louvers; turned on fans sdss3@hub25m-p[5]$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 95G 19G 72G 21% / /dev/sda4 793G 430G 323G 58% /home /dev/sda1 99M 36M 58M 39% /boot tmpfs 5.9G 0 5.9G 0% /dev/shm sdssfiles1-p://data1/data/MARVELS 1.8T 516G 1.3T 29% /MARVELS /dev/drbd1 13T 11T 2.4T 81% /data Night: ------ There are lots of clouds around. We will delay opening. 08:51Z - Stopped ventilating. There is a radar return to the north of us. The clouds did not let up the entire night. We never opened. 11:14Z - Started BOSS and APOGEE cals. ---- Telescope Status ---- No interlocks bypassed Status at: 11:13Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 11 Counterweights at: 445 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 250 lbs, 21 psi SP2 243 lbs, 22 psi ---- Software Used ---- Get Versions, 10/28/13, 21:45:17 ----STUI software: STUI: 1.3.1b1 2013-10-22 alerts: v1_3_0 apo: v1_8 boss: v2_5_15 boss.daq: 1.3.2 boss.specMech: 3.0.4 gcamera: v1_3_6 guider: v1_5_7 hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_2_0 mcp: NOSVN mcp.plc: 29 mcp.azFiducialVersion: v1_110 mcp.altFiducialVersion: v1_110 mcp.rotFiducialVersion: v1_110 platedb: v1_1_0 sop: v1_3_2 sos: v1_2_0 sos.idlspec2d: v5_6_7a tcc: 2.14.0 apogee: -not availble- apogeecal: -not availble- apogeeql: v1_5_3 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06 APO-local scripts : v4_4 -- done -- [observer@sos3 ~]$ spVersion -- Other versions ---- idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_6_7 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_14a ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 15.012 15.016 Axial B: 16.008 15.993 Axial C: 15.527 15.529 Trans D: 10.417 10.41 Lateral E: 10.5918 10.6045 Lateral F: 12.2555 12.2555 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: 9.4 Altitude: 29.5 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.054 -7.063 Axial B: -7.051 -7.043 Axial C: -7.091 -7.085 Trans D: -0.072 -0.06 GALILS Commanded: 1575950 1583000 1592550 -8800 -3350 Actual: 1575964 1583032 1592543 -8800 -3350 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.10 3.00 -100.00 143.14 SecOrient: 1257.00 -4.08 3.01 -100.03 143.62