Subject: 2.5m obslog 20131029 (MJD 56595) From: marchante@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:49:25 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday October 29, 2013 (MJD 56595) ---- Observing Team ---- Audrey Oravetz Moses Marchante ---- Observing Plan ---- 29 Oct 2013 56595.0 0.29 01:24 12:11 20:54 07:43 BOSS 10.8 hours ---- Observing Summary ---- sunset 00:18Z heavy radar returns delayed opening heavy clouds most of the night until 11:00Z clear sky opened Boss: cart: 15 plate: 5715 Not Done Apogee: cart: 6 plate: 6555 2x ABBA faint: 15, 34, 173 ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ========== Checked actors, took guider dark, gathered mirror numbers, started APOGEE evening cals, started BOSS biases and collimation with cart 11. motorPosition sp1: 22837, 22729, 22535; sp2: 21657, 21110, 22139; ---------- Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 9.0, Tsp2= 8.3; Outside air temperature= 9.1; 21:46:44 sp1.motor.move= 939, 939, 938 21:46:51 sp2.motor.move= 724, 725, 725 COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| 12.31 [above 0.50] --------------------------------------------------------------- Not Done ---------------------- 11:49:29 loadCart: ct=6, pl=6555, sd=A; GSOGTF 11:50:09 sop.gotoField = running; 11:54:45 apogee.expose=apRaw-10330010, 47, A, Object Seeing 2.0" mostly clear 12:03:08 apogee.expose=apRaw-10330011, 47, B, Object 12:11:28 apogee.expose=apRaw-10330012, 47, B, Object 12:19:56 apogee.expose=apRaw-10330013, 47, A, Object 12:28:33 apogee.expose=apRaw-10330014, 5, A, DomeFlat 12:30:51 apogee.expose=apRaw-10330015, 10, A, Dark 12:32:38 apogee.expose=apRaw-10330016, 10, A, Dark flat= /data/apogee/utr_cdr/56595/apRaw-10330014.fits master= /home/observer/bin/apRaw-03720068.fits nfibers= 300 average ratio= 0.711225415248 missing fibers (flat/master -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:11 11-6138A 1.000000 0 1257 0 121.0 30.0 8.0 17 205 99.9 11:30 15-5715A 1.000280 -2765 -629 488 144.2 53.0 3.1 17 226 1.8 boss 11:54 6-6555A 1.000521 -5144 -2540 545 -10.8 52.7 3.1 17 235 2.1 apog 12:02 6-6555A 1.000530 -5227 -2628 527 -14.2 52.3 2.9 14 227 2.1 apog 12:10 6-6555A 1.000502 -4950 -2409 515 -17.5 51.8 2.9 19 210 1.9 apog 12:19 6-6555A 1.000476 -4695 -2205 504 -20.8 51.2 2.9 17 211 1.7 apog ---- Weather Log ---- --- Weather --- Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:11 11-6138A 8.0 -10.3 18.3 26 17 205 124 196.1 949 99.9 11:30 15-5715A 3.1 -0.4 3.5 77 17 226 235 12.2 797 1.8 boss 11:54 6-6555A 3.1 -0.6 3.7 76 17 235 260 11.3 797 2.1 apog 12:02 6-6555A 2.9 -0.7 3.6 76 14 227 283 16.2 798 2.1 apog 12:10 6-6555A 2.9 -0.8 3.7 76 19 210 265 10.3 797 1.9 apog 12:19 6-6555A 2.9 -0.2 3.1 80 17 211 261 9.6 797 1.7 apog ---- Telescope Status ---- Started ventilation 11:12:51 encl25m : open; 12:38:51 encl25m : closed; No interlocks bypassed Status at: 12:46:37 Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 11 Counterweights at: 453, 445, 449, 449 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 195.8 lbs, 20.5 psi SP2 179.1 lbs, 20.9 psi ---- Software Used ---- Get Versions, 10/29/13, 21:41:55 ----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 -- 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: 10.6045 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 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.055 -7.063 Axial B: -7.051 -7.043 Axial C: -7.092 -7.085 Trans D: -0.069 -0.06 GALILS Commanded: 1575950 1583000 1592550 -8800 -3350 Actual: 1575945 1583000 1592556 -8800 -3350 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.10 3.00 -100.00 143.14 SecOrient: 1257.00 -4.09 3.00 -100.03 143.62