Subject: 2.5m obslog 20130320 (MJD 56372) From: marchante@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:56:26 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday March 20, 2013 (MJD 56372) ---- Observing Team ---- Audrey Oravetz Moses Marchante ---- Observing Plan ---- 20 Mar 2013 56372.0 0.60 02:23 11:58 07:15 16:51 APOGEE until 09:13 (7.1 h), then BOSS (2.7 h) ---- Observing Summary ---- Opening delayed due to clouds :02:51:26 encl25m : open; thick clouds moving in 06:01Z 06:56:27 encl25m : closed; heavy clouds as I was copying the weather log to the page, I accidentally hit control + q while trying to hit control +a and forced quit STUI and lost the weather data. Apogee: cart: Plate: 4 6329 2x ABBA faint: 238, 284 missing: 80 8 6779 2x ABBA faint: 88, 197 missing: 184 9 6772 1x AB got part of a 2nd B but clouds moved in.. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ========== Tested actors, took BOSS biases and a dark, started APOGEE cals, collimated the spectrographs, gathered mirror numbers. Start collimation: MCP instr = 10 (mounted); Guider cart= 10, plate= 5737, side= A (loaded); ---------- motorPosition sp1: 27017, 27568, 27318; sp2: 29518, 28931, 29623; ---------- Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 7.6, Tsp2= 6.7; Outside air temperature= 6.2; Moved motors: 23:21:32 motorPos.sp2.move: 2348, 2348, 2348; 23:21:40 motorPos.sp1.move: -1495, -1490, -1494; COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -6.0 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 3.8 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 128 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Issue command: "boss moveColl spec=sp1 a=128 b=128 c=128" COLLIMATE: current motorPosition 25522 26078 25824 COLLIMATE: new expected motorPosition 25650 26206 25952 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 42 steps for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Issue command: "boss moveColl spec=sp2 a=42 b=42 c=42" COLLIMATE: current motorPosition 31866 31279 31971 COLLIMATE: new expected motorPosition 31908 31321 32013 Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 7.4, Tsp2= 6.6; Outside air temperature= 5.9; 23:48Z - Started ventilating. Mounted cart 4 for the beginning of the night. Night: ====== ---------------------- 02:58:18 loadCart: ct=4, pl=6329, sd=A; -0.002 RA offset for GS 02:58:40 sop.gotoField = done; 03:01:46 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100011, 47, A, Object Seeing 1.5" partly cloudy 03:10:10 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100012, 47, B, Object 03:18:31 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100013, 47, B, Object 03:26:59 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100014, 47, A, Object 03:35:29 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100015, 47, A, Object 03:43:52 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100016, 47, B, Object 03:52:15 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100017, 47, B, Object 04:00:43 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100018, 47, A, Object 04:09:21 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100019, 14, A, skyflat 04:11:54 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100020, 14, B, skyflat 04:14:25 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100021, 14, B, skyflat 04:17:03 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100022, 14, A, skyflat 04:19:51 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100023, 5, A, DomeFlat 04:22:52 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100024, 10, A, Dark 04:24:40 apogee.expose=apRaw-08100025, 10, A, Dark flat= /data/apogee/utr_cdr/56372/apRaw-08100023.fits master= /home/observer/bin/apRaw-03720068.fits nfibers= 300 average ratio= 0.867127536689 missing fibers (flat/master -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02:51 4-6329A 1.000000 0 1261 0 121.0 30.0 4.2 16 218 99.9 03:01 4-6329A 1.000140 -1382 485 442 -9.0 48.0 4.3 17 216 1.5 apog 03:09 4-6329A 1.000139 -1369 506 451 -12.1 47.7 4.3 16 226 1.6 apog 03:17 4-6329A 1.000147 -1452 437 450 -15.0 47.3 4.4 16 223 1.8 apog 03:26 4-6329A 1.000151 -1487 406 446 -18.0 46.7 4.6 19 220 1.6 apog 03:34 4-6329A 1.000138 -1360 505 437 -21.0 46.1 4.5 19 235 1.6 apog 03:43 4-6329A 1.000136 -1344 508 426 -23.8 45.5 4.6 21 233 1.4 apog 03:51 4-6329A 1.000128 -1280 570 415 -26.5 44.7 4.7 14 256 1.6 apog 04:00 4-6329A 1.000129 -1277 534 391 -29.2 43.9 5.3 16 261 1.6 apog 04:32 8-6779A 1.000232 -2290 -428 345 269.0 75.5 5.4 14 261 1.2 apog 04:40 8-6779A 1.000218 -2153 -313 343 268.0 73.7 5.3 15 248 1.4 apog 04:49 8-6779A 1.000219 -2159 -310 350 267.1 72.0 5.2 17 238 1.3 apog 04:57 8-6779A 1.000211 -2083 -246 347 266.2 70.2 5.4 14 259 1.4 apog 05:06 8-6779A 1.000221 -2178 -314 355 265.4 68.4 5.2 14 254 1.3 apog 05:14 8-6779A 1.000216 -2131 -273 353 264.7 66.7 5.3 12 242 1.4 apog 05:22 8-6779A 1.000218 -2150 -283 356 263.9 64.9 5.4 11 257 1.5 apog 05:31 8-6779A 1.000216 -2131 -187 433 263.2 63.1 5.4 13 260 1.7 apog 06:16 9-6772A 1.000301 -2965 -959 346 11.8 60.6 5.5 9 257 1.9 apog 06:25 9-6772A 1.000275 -2714 -757 339 7.5 60.9 5.6 9 250 1.7 apog 06:33 9-6772A 1.000275 -2714 -757 339 3.2 61.1 5.8 14 243 2.0 apog ---- Telescope Status ---- Started ventilation 02:51:26 Z encl25m : open; 06:56:27 encl25m : closed; No interlocks bypassed Status at: Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 9 Counterweights at: 283, 282, 282, 283 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 99.8 lbs, 20.1 psi SP2 108.0 lbs, 20.7 psi ---- Software Used ---- Get Versions, 23:07:59 ----STUI software: STUI: 1.2 2012-12-19 alerts: v1_2_1 apo: v1_7 boss: v2_5_13 boss.daq: 1.3.2 boss.specMech: 3.0.1 gcamera: v1_2_10 guider: v1_4_1 hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_2_0 mcp: v6_6_16 mcp.plc: 28 mcp.azFiducialVersion: v1_107 mcp.altFiducialVersion: v1_107 mcp.rotFiducialVersion: v1_107 platedb: v1_0_5 sop: v1_2_16 sos: v1_2_0 sos.idlspec2d: v5_6_3 tcc: 2.14.0 apogee: ** not availble ** apogeecal: ** not availble ** apogeeql: v1_4_1 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06 Scripts : v3_0+trunk -- done -- ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 5.36 5.362 Axial B: 5.21 5.212 Axial C: 5.515 5.517 Trans D: 10.355 10.353 Lateral E: 10.6426 10.6553 Lateral F: 12.2809 12.2809 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: 6.1 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 7.039 7.036 Axial B: 7.042 7.041 Axial C: 7.034 7.031 Trans D: 0.335 0.334 GALILS Commanded: 1576550 1594600 1580000 -3550 -6650 Actual: 1576543 1594597 1580021 -3550 -6650 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 3.00 5.00 0.00 115.81 SecOrient: 1256.99 3.00 5.01 -0.16 116.14