Subject: 2.5m obslog 20130507 (MJD 56420) From: doravetz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 11:08:01 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday May 07, 2013 (MJD 56420) ---- Observing Team ---- Audrey Oravetz Dan Oravetz ---- Observing Plan ---- 7 May 2013 56420.0 BOSS 7.8 hours; APOGEE morning twilight observations ---- Observing Summary ---- Partly cloudy skies gave way to mostly cloudy conditions the last few hours of the night. We lost about 2-3 hours to clouds in total. Observed the following: Cart. 10, 6969 - DONE Cart. 11, 6680 - DONE Cart. 12, 6835 - DONE Cart. 14, 6745 Cart. 16, 6795 ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon ========= Checked STUI actors, checked mirror numbers, checked upper and lower telescope enclosure, checked fiducials, cleaned APOGEE gang connector and took APOGEE evening cals, took guider dark. Focused BOSS spectrographs: Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 10.6, Tsp2= 9.7 Outside air temperature= 12.4 COLLIMATE: Camera b1 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -3.2 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Camera b2 appears to be OUT-OF-FOCUS (|mean| > 0.15 pix) COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 4.5 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Camera r1 appears to be IN-FOCUS (|mean| 80.91 [above 0.50] Cart. 11, 6680 ************** 03:52Z - GSOGTF. Partly cloudy. Seeing 1.4-1.5" FWHM. 03:53Z - Hartmanns. 03:53:53 boss exposure 4.0, file=161372 03:54:44 boss exposure 4.0, file=161373 03:55:41 hartSp2: r=-551, b=-1.9, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 7.9 03:55:41 sos.sp2AverageMove = -3457 03:55:51 sp2.motor.move= -3457, -3456, -3457 03:55:51 hartSp1: r=-47, b=-0.2, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 8.8 03:55:51 sos.sp1AverageMove = 3825 03:56:01 sp1.motor.move= 3825, 3826, 3825 03:56Z - Cals. 03:56:44 boss exposure 4.0, file=161374 03:58:21 boss exposure 30.0, file=161375 04:01Z - Science. 900s exposures. 04:01:20 boss exposure 900.0, file=161376 04:17:42 boss exposure 900.0, file=161377 04:34:05 boss exposure 900.0, file=161378 MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile --------------------------------------------------------------- 56420 4.25 12.23 5.40 11.78 900.9 33.65 6680-56420-01 56420 3.64 10.09 4.51 9.41 900.9 27.65 6680-56420-01 56420 3.86 10.84 4.85 10.14 900.9 29.69 6680-56420-01 --------------------------------------------------------------- s/n2= 11.75 33.16 14.76 31.32 2702.6 --> 90.99 [above 0.50] Cart. 12, 6835 ************** 04:52Z - GSOGTF. Partly cloudy. Seeing 1.2-1.4" FWHM. 04:53Z - Hartmanns. 04:53:20 boss exposure 4.0, file=161379 04:54:11 boss exposure 4.0, file=161380 04:55:10 hartSp1: r=-1201, b=-4.1, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 8.5 04:55:10 sos.sp1AverageMove = -4306 04:55:21 sp1.motor.move= -4305, -4306, -4302 04:55:21 hartSp2: r=-507, b=-1.7, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 7.7 04:55:21 sos.sp2AverageMove = 21 04:55:26 sp2.motor.move= 24, 23, 21 04:56Z - Cals. 04:56:03 boss exposure 4.0, file=161381 04:57:37 boss exposure 30.0, file=161382 05:00Z - Science. 900s exposures. 05:00:55 boss exposure 900.0, file=161383 05:17:19 boss exposure 900.0, file=161384 05:33:41 boss exposure 900.0, file=161385 05:50:03 boss exposure 900.0, file=161386 MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile --------------------------------------------------------------- 56420 3.67 9.25 3.90 9.01 900.8 25.82 6835-56420-01 56420 2.36 5.92 2.54 5.57 900.8 16.38 6835-56420-01 56420 4.05 10.18 4.50 10.05 900.8 28.77 6835-56420-01 56420 3.14 8.05 3.70 8.23 900.8 23.11 6835-56420-01 --------------------------------------------------------------- s/n2= 13.21 33.39 14.63 32.85 3603.4 --> 94.09 [above 0.50] Cart. 14, 6745 ************** 06:09Z - GSOGTF. Mostly cloudy. Seeing 2.0-2.6" FWHM. 06:10Z - Hartmanns. 06:10:28 boss exposure 4.0, file=161387 06:11:21 boss exposure 4.0, file=161388 06:12:22 hartSp1: r=-122, b=-0.4, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 8.2 06:12:22 sos.sp1AverageMove = -901 06:12:26 sp1.motor.move= -901, -901, -900 06:12:26 hartSp2: r=1025, b=3.5, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 7.6 06:12:26 sos.sp2AverageMove = 3931 06:12:36 sp2.motor.move= 3930, 3931, 3930 06:13Z - Cals. 06:13:09 boss exposure 4.0, file=161389 06:14:43 boss exposure 30.0, file=161390 06:18Z - Science. 900s. 06:18:47 boss exposure 900.0, file=161391 06:35:09 boss exposure 900.0, file=161392 - declared BAD; clouds 06:51:31 boss exposure 900.0, file=161393 - declared BAD; clouds 06:53Z - Lost guide stars in the clouds. 07:08Z - We had no guide stars and were getting zero signal in our exposure. We stopped observing and waited for the clouds to clear. 08:04Z - Looked like clouds would begin to clear soon. Slewed back to field. Took another set of Hartmanns as we waited for the clouds to continue breaking up. 08:05Z - Hartmanns. 08:05:43 boss exposure 4.0, file=161394 08:06:32 boss exposure 4.0, file=161395 08:07:30 hartSp1: r=-703, b=-2.4, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 7.3 08:07:30 sos.sp1AverageMove = -320 08:07:33 sp1.motor.move= -320, -320, -320 08:07:33 hartSp2: r=76, b=0.3, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 6.8 08:07:33 sos.sp2AverageMove = 76 08:07:39 sp2.motor.move= 75, 68, 74 08:08Z - Cals. 08:08:05 boss exposure 4.0, file=161396 08:09:40 boss exposure 30.0, file=161397 08:11Z - Science. 900s exposures. 08:11:41 boss exposure 900.0, file=161398 08:28:03 boss exposure 900.0, file=161399 MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile --------------------------------------------------------------- 56420 0.64 1.37 0.61 1.38 900.8 4.00 6745-56420-01 56420 2.79 6.55 3.01 6.68 900.8 19.02 6745-56420-01 56420 1.95 4.14 1.93 4.17 900.9 12.19 6745-56420-01 --------------------------------------------------------------- s/n2= 5.39 12.06 5.55 12.22 2702.6 --> 35.22 [above 0.50] Cart. 16, 6795 ************** 08:46Z - GSOGTF. Mostly cloudy. Seeing 1.4-1.6" FWHM. 08:47Z - Hartmanns. 08:47:49 boss exposure 4.0, file=161400 08:48:38 boss exposure 4.0, file=161401 08:49:35 hartSp2: r=889, b=3.0, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 6.5 08:49:35 sos.sp2AverageMove = -2016 08:49:43 sp2.motor.move= -2015, -2017, -2016 08:49:43 hartSp1: r=-514, b=-1.8, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 6.9 08:49:43 sos.sp1AverageMove = 450 08:49:46 sp1.motor.move= 450, 452, 450 08:50Z - Cals. 08:50:22 boss exposure 4.0, file=161402 08:51:56 boss exposure 30.0, file=161403 08:54Z - Science. 900s exposures. 08:54:09 boss exposure 900.0, file=161404 - declared BAD; clouds 09:10:31 boss exposure 900.0, file=161405 - declared BAD; clouds 09:26:53 boss exposure 900.0, file=161406 - declared BAD; clouds 09:46:36 boss exposure 900.0, file=161407 10:02Z - Clouds were thickening again. We waited for cloud cover to ease up a bit. Seemed to be primarily orographic clouds spawning at the Dona Ana/Otero county line. They seem to be growing a bit more pronounced. 11:07Z - Closed. Started APOGEE morning cals. Started BOSS biases and dark. ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- --- Offsets --- (arcsec) Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideRot calibOff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:01 10-6969A 161.2 61.3 -31.7 ( -7.9, 1.1) ( -38.2) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 03:17 10-6969A 165.2 62.3 -24.7 ( -6.9, 1.5) ( -40.3) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 03:34 10-6969A 169.5 63.1 -17.3 ( -6.6, 1.8) ( -41.8) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 04:00 11-6680A 165.0 67.9 -21.7 (-11.1, -1.0) (-151.3) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 04:17 11-6680A 171.2 68.7 -12.6 (-10.5, -0.9) (-156.7) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 04:33 11-6680A 177.9 69.0 -3.0 (-10.0, -0.5) (-157.8) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 05:00 12-6835A 180.3 63.6 0.4 ( -3.8, -3.1) ( -37.4) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 05:16 12-6835A 185.0 63.4 8.2 ( -3.8, -3.3) ( -35.5) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 05:33 12-6835A 189.5 63.0 15.8 ( -3.3, -3.4) ( -33.9) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 05:49 12-6835A 193.9 62.3 23.1 ( -3.0, -3.5) ( -31.5) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 06:18 14-6745A 193.5 72.9 17.4 ( -7.1, 0.3) (-118.4) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 06:34 14-6745A 201.6 71.9 28.3 ( -6.9, 0.3) (-112.7) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 06:50 14-6745A 208.6 70.4 37.9 ( -6.5, 0.5) (-104.8) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 08:11 14-6745A 226.8 59.7 69.8 ( -8.1, 1.9) ( -77.3) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 08:27 14-6745A 228.3 57.2 74.3 ( -7.2, 1.0) ( -84.1) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 08:53 16-6795A 209.8 60.2 48.9 ( -2.1, 1.8) ( -30.0) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 09:09 16-6795A 212.6 58.4 54.7 ( -2.0, 2.0) ( -30.0) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 09:26 16-6795A 214.9 56.5 60.0 ( -1.7, 1.9) ( -27.3) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss 09:46 16-6795A 217.1 54.1 65.9 ( -1.3, 1.9) ( -25.7) ( 0.0, -7.2, 0.0) boss ---- Focus Log ---- --- Focus --- Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:01 10-6969A 1.000258 -2548 -465 494 161.2 61.3 8.5 17 249 1.5 boss 03:17 10-6969A 1.000227 -2239 -257 451 165.2 62.3 8.7 15 242 1.3 boss 03:34 10-6969A 1.000204 -2013 -107 413 169.5 63.1 8.5 11 265 1.2 boss 04:00 11-6680A 1.000149 -1471 339 421 165.0 67.9 8.6 17 250 1.4 boss 04:17 11-6680A 1.000140 -1379 412 420 171.2 68.7 8.6 16 257 1.5 boss 04:33 11-6680A 1.000135 -1331 438 407 177.9 69.0 8.5 16 255 1.4 boss 05:00 12-6835A 1.000209 -2064 -175 389 180.3 63.6 8.5 16 262 1.3 boss 05:16 12-6835A 1.000196 -1930 -102 351 185.0 63.4 8.4 21 243 1.4 boss 05:33 12-6835A 1.000179 -1764 26 341 189.5 63.0 8.5 18 263 1.3 boss 05:49 12-6835A 1.000173 -1710 75 345 193.9 62.3 8.4 16 261 1.2 boss 06:18 14-6745A 1.000160 -1580 153 334 193.5 72.9 8.5 15 260 2.6 boss 06:34 14-6745A 1.000175 -1729 54 358 201.6 71.9 8.5 19 263 2.4 boss 06:50 14-6745A 1.000164 -1615 171 379 208.6 70.4 8.4 20 277 2.0 boss 08:11 14-6745A 1.000164 -1615 224 410 226.8 59.7 7.1 17 267 2.2 boss 08:27 14-6745A 1.000203 -2000 2 498 228.3 57.2 6.7 15 271 1.9 boss 08:53 16-6795A 1.000214 -2108 -65 530 209.8 60.2 6.2 21 265 1.4 boss 09:09 16-6795A 1.000210 -2073 -3 557 212.6 58.4 5.8 13 263 1.4 boss 09:26 16-6795A 1.000211 -2080 1 562 214.9 56.5 5.6 16 269 1.6 boss 09:46 16-6795A 1.000211 -2080 -16 536 217.1 54.1 5.9 21 274 1.6 boss ---- Weather Log ---- --- Weather --- Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:01 10-6969A 8.5 -6.1 14.6 34 17 249 843 51.9 1521.0 1.5 boss 03:17 10-6969A 8.7 -5.9 14.6 35 15 242 757 71.8 1503.0 1.3 boss 03:34 10-6969A 8.5 -5.9 14.4 35 11 265 802 100.6 1503.0 1.2 boss 04:00 11-6680A 8.6 -5.7 14.3 35 17 250 980 28.9 1523.0 1.4 boss 04:17 11-6680A 8.6 -6.5 15.1 33 16 257 862 10.5 1532.0 1.5 boss 04:33 11-6680A 8.5 -6.3 14.8 34 16 255 793 74.7 1540.0 1.4 boss 05:00 12-6835A 8.5 -6.1 14.6 35 16 262 948 83.1 1522.0 1.3 boss 05:16 12-6835A 8.4 -6.1 14.5 35 21 243 879 116.4 1531.0 1.4 boss 05:33 12-6835A 8.5 -6.3 14.8 34 18 263 875 203.2 1532.0 1.3 boss 05:49 12-6835A 8.4 -6.7 15.1 33 16 261 888 113.6 1556.0 1.2 boss 06:18 14-6745A 8.5 -6.9 15.4 32 15 260 850 116.3 1569.0 2.6 boss 06:34 14-6745A 8.5 -7.2 15.7 32 19 263 861 185.6 1599.0 2.4 boss 06:50 14-6745A 8.4 -7.5 15.9 31 20 277 823 138.6 1684.0 2.0 boss 08:11 14-6745A 7.1 -6.0 13.1 38 17 267 831 119.2 1577.0 2.2 boss 08:27 14-6745A 6.7 -5.9 12.6 40 15 271 755 35.2 1549.0 1.9 boss 08:53 16-6795A 6.2 -5.7 11.9 42 21 265 770 146.1 1627.0 1.4 boss 09:09 16-6795A 5.8 -5.6 11.4 43 13 263 801 115.3 1716.0 1.4 boss 09:26 16-6795A 5.6 -5.4 11.0 45 16 269 792 117.9 1699.0 1.6 boss 09:46 16-6795A 5.9 -5.1 11.0 45 21 274 939 129.6 1604.0 1.6 boss ---- Telescope Status ---- Status at: 11:07Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 16 Counterweights at: 286 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 159.10 lbs, 19.80 psi SP2 169.60 lbs, 21.55 psi ---- Software Used ---- ----STUI software---- STUI: 1.3b4 2013-03-29 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_5 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_18 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 ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 5.358 5.362 Axial B: 5.206 5.212 Axial C: 5.511 5.517 Trans D: 10.355 10.353 Lateral E: 10.6553 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: 11.7 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 7.04 7.036 Axial B: 7.041 7.041 Axial C: 7.036 7.031 Trans D: 0.332 0.334 GALILS Commanded: 1576550 1594600 1580000 -3550 -6650 Actual: 1576550 1594603 1579995 -3550 -6650 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 3.00 5.00 0.00 115.81 SecOrient: 1256.99 3.00 5.01 -0.16 116.13