Subject: 2.5m obslog 20130612 (MJD 56456) From: doravetz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:42:25 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday June 12, 2013 (MJD 56456) ---- Observing Team ---- Garrett Ebelke Dan Oravetz Jon Brinkmann - PlateDB Support ---- Observing Plan ---- 12 Jun 2013 56456.0 0.28 03:34 10:33 13:57 20:57 BOSS 7.0 hours ---- Observing Summary ---- We lost the first 1/2 hour of the night as we waited for nearby inclement weather to clear out of the area. The rest of the night included thin clouds and variable seeing. Observed the following: Cart. 12, 6985 Cart. 11, 7032 Cart. 15, 6802 - DONE Cart. 14, 6799 Cart. 17, 6299 Cart. 18, 5955 - DONE Cart. 6, 6997, K17_072+13_A - ABBAAB @ 500s each; 4 faint fibers in flat Notes ===== We had to restart the BOSS actor process via stageManager after receiving a critical alert that the BOSS heartbeat had died. This happened after we had closed, so no time was lost, but we aren't sure why it died. See Log for a few more details. When starting afternoon checkout, the plate-db was down again. See Problems in Detail. The 180L LN2 dewar that serves SP2 seems to be wobbling more than usual on its scale. There is another pile of metal shavings on the apron at the N corner of the E roll-up door and a smaller pile at the S corner of the E door. ---- Observing Log ---- ----- Afternoon ----- 22:45Z - Started Afternoon Checkout Before Collimation: ------------------------------ Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 17.3, Tsp2= 16.4; Outside air temperature= 21.6; Collimation delayed due to the platedb going down and not being able to load cartridge 11. We have nearby radar returns that will prevent us from opening any time soon, so at the moment, we will not be losing science time to the plate-db. 1:00Z - Plate-db was able to talk to STUI, but the platewebapp is still down. Starting collimation but without the platewebapp, we will be unable to observe as we do not have a cart/plate schedule for tonight. Collimation: COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -6.0 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -5.4 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 1964 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 469 steps for spectro-2 red cameras adjusted Target B1: -2 B2: 0 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 0 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -3.6 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 42 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 85 steps for spectro-2 Blue Cameras Adjusted: B1: 0 B2: -4 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of -0.2 degrees for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict blue camera ring movement of 0 degrees for spectro-2 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of 85 steps for spectro-1 COLLIMATE: Predict (red) piston movement of -85 steps for spectro-2 Collimation Finished motorPosition sp1: 32254, 32375, 32220; sp2: 30891, 30538, 31388; ---------- Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 17.4, Tsp2= 16.3; Outside air temperature= 21.2; Afternoon checkout complete, everything is ready to observe. ----- Night ----- Ventilation delayed due to nearby radar returns, and heavy cloud coverage. 1:42Z - Started ventilation. Still have nearby radar returns and heavy cloud coverage, but appears to be clearing. 03:21Z - Opened to partly cloudy skies. Force-filled spectrographs. Mounted cartridge 12. The 180L LN2 dewar that serves SP2 seems to be wobbling more than usual on its scale. Cart. 12, 6985 ************** 03:50Z - GSOGTF. Partly cloudy. Seeing 1.5-1.7" FWHM. 03:52Z - Hartmanns. 03:52:34 boss exposure 4.0, file=163323 03:53:24 boss exposure 4.0, file=163324 03:54:22 hartSp1: r=34, b=0.1, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 16.6 03:54:22 sos.sp1AverageMove = -674 03:54:28 sp1.motor.move= -674, -673, -667 03:54:28 hartSp2: r=222, b=0.8, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 15.4 03:54:28 sos.sp2AverageMove = -305 03:54:32 sp2.motor.move= -305, -311, -305 03:54Z - Cals. 03:54:52 boss exposure 4.0, file=163325 03:56:27 boss exposure 30.0, file=163326 04:02Z - Science. 900s exposures. 04:02:27 boss exposure 900.0, file=163327 04:18:49 boss exposure 900.0, file=163328 04:35:12 boss exposure 900.0, file=163329 04:51:34 boss exposure 900.0, file=163330 MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile --------------------------------------------------------------- 56455 1.90 6.86 1.48 4.95 900.8 15.20 6985-56449-01 56455 1.75 6.05 1.29 4.83 900.8 13.93 6985-56449-01 56455 1.99 6.84 1.38 5.18 900.8 15.40 6985-56449-01 56456 2.20 6.79 1.91 5.32 900.8 16.21 6985-56449-01 56456 1.41 3.96 1.13 3.25 900.8 9.74 6985-56449-01 56456 0.58 1.47 0.42 1.14 900.8 3.61 6985-56449-01 56456 0.32 0.74 0.22 0.54 900.8 1.82 6985-56449-01 --------------------------------------------------------------- s/n2= 9.25 30.49 7.19 23.53 4504.2 --> 70.48 [above 0.50] Cart. 11, 7032 ************** 05:09Z - Used 0.005 deg. offset in RA to acquire field. Partly cloudy. Seeing 1.5-1.8" FWHM. 05:10Z - Hartmanns. 05:10:44 boss exposure 4.0, file=163331 05:11:35 boss exposure 4.0, file=163332 05:13:15 hartSp2: r=431, b=1.5, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 15.1 05:13:15 sos.sp2AverageMove = -1154 05:13:23 sp2.motor.move= -1154, -1154, -1154 05:13:23 hartSp1: r=209, b=0.7, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 15.5 05:13:23 sos.sp1AverageMove = -209 05:13:27 sp1.motor.move= -208, -209, -206 05:13Z - Cals. 05:13:47 boss exposure 4.0, file=163333 05:15:24 boss exposure 30.0, file=163334 05:17Z - Science. 900s exposures. 05:17:46 boss exposure 900.0, file=163335 05:34:09 boss exposure 900.0, file=163336 05:50:31 boss exposure 900.0, file=163337 06:06:53 boss exposure 900.0, file=163338 MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile --------------------------------------------------------------- 56456 1.04 3.33 1.31 4.04 900.8 9.73 7032-56456-01 56456 1.55 5.10 1.90 6.42 900.8 14.97 7032-56456-01 56456 1.49 5.01 1.77 6.47 900.8 14.74 7032-56456-01 56456 1.38 4.70 1.72 6.07 900.8 13.87 7032-56456-01 --------------------------------------------------------------- s/n2= 5.46 18.14 6.70 23.01 3603.4 --> 53.31 [above 0.50] Cart. 15, 6802 ************** 06:24Z - GSOGTF. Partly cloudy. Seeing 1.8-2.0" FWHM. 06:26Z - Hartmanns. 06:26:18 boss exposure 4.0, file=163339 06:27:09 boss exposure 4.0, file=163340 06:28:07 hartSp2: r=534, b=1.8, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 14.8 06:28:07 sos.sp2AverageMove = -1578 06:28:12 sp2.motor.move= -1577, -1575, -1578 06:28:12 hartSp1: r=165, b=0.6, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 15.2 06:28:12 sos.sp1AverageMove = -1125 06:28:19 sp1.motor.move= -1125, -1124, -1122 06:28Z - Cals. 06:28:56 boss exposure 4.0, file=163341 06:30:29 boss exposure 30.0, file=163342 06:32Z - Science. 900s exposures. 06:32:57 boss exposure 900.0, file=163343 06:49:19 boss exposure 900.0, file=163344 MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile --------------------------------------------------------------- 56454 1.68 5.88 1.47 5.31 900.8 14.35 6802-56454-01 56454 1.67 5.47 1.42 4.99 900.8 13.56 6802-56454-01 56455 1.16 3.90 0.93 3.34 900.8 9.33 6802-56454-01 56455 0.99 3.22 0.76 2.84 900.8 7.80 6802-56454-01 56455 1.11 3.91 0.91 3.54 900.8 9.47 6802-56454-01 56455 1.96 6.53 1.79 5.77 900.8 16.05 6802-56454-01 56456 2.35 7.05 2.08 6.33 900.8 17.81 6802-56454-01 56456 1.09 3.38 0.95 2.97 900.8 8.39 6802-56454-01 --------------------------------------------------------------- s/n2= 12.01 39.36 10.31 35.09 7206.7 --> 96.77 [above 0.50] Cart. 14, 6799 ************** 07:07Z - GSOGTF. Partly cloudy. Seeing 1.8" FWHM. 07:09Z - Hartmanns. 07:09:09 boss exposure 4.0, file=163345 07:09:59 boss exposure 4.0, file=163346 07:11:06 hartSp2: r=674, b=2.3, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 15.0 07:11:06 sos.sp2AverageMove = -117 07:11:10 sp2.motor.move= -116, -115, -117 07:11:10 hartSp1: r=20, b=0.1, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 15.4 07:11:10 sos.sp1AverageMove = -980 07:11:14 sp1.motor.move= -981, -981, -981 07:11Z - Cals. 07:11:37 boss exposure 4.0, file=163347 07:13:12 boss exposure 30.0, file=163348 07:15Z - Science. 900s exposures. 07:15:26 boss exposure 900.0, file=163349 07:31:48 boss exposure 900.0, file=163350 MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile --------------------------------------------------------------- 56456 1.80 6.42 1.84 6.21 900.8 16.27 6799-56456-01 56456 1.29 4.68 1.29 4.51 900.8 11.77 6799-56456-01 --------------------------------------------------------------- s/n2= 3.09 11.10 3.13 10.71 1801.7 --> 28.04 [above 0.50] Cart. 17, 6299 ************** 07:49Z - GSOGTF. Thin clouds. Seeing 1.9-2.0" FWHM. 07:52Z - Hartmanns. 07:52:24 boss exposure 4.0, file=163351 07:53:14 boss exposure 4.0, file=163352 07:54:12 hartSp2: r=-569, b=-2.0, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 14.9 07:54:12 sos.sp2AverageMove = 486 07:54:16 sp2.motor.move= 490, 486, 486 07:54:16 hartSp1: r=1475, b=5.1, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 15.3 07:54:16 sos.sp1AverageMove = 765 07:54:20 sp1.motor.move= 765, 769, 766 07:54Z - Cals. 07:54:40 boss exposure 4.0, file=163353 07:56:16 boss exposure 30.0, file=163354 08:01Z - Science. 900s exposures. 08:01:17 boss exposure 900.0, file=163355 08:17:39 boss exposure 900.0, file=163356 08:34:01 boss exposure 900.0, file=163357 MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile --------------------------------------------------------------- 56455 1.48 6.45 2.17 6.64 900.8 16.74 6299-56448-01 56455 1.70 6.64 2.41 7.23 900.8 17.99 6299-56448-01 56456 0.56 2.89 0.75 2.51 900.8 6.71 6299-56448-01 56456 0.70 3.46 1.05 3.41 900.8 8.63 6299-56448-01 56456 0.81 3.85 1.20 3.96 900.8 9.82 6299-56448-01 --------------------------------------------------------------- s/n2= 5.26 23.30 7.58 23.75 4504.2 --> 59.89 [above 0.50] Cart. 18, 5955 ************** 08:53Z - GSOGTF. Thin clouds. Seeing 1.5-1.8" FWHM. 08:56Z - Hartmanns. 08:56:42 boss exposure 4.0, file=163358 08:57:32 boss exposure 4.0, file=163359 08:58:32 hartSp1: r=1460, b=5.0, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 15.2 08:58:32 sos.sp1AverageMove = 460 08:58:35 sp1.motor.move= 460, 455, 459 08:58:35 hartSp2: r=-1014, b=-3.5, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 14.5 08:58:35 sos.sp2AverageMove = 1891 08:58:41 sp2.motor.move= 1889, 1891, 1891 08:59Z - Cals. 08:59:02 boss exposure 4.0, file=163360 09:00:36 boss exposure 30.0, file=163361 09:03Z - Science. 900s exposures. 09:03:11 boss exposure 900.0, file=163362 09:19:33 boss exposure 900.0, file=163363 09:35:56 boss exposure 900.0, file=163364 09:52:18 boss exposure 900.0, file=163365 MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile --------------------------------------------------------------- 56455 2.20 8.02 2.44 7.26 900.8 19.92 5955-56454-01 56455 2.12 7.47 2.28 7.06 900.9 18.91 5955-56454-01 56455 1.78 6.60 1.87 6.38 900.9 16.63 5955-56454-01 56456 1.24 4.85 1.30 4.47 900.8 11.87 5955-56454-01 56456 1.23 4.83 1.27 4.43 900.9 11.76 5955-56454-01 56456 1.38 5.00 1.42 4.84 900.9 12.64 5955-56454-01 56456 1.48 5.81 1.69 5.52 900.8 14.50 5955-56454-01 --------------------------------------------------------------- s/n2= 11.43 42.57 12.26 39.96 6306.0 --> 106.22 [above 0.50] 10:03Z - APOGEE darks. 10:03:25 apogee.expose=apRaw-08940009, 10, A, Dark 10:05:13 apogee.expose=apRaw-08940010, 10, A, Dark Cart. 6, 6997 ************* 10:12Z - GSOGTF. Thin clouds. Seeing 1.4-1.9" FWHM. 10:20Z - Science. ABBAAB @ 500s each. 10:20:39 apogee.expose=apRaw-08940011, 47, A, Object 10:29:03 apogee.expose=apRaw-08940012, 47, B, Object 10:37:22 apogee.expose=apRaw-08940013, 47, B, Object 10:45:50 apogee.expose=apRaw-08940014, 47, A, Object 10:54:11 apogee.expose=apRaw-08940015, 47, A, Object 11:02:34 apogee.expose=apRaw-08940016, 47, B, Object 11:11Z - Dome flat. 11:11:12 apogee.expose=apRaw-08940017, 5, B, DomeFlat [observer@sos3 ~]$ aptest 56456 08940017 flat= /data/apogee/utr_cdr/56456/apRaw-08940017.fits master= /home/observer/bin/apRaw-03720068.fits nfibers= 300 average ratio= 0.797385032766 missing fibers (flat/master -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:01 12-6985A 1.000344 -3395 -1390 265 182.8 58.8 17.7 18 76 1.5 boss 04:18 12-6985A 1.000360 -3555 -1515 272 186.2 58.5 17.5 18 77 1.7 boss 04:34 12-6985A 1.000360 -3558 -1511 276 189.5 58.1 17.3 17 76 1.5 boss 04:50 12-6985A 1.000361 -3561 -1506 283 192.7 57.4 17.3 19 68 1.5 boss 05:17 11-7032A 1.000363 -3580 -1563 263 208.0 65.9 17.6 20 80 1.7 boss 05:33 11-7032A 1.000344 -3398 -1414 257 212.2 64.2 17.1 17 72 1.5 boss 05:49 11-7032A 1.000344 -3392 -1403 259 215.6 62.3 17.1 21 75 1.7 boss 06:06 11-7032A 1.000346 -3418 -1433 244 218.4 60.2 17.3 23 79 1.8 boss 06:32 15-6802A 1.000320 -3160 -1230 230 196.7 59.3 18.2 19 87 1.8 boss 06:48 15-6802A 1.000287 -2831 -979 208 199.8 58.2 18.5 13 82 2.0 boss 07:14 14-6799A 1.000285 -2816 -1000 168 207.6 56.1 18.3 19 77 1.8 boss 07:31 14-6799A 1.000297 -2933 -1099 163 209.7 54.4 17.7 3 102 1.8 boss 08:00 17-6299A 1.000446 -4402 -2231 183 96.5 36.5 17.8 1 218 1.9 boss 08:17 17-6299A 1.000406 -4010 -1903 199 94.5 39.9 18.0 7 359 2.0 boss 08:33 17-6299A 1.000384 -3787 -1716 216 92.5 43.4 16.8 18 81 1.9 boss 09:02 18-5955A 1.000424 -4185 -2053 240 96.9 53.0 16.8 18 72 1.7 boss 09:18 18-5955A 1.000413 -4074 -1980 231 95.1 56.4 16.7 18 76 1.8 boss 09:35 18-5955A 1.000401 -3959 -1904 222 93.3 59.9 16.7 19 74 1.5 boss 09:51 18-5955A 1.000386 -3813 -1816 195 91.4 63.3 17.1 18 76 1.6 boss 10:20 6-6997A 1.000162 -1599 1 196 239.4 71.2 17.6 14 75 1.9 apog 10:28 6-6997A 1.000156 -1538 52 194 240.7 69.7 17.5 16 75 1.4 apog 10:36 6-6997A 1.000161 -1586 22 199 241.8 68.2 17.4 16 79 1.6 apog 10:45 6-6997A 1.000165 -1630 -12 200 242.6 66.6 17.3 15 77 1.6 apog 10:53 6-6997A 1.000169 -1666 -33 205 243.3 65.0 17.3 17 76 1.5 apog 11:01 6-6997A 1.000163 -1611 20 210 243.8 63.4 17.3 19 76 1.6 apog ---- Weather Log ---- Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:01 12-6985A 17.7 3.7 14.0 39 18 76 1722 38.5 1395.0 1.5 boss 04:18 12-6985A 17.5 3.6 13.9 39 18 77 1660 63.6 1385.0 1.7 boss 04:34 12-6985A 17.3 3.5 13.8 39 17 76 1647 77.8 1423.0 1.5 boss 04:50 12-6985A 17.3 3.4 13.9 39 19 68 1621 88.5 1448.0 1.5 boss 05:17 11-7032A 17.6 2.8 14.8 37 20 80 1485 73.0 1426.0 1.7 boss 05:33 11-7032A 17.1 3.3 13.8 39 17 72 1614 37.4 1394.0 1.5 boss 05:49 11-7032A 17.1 2.9 14.2 38 21 75 2131 22.5 1396.0 1.7 boss 06:06 11-7032A 17.3 1.9 15.4 35 23 79 1404 11.7 1413.0 1.8 boss 06:32 15-6802A 18.2 -1.3 19.5 26 19 87 1178 9.5 1405.0 1.8 boss 06:48 15-6802A 18.5 -3.0 21.5 23 13 82 1002 11.7 1386.0 2.0 boss 07:14 14-6799A 18.3 -3.1 21.4 23 19 77 958 363.4 1325.0 1.8 boss 07:31 14-6799A 17.7 -2.6 20.3 24 3 102 951 90.4 1386.0 1.8 boss 08:00 17-6299A 17.8 -4.6 22.4 21 1 218 818 11.1 1386.0 1.9 boss 08:17 17-6299A 18.0 -4.7 22.7 20 7 359 806 13.0 1399.0 2.0 boss 08:33 17-6299A 16.8 -2.3 19.1 27 18 81 1067 31.3 1385.0 1.9 boss 09:02 18-5955A 16.8 -0.6 17.4 30 18 72 1177 14.2 1425.0 1.7 boss 09:18 18-5955A 16.7 -1.8 18.5 28 18 76 1101 9.9 1420.0 1.8 boss 09:35 18-5955A 16.7 -3.8 20.5 24 19 74 1044 6.7 1425.0 1.5 boss 09:51 18-5955A 17.1 -7.8 24.9 17 18 76 1081 6.8 1406.0 1.6 boss 10:20 6-6997A 17.6 -8.7 26.3 15 14 75 929 6.6 1406.0 1.9 apog 10:28 6-6997A 17.5 -8.4 25.9 16 16 75 822 7.6 1405.0 1.4 apog 10:36 6-6997A 17.4 -8.9 26.3 15 16 79 876 6.8 1406.0 1.6 apog 10:45 6-6997A 17.3 -8.9 26.2 15 15 77 809 6.9 1389.0 1.6 apog 10:53 6-6997A 17.3 -9.1 26.4 15 17 76 760 7.4 1389.0 1.5 apog 11:01 6-6997A 17.3 -9.0 26.3 15 19 76 692 8.0 1396.0 1.6 apog ---- Telescope Status ---- Status at: 11:41Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 11 Counterweights at: 307 307 305 306 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: 234.10 lbs. 20.61 psi; 219.60 lbs. 19.69 psi ---- Software Used ---- ----STUI software---- STUI: 1.3b7 2013-05-17 alerts: v1_2_1 apo: v1_7 boss: v2_5_13 boss.daq: 1.3.2 boss.specMech: 3.0.1 gcamera: v1_2_13 guider: v1_4_6 hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_1_9 mcp: v6_6_16 mcp.plc: 28 mcp.azFiducialVersion: v1_109 mcp.altFiducialVersion: v1_109 mcp.rotFiducialVersion: v1_109 platedb: v1_0_5 sop: v1_2_19 sos: v1_2_0 sos.idlspec2d: v5_6_5 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 -- ----Other versions---- idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_6_5 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_16 ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 5.358 5.362 Axial B: 5.204 5.212 Axial C: 5.511 5.517 Trans D: 10.361 10.353 Lateral E: 10.6299 10.6553 Lateral F: 12.2555 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: 23.0 Altitude: 29.8 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 7.042 7.036 Axial B: 7.054 7.041 Axial C: 7.042 7.031 Trans D: 0.33 0.334 GALILS Commanded: 1576550 1594600 1580000 -3550 -6650 Actual: 1576531 1594591 1579964 -3550 -6650 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 3.00 5.00 0.00 115.81 SecOrient: 1257.00 3.01 5.02 -0.16 116.13 ---- Problems in Detail ---- Plate-db down I found JonB and he said he was switching out the spare. After he switched out the hardware, he tried booting up the plate-db, and the software started complaining of a missing file (development.ini). Eventually, he was at a loss and sent out an email to JonP and Craig asking for help. In STUI, I issued a "platedb reconnect" and was able to talk to the platedb, and then load the cartridge to continue afternoon checkout. We are still dead in the water until the platewebapp is back online because we have no schedule of carts/plates for tonight.