Subject: 2.5m obslog 20130920 (MJD 56556) From: doravetz@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 11:29:15 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Friday September 20, 2013 (MJD 56556) ---- Observing Team ---- Karen Kinemuchi Dan Oravetz Paul Harding John Parejko ---- Observing Plan ---- 20 Sep 2013 56556.0 APOGEE 10.2 hours Flexible Engineering ---- Observing Summary ---- The night was lost to high humidity. Clouds during the first half of the night gave way to clear skies, but the high humidity persisted. We ran some gcamera tests with Paul, but humidity and clouds prevented us from finishing. He will continue with gcamera tomorrow. John P. performed some work on the guider software. ---- Observing Log ---- AFTERNOON CHECKOUT: =================== 23:45Z ThreeReadDark -ok; APOGEE evening cals started; Tested actors - ok; Grabbed the mirror stats - ok; platedb checked -ok; guider/gcamera prep - done; 00:46Z Clouds, radar return, and high humidity are keeping us closed. Ventilation is delayed. APOGEE evening cals are done. NIGHT: ====== 03:10Z - Unable to open because of very high humidity (>90%), we mounted cartridge 12 so John P. could run some tests. We tested the gcamera on sky with Paul, John P., and Alex, but humidity and clouds prevented us from finishing. Paul will try to investigate the gcamera a bit more tomorrow morning. The goal was to observe stars-on sky and look for a focus gradient to see if the gcamera chip is tilted. We also wanted to take a few exposures with an i-band filter in front of the gcamera to see how much fainter the stars would be. 11:25Z - Humidity still 95% and holding steady. Started APOGEE and BOSS morning cals and called it a night. ---- Weather Log ---- Wind 1 um DIMM IRSC Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Dir Dust fwhm mean sigma 18:00 14.4 6.5 0.7 348.8 18:15 13.9 10.6 3.3 206.5 18:30 15.4 8.3 0.4 68.0 18:45 14.3 11.4 1.0 292.5 19:00 12.5 10.1 5.1 192.2 19:15 12.8 10.9 1.0 217.3 19:30 11.8 10.4 1.2 256.5 19:45 10.8 9.1 1.0 231.5 20:00 10.9 8.1 7.1 83.2 20:15 11.6 8.9 7.4 70.5 20:30 11.2 7.4 7.9 81.8 20:45 14.1 7.4 0.7 86.5 21:00 13.5 5.6 1.5 112.6 21:15 13.2 7.2 1.5 333.3 21:30 13.1 9.3 4.3 280.5 21:45 13.3 10.4 1.5 258.0 22:00 13.3 7.8 1.7 324.5 22:15 13.4 5.9 3.7 93.9 22:30 12.7 6.6 4.8 81.9 22:45 12.7 7.2 3.5 45.1 23:00 12.2 7.2 7.8 83.3 23:15 11.7 7.4 6.4 82.2 23:30 11.5 7.4 13.3 65.1 23:45 11.4 7.5 16.9 41.5 00:00 11.3 7.1 10.9 61.3 00:15 11.1 7.5 16.6 60.8 00:30 10.8 7.3 16.1 54.7 00:45 10.4 7.8 14.6 71.1 01:00 10.0 8.2 19.6 68.6 01:15 9.8 8.2 19.7 68.2 01:30 9.4 8.2 18.9 60.6 01:45 9.7 7.4 13.3 78.1 02:00 9.2 7.8 12.6 69.9 02:15 9.3 7.8 14.8 48.3 1319 175.11 02:30 9.2 7.2 15.7 47.3 1496 56.37 02:45 9.1 7.2 12.5 74.0 1501 54.85 03:00 8.9 7.4 15.9 79.1 1513 91.86 03:15 9.2 6.8 18.0 71.6 1426 156.07 03:30 9.1 6.8 16.4 74.5 1476 142.61 03:45 8.9 6.7 17.3 72.3 1515 39.94 04:00 8.8 7.2 16.1 72.6 1508 48.26 04:15 8.6 6.9 15.3 71.7 1505 16.67 04:30 8.6 6.9 16.6 75.1 1520 11.06 04:45 8.6 6.8 17.1 67.8 1511 12.02 05:00 8.5 6.9 19.1 67.8 1521 73.89 05:15 8.5 6.8 17.4 70.7 1505 89.37 05:30 8.5 6.7 17.3 63.3 1516 76.66 05:45 9.1 6.1 12.5 77.0 1560 110.60 06:00 8.8 6.3 13.6 63.8 1575 181.74 06:15 8.7 6.4 13.8 58.1 1621 230.25 06:30 9.1 6.3 10.3 54.6 1605 207.69 06:45 9.6 6.9 10.4 45.2 1689 324.61 07:00 9.8 7.0 7.9 24.8 1826 291.12 07:15 9.3 7.1 4.1 28.0 1570 197.73 07:30 9.7 7.1 3.1 9.3 1495 183.59 07:45 9.8 7.1 11.0 21.7 1526 115.08 08:00 9.7 7.1 9.8 29.0 1732 344.03 08:15 7.8 6.6 6.6 3.5 1485 108.26 08:30 9.7 7.4 7.3 30.9 1483 11.04 08:45 9.8 7.2 8.2 351.3 1474 9.43 09:00 9.7 7.2 6.4 357.8 1468 7.31 09:15 9.6 7.2 5.4 0.0 1469 12.15 09:30 9.8 7.1 7.5 357.5 1592 46.13 09:45 9.8 7.1 8.6 4.9 1731 45.43 10:00 9.7 7.2 8.4 11.6 1736 46.15 10:15 9.5 7.3 8.4 28.6 1736 46.15 10:30 9.6 7.5 7.6 13.6 10:45 9.4 7.6 7.5 11.0 11:00 9.4 7.6 12.2 9.5 11:15 9.3 7.7 14.1 16.6 ---- Telescope Status ---- Status at: 11:26Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 12 Counterweights at: 483 485 486 484 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 198.60 lbs, 22.19 psi SP2 192.30 lbs, 21.95 psi ---- Software Used ---- et Versions, 09/20/13, 23:59:16 ----STUI software: STUI: 1.3 2013-09-05 alerts: v1_3_0 apo: v1_8 boss: v2_5_14 boss.daq: 1.3.2 boss.specMech: 3.0.4 gcamera: v1_3_5 guider: v1_5_5 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_1 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 Setting up: idlspec2d Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_6_7a Setting up: |elodie Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_3 Setting up: |spinspect Flavor: Linux64 Version: start Setting up: |specflat Flavor: NULL Version: v1_20 Setting up: |speclog Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |platelist Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |platedb Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_4_0 Setting up: |hooloovookit Flavor: Linux64 Version: v3_4_1a Setting up: |sqlalchemy Flavor: Linux64 Version: 0.7.10 Setting up: |psycopg Flavor: Linux64 Version: 2.5.1 Setting up: |actorcore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_21 Setting up: |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_19 Setting up: |external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: |actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v29_1 Setting up: |sdsstools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v4_33 Setting up: |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_12 Setting up: |RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.8.0 Setting up: |tron Flavor: Linux64 Version: sdss3_v1_1_9 Setting up: |idlutils Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_5_10 Setting up: |idl Flavor: Linux64 Version: 7.1 Setting up: |dust Flavor: Linux64 Version: v0_1 Setting up: |photolog Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: actorcore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_21 Setting up: |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_19 Setting up: |external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: |actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v29_1 Setting up: |sdsstools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v4_33 Setting up: |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_12 Setting up: |RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: RO-2.8.0 Setting up: |tron Flavor: Linux64 Version: sdss3_v1_1_9 ---- Other versions ---- idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_6_7 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_14a ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 15.015 15.016 Axial B: 16.012 15.993 Axial C: 15.531 15.529 Trans D: 10.416 10.41 Lateral E: 10.5791 10.6045 Lateral F: 12.2428 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: 11.2 Altitude: 29.4 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.051 -7.063 Axial B: -7.046 -7.043 Axial C: -7.093 -7.085 Trans D: -0.066 -0.06 GALILS Commanded: 1575950 1583000 1592550 -8800 -3350 Actual: 1575964 1582988 1592562 -8800 -3350 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.10 3.00 -100.00 143.14 SecOrient: 1256.99 -4.11 2.99 -100.04 143.63