Subject: 2.5m obslog 20140520 (MJD 56798) From: pgaulme@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 10:42:40 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday May 20, 2014 (MJD 56798) ---- Observing Team ---- Howard J. Brewington Patrick Gaulme ---- Observing Plan ---- 20 May 2014 56798.0 0.52 03:17 10:42 12:09 19:35 BOSS until 08:07 (4.8 h), then APOGEE (2.9 h) ---- Observing Summary ---- From partially cloudy conditions to cloudy conditions with risk of precipitations. We had to close at 05:33Z because of radar returns. Conditions were not safe enough to reopen later on. BOSS ct=11, pl=7422, Plate is not done (~ 60%) ---- Observing Log ---- ============================================================================ AFTERNOON CHECKOUT ============================================================================ 23:15Z Started the afternoon checkout. Checked email and changeNotes Checked 180-L dewars weight Cleaned APOGEE gang connector with air. Did 3-read dark Checked images Did APOGEE evening cals Checked the images Checked status of rain sensor Recorded the software versions & sos3> spVersion Recorded and checked mirror numbers Did 'platedb showActive' All BOSS/APOGEE carts are ready Then, stui->script->srartUp->plugging Tested the actors CHECK/RECORD S/N VALUES FOR BOSS FIELDS Check calib lamps Guider/gcamera tests: a) gcamera status (simulate=off; temp=-40) b) guider dark stack=9 time=15 c) guider status d) guider flat Spectro tests and focus a) guider loadCartridge b) boss exposure bias itime=0 c) boss exposure dark itime=20 d) sop hartmann Predict blue camera ring movement of -3.2 degrees for spectro-1 Predict blue camera ring movement of 1.1 degrees for spectro-2 Predict (red) piston movement of 298 steps for spectro-1 Predict (red) piston movement of -42 steps for spectro-2 e) sop doCalibs f) checked xMid and waveMid values g) declared calibs as test Checked that carts were in bay correctly; All BOSS/APOGEE carts are ready 00:30Z Opened doors/louvers; turned on fans Mounted first cart of the night sdss3@hub25m-p[5]$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 95G 20G 71G 22% / /dev/sda4 793G 368G 384G 49% /home /dev/sda1 99M 36M 58M 39% /boot tmpfs 5.9G 0 5.9G 0% /dev/shm sdssfiles1-p://data1/data/MARVELS 1.8T 516G 1.3T 29% /MARVELS /dev/drbd1 13T 12T 1.4T 90% /data sdss3@hub25m-p[6]$ ============================================================================ NIGHT ============================================================================ 02:06:48 encl25m : open; ======================= 02:37:01 loadCart: ct=11, pl=7422, sd=A; %... Short Hartmann 03:03:16 hartSp2: r=-366, b=-1.3, txt=OK, sp2Temp = 11.9 03:03:16 sos.sp2AverageMove = 162 03:03:19 sp2.motor.move= 167, 165, 161 03:03:19 hartSp1: r=85, b=0.3, txt=OK, sp1Temp = 12.6 03:03:19 sos.sp1AverageMove = 2290 03:03:26 sp1.motor.move= 2290, 2289, 2289 GSOGTF - partially cloudy - seeing ~1.3 arcsec %... Plate3 (S/N)^2 accumulated for plate 7422 --------------------------------------------------------------- MJD b1 r1 b2 r2 Texp Sum Plugfile --------------------------------------------------------------- 56798 0.77 2.01 0.89 2.12 900.1 5.78 7422-56784-01 56798 0.78 1.87 0.81 1.89 900.1 5.36 7422-56784-01 56798 1.03 2.32 1.05 2.31 900.1 6.72 7422-56784-01 56798 1.89 4.59 2.02 5.01 900.1 13.51 7422-56784-01 56798 1.44 3.46 1.43 3.84 900.1 10.17 7422-56784-01 56798 0.39 0.96 0.38 0.96 900.1 2.70 7422-56784-01 56798 0.44 1.13 0.44 1.10 900.1 3.11 7422-56784-01 56798 0.34 0.87 0.33 0.86 900.1 2.39 7422-56784-01 --------------------------------------------------------------- s/n2= 5.91 14.26 6.19 15.18 4500.5 --> 41.54 [above 0.50] --------------------------------------------------------------- ======================= 05:33:48 encl25m : closed; We closed the enclosure because of radar returns south from Otero county. Perturbation is coming from south and is in the blind spots of both El Paso and Holloman radars. We kept closed all the rest of the night because radar returns were surrounding us. ---- Telescope Offsets and Scale ---- --- Offsets --- (arcsec) Time Inst Az Alt Rot objArcOff guideRot calibOff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:17 11-7422A 162.0 76.0 -22.0 ( -2.5, -4.4) (-61.2) ( -1.8, 12.6, 0.0) boss 03:33 11-7422A 173.7 76.7 -7.7 ( -0.9, -4.7) (-66.3) ( -1.8, 12.6, 0.0) boss 03:49 11-7422A 186.2 76.7 7.4 ( 0.6, -4.9) (-66.4) ( -1.8, 12.6, 0.0) boss 04:06 11-7422A 197.8 76.0 21.7 ( 1.4, -4.8) (-70.9) ( -1.8, 12.6, 0.0) boss 04:22 11-7422A 207.8 74.7 34.3 ( 1.9, -5.4) (-72.8) ( -1.8, 12.6, 0.0) boss 04:38 11-7422A 215.6 72.8 44.7 ( 2.3, -6.0) (-72.9) ( -1.8, 12.6, 0.0) boss 04:55 11-7422A 221.6 70.7 53.3 ( 2.8, -7.0) (-72.1) ( -1.8, 12.6, 0.0) boss 05:11 11-7422A 226.0 68.3 60.5 ( 3.7, -8.4) (-72.8) ( -1.8, 12.6, 0.0) boss ---- Focus Log ---- --- Focus --- Time Inst Scale M1 M2 Focus Az Alt Temp Wind Dir -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:17 11-7422A 1.000246 -2427 -655 230 162.0 76.0 14.3 14 191 1.5 boss 03:33 11-7422A 1.000241 -2376 -627 219 173.7 76.7 14.4 16 184 1.5 boss 03:49 11-7422A 1.000238 -2347 -616 206 186.2 76.7 14.4 16 182 1.4 boss 04:06 11-7422A 1.000233 -2299 -593 189 197.8 76.0 14.6 17 196 1.4 boss 04:22 11-7422A 1.000231 -2280 -585 179 207.8 74.7 14.7 11 183 1.5 boss 04:38 11-7422A 1.000230 -2268 -582 170 215.6 72.8 14.7 13 207 1.5 boss 04:55 11-7422A 1.000231 -2277 -573 182 221.6 70.7 14.7 13 201 1.6 boss 05:11 11-7422A 1.000244 -2408 -667 192 226.0 68.3 14.6 13 181 1.6 boss ---- Weather Log ---- --- Weather --- Time Inst Temp DP Dif Humid Wind Dir Dust,1um IRSC IRSCm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 03:17 11-7422A 14.3 -11.3 25.6 15 14 191 1149 136.8 805 1.5 boss 03:33 11-7422A 14.4 -11.2 25.6 15 16 184 1147 147.6 821 1.5 boss 03:49 11-7422A 14.4 -11.2 25.6 15 16 182 1424 137.9 814 1.4 boss 04:06 11-7422A 14.6 -11.0 25.6 15 17 196 1338 186.1 800 1.4 boss 04:22 11-7422A 14.7 -10.9 25.6 16 11 183 1317 111.0 808 1.5 boss 04:38 11-7422A 14.7 -10.8 25.5 16 13 207 1325 107.0 811 1.5 boss 04:55 11-7422A 14.7 -10.9 25.6 16 13 201 1377 231.9 885 1.6 boss 05:11 11-7422A 14.6 -11.0 25.6 15 13 181 1619 304.1 840 1.6 boss ---- Telescope Status ---- Started ventilation encl25m : open encl25m : closed No interlocks bypassed Status at: 10:39Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 11 Counterweights at: 422 424 424 424 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 103 lbs, 21 psi SP2 186 lbs, 18 psi ---- Software Used ---- Get Versions, 05/20/14, 23:47:30 ----STUI software: STUI: 1.3 2013-09-05 alerts: v1_3_0 apo: v1_10 boss: v2_5_16 boss.daq: 1.3.2 boss.specMech: 3.0.4 gcamera: v1_3_7 guider: v1_6_3 hub: Tag: sdss3_v1_2_0 mcp: v6_6_18 mcp.plc: 29 mcp.azFiducialVersion: v1_111 mcp.altFiducialVersion: v1_111 mcp.rotFiducialVersion: v1_111 platedb: v1_1_0 sop: v1_3_2 sos: v1_2_0 sos.idlspec2d: v5_6_9 tcc: 2.14.0 apogee: -not availble- apogeecal: -not availble- apogeeql: v1_5_3 -----Other software sdssProcedure(sdss3): v3_06 APO-local scripts : trunk -- done -- [observer@sos3 ~]$ spVersion -- Other versions ---- idlspec2d (sos3) --- v5_6_9 plate-mapper3 ------ NOCVS:v5_0_14a [observer@sos3 ~]$ ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 15.015 15.011 Axial B: 16.011 16.003 Axial C: 15.531 15.529 Trans D: 0.004 -0.003 Lateral E: 10.6045 10.6299 Lateral F: 12.2682 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: 16.9 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.061 -7.063 Axial B: -7.033 -7.036 Axial C: -7.079 -7.078 Trans D: 0.025 0.024 GALILS Commanded: 1575950 1583000 1592550 -8800 -3350 Actual: 1575939 1582994 1592537 -8800 -3350 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.10 3.00 -100.00 143.14 SecOrient: 1256.99 -4.09 3.01 -100.03 143.62 ---- Miscellaneous ---- -- Status, 2014-05-20, 23:47:24 Enclosure = closed; cwPositions = 422 424 425 429; MCP instr = 11 (mounted); Guider cart= 11, plate= 7422, side= A (loaded); ---------- motorPosition sp1: 26954, 27103, 26908; sp2: 25325, 24680, 25951; ---------- Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 13.7, Tsp2= 12.9; Outside air temperature= 17.6; ---------- Boss CCD Temp : sp1r0= -124.6 (-126.6); sp1b2= -99.6 (-100.0); sp2r0= -134.0 (-134.8); sp2b2= -100.8 (-100.0); sp1LN2: 10.0; sp2LN2: 12.0; ---------- gcameraTemp= -40.0 (-40.0) gcamera simulating = Off Rel. Focus = 320.7; objArcOff = 0.0, 0.0; ---------- Apogee: vacuum = 8.64e-07 ( 85 ) ---------- Weather: humid25m = 15.9; airTemp25m = 17.6C, dpTemp25m = -8.6C; diff= 26.2C; wind25m = n/a, direction = n/a ---------- semOwner = None stuiVer=(1.3 2013-09-05), pid = 18500 memory = 242 MB -- done --