Subject: 2.5m obslog 20140712 (MJD 56851) From: kinemuchi@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 10:16:14 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Saturday July 12, 2014 (MJD 56851) ---- Observing Team ---- Dmitry Bizyaev Karen Kinemuchi ---- Observing Plan ---- All night APOGEE-2 ---- Observing Summary ---- Entire night was lost to clouds, nearby radar return, and high humidity. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ---------- All hardware, software, actors, guider, plates checked, no problems found. BOSS is disconnected, so we don't take test exposures with it, etc. wPositions = 439 438 438 440; MCP instr = 10 (mounted); Guider cart= 10, plate= 7507, side= A (loaded); ---------- motorPosition sp1: 0, 0, 0; sp2: 3, -11, 5; ---------- Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 11.9, Tsp2= 11.5; Outside air temperature= 13.6; ---------- Boss CCD Temp : sp1r0= n/a (n/a); sp1b2= n/a (n/a); sp2r0= n/a (n/a); sp2b2= n/a (n/a); sp1LN2: n/a; sp2LN2: n/a; ---------- gcameraTemp= -40.1 (-40.0) gcamera simulating = Off Rel. Focus = 0.0; objArcOff = 0.0, 0.0; ---------- Apogee: vacuum = 1.2e-06 ( 85 ) ---------- Weather: humid25m = 84.2; airTemp25m = 13.6C, dpTemp25m = 11.0C; diff= 2.6C; wind25m = n/a, direction = n/a ---------- semOwner = TCC:0:0 stuiVer=(1.4.1b4 2014-07-02), pid = 6244 memory = 198 MB Ventilation delayed because of high humidity on site. NIGHT: ====== High humidity the whole night. ---- Telescope Status ---- Status at: 10:01:18 Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 29.8, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 10 Counterweights at: 439, 437, 439, 437 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 ___ lbs, ___ psi SP2 ___ lbs, ___ psi ---- Software Used ---- TUI : 1.4.1b4 alerts : v1_3_1 apo : v1_10 boss : v3_0 -boss.daq : 1.3.2 -boss.specMec : 3.0.4 gcamera : v1_3_7 guider : v2_2 hub : Tag: sdss3_v1_2_0 mcp : v6_6_18 -mcp.plc : 29 -mcp.azFiduci : v1_111 -mcp.altFiduc : v1_111 -mcp.rotFiduc : v1_111 platedb : v2_2 sop : v2_3_1 sos : v1_2_0 -sos.idlspec2 : v5_6_9 tcc : 2.14.0 apogee : not availble apogeecal : not availble apogeeql : v1_5_3 -- Other software sdssProcedure : v3_06 APO-local : trunk Night: ------ ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 15.012 15.011 Axial B: 16.004 16.003 Axial C: 15.526 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: 13.6 Altitude: 29.8 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.068 -7.063 Axial B: -7.051 -7.036 Axial C: -3.763 -7.078 Trans D: 0.04 0.024 GALILS Commanded: 1575950 1583000 1592550 -8800 -3350 Actual: 1575951 1582994 1592550 -8800 -3350 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.00 -4.10 3.00 -100.00 143.14 SecOrient: 1257.00 -4.09 3.01 -100.03 143.62 **** secondary Axial C is off - wrong reading due to battery change ****