Subject: 2.5m obslog 20161008 (SJD 57670) From: kinemuchi@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 10:48:33 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Saturday October 08, 2016 (SJD 57670) ---- Observing Team ---- Audrey Oravetz Karen Kinemuchi Christian Nitschelm (training) Andres Almeida (training) ---- Observing Summary ---- Humidity alert in the beginning of the night + many clouds. Entire night lost to high humidity, clouds, and nearby radar. Fog enveloped site around 8:30Z. APOGEE lost 4.1h and eBOSS lost 6.3h. Notes to the day staff and developers: ====================================== The APO weather status page 2.5m environmental information seems to not show the correct information for humidity, dew point, and dew point differential. We used the 3.5m air information this evening. ---- Observing Plan ---- Sat 8 OCT 2016 57670.0 0.46 01:31 11:56 19:41 06:06 ---- APOGEE-2 until 05:37 ( 4.1 h), then eBOSS ( 6.3 h) ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ========== The BOSS cals from yesterday failed. BOSS spectrograph was stuck on 'Reading' for the first bias queued, and was found in this state during afternoon checkout today. Boss clearExposure and boss reloadControllers were needed. Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/vda2 7.7G 5.9G 1.5G 80% / tmpfs 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% /dev/shm /dev/vda1 194M 128M 57M 70% /boot /dev/vdb 19G 8.8G 9.2G 49% /exports/hub-local /dev/vdd 688G 470G 219G 69% /home /dev/vdc1 11T 6.3T 4.5T 59% /data motorPosition sp1: 26238, 25930, 22414; sp2: 24852, 25869, 24798; ---------- Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 12.9, Tsp2= 12.4; Outside air temperature= 14.0; 23:18:08 boss exposure 4.0, file=228925, C 23:18:09 apogee.expose=apRaw-21080003, 10, A, QuartzFlat 23:19:19 boss exposure 4.0, file=228926, C 23:20:08 apogee.expose=apRaw-21080004, 12, A, ArcLamp 23:20:48 sp1.motor.move= 176, 176, 175 23:20:53 Hartmann collimate output on cart #2 sp1: offset: r= -1319 (Out of focus); b= -5.2 (Out of focus) sp2: offset: r= 315 (In Focus); b= 1.0 (In Focus) sp1: pred. move: spAverageMove= 176 sp2: pred. move: spAverageMove= 0 sp1: pred. resid: r= -1495, b= -4.7, txt= Move blue ring -9.4 degrees., spTemp = 13.0 sp2: pred. resid: r= 315, b= 1.0, txt= OK, spTemp = 12.5 23:22:20 apogee.expose=apRaw-21080005, 40, A, ArcLamp The blue cameras did not need adjusting today based on the last night log. 23:25:03 boss exposure 25.0, file=228927, C 23:29:23 boss exposure 4.0, file=228928, C 23:29:33 apogee.expose=apRaw-21080006, 12, B, ArcLamp 23:50Z Checkout the telescope. Starting ventilating. Mounted cartridge 9. 00:27Z Stopped ventilating due to high humidity. mjd i UT File/Exp Imtype Nread A/B Dth Ct-Plate Arch Offset %Flux Comm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57670 1 23:04 21080001 Dark 3 A 13.0 2-8144 a-b-c - - 57670 2 23:07 21080002 Dark 60 A 13.0 2-8144 a-b-c - - 57670 3 23:17 21080003 QuarFlat 10 A 13.0 2-8144 a-b-c - 77 57670 4 23:19 21080004 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 2-8144 a-b-c -1.95 - 57670 5 23:22 21080005 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 2-8144 a-b-c - - 57670 6 23:29 21080006 Arc-Thar 12 B 13.5 2-8144 a-b-c -1.46 - 57670 7 23:31 21080007 Arc-Une 40 B 13.5 2-8144 a-b-c - - 57670 8 23:39 21080008 Dark 60 A 13.0 2-8144 a-b-c - - Night: ====== Beginning of the night: High humidity, many clouds and telescope closed. 05:54Z Ventilation begins again. Mostly cloudy skies. We are in a sucker hole. 06:52Z Ventilation ends. Humidity has risen. 10:34Z Giving up. Started morning eBOSS and APOGGE cals. ---- Telescope Status ---- Never opened. No interlocks bypassed Status at: 10:35:33 Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.2, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = 9 Counterweights at: 424, 423, 424, 424 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 143.6 lbs, 19.2 psi SP2 118.9 lbs, 20.4 psi ---- Software Used ---- Get Versions, 10/08/16, 22:55:13 -- STUI software: STUI : 1.7.1b5 alerts : trunk+svn66561 apo : trunk+svn158476M boss : v4_0 -boss.specMec : 3.0.4 gcamera : v2_1 guider : v3_4 hartmann : v1_4_5 hub : Tag: sdss4_v3_0 mcp : v6_6_18 -mcp.plc : 34 -mcp.azFiduci : v1_123 -mcp.altFiduc : v1_123 -mcp.rotFiduc : v1_123 platedb : v2_4 sop : v3_8_1 tcc : 1.2.2 apogee : not availble apogeecal : not availble apogeeql : v1_6_1 APO-local : trunk -- done -- Get Versions, 10/08/16, 22:55:13 -- STUI software: STUI : 1.7.1b5 alerts : trunk+svn66561 apo : trunk+svn158476M boss : v4_0 -boss.specMec : 3.0.4 gcamera : v2_1 guider : v3_4 hartmann : v1_4_5 hub : Tag: sdss4_v3_0 mcp : v6_6_18 -mcp.plc : 34 -mcp.azFiduci : v1_123 -mcp.altFiduc : v1_123 -mcp.rotFiduc : v1_123 platedb : v2_4 sop : v3_8_1 tcc : 1.2.2 apogee : not availble apogeecal : not availble apogeeql : v1_6_1 APO-local : trunk -- done -- -- Other versions ---- idlspec2d : v5_7_12 plate-mapper3 : NOCVS:v6_0_7 petunia : trunk autoscheduler : v7_1_1 sdss_python_module: v2_5 mangadrp : trunk exported ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000; MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 0.136 0.138 Axial B: 0.342 0.345 Axial C: 0.186 0.194 Trans D: 0.986 0.986 Lateral E: 9.1186 9.1059 Lateral F: 14.3256 14.3002 GALILS Commanded: 10250 -900 6850 16950 4850 5000 Actual: 10250 -900 6850 16950 4850 5000 SETMIR VALUES PrimDesOrient: 0.0 3.12 -1.95 -106.75 -170.8 PrimOrient: 0.0 3.04 -1.75 -107.3 -171.7 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.0000 Air temp: 10.1 Altitude: 30.2 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.184 -7.183 Axial B: -6.663 -6.661 Axial C: -1.305 -1.305 Trans D: -0.182 -0.182 GALILS Commanded: 1628150 1581700 1630050 -8200 -15700 Actual: 1599662 1568468 1584569 -8200 -15700 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1257.0 -2.03 -9.35 40.0 278.8 SecOrient: 1257.03 -2.05 -9.36 40.98 278.92