Subject: 2.5m obslog 20211027 (SJD 59515)
From: dgatlin@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2021 11:49:32 +0000 (UTC)
                       APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M
                                 OBSERVING LOG
                          Wednesday October 27, 2021
                                  (SJD 59515)
----  Observing Team ----
Dylan Gatlin
Audrey Oravetz (R)
Aidan Gray (R)
---- Observing Plan ----
FSC tests
---- Observing Summary ----
We were closed most of the night, but opened twice for FSC tests.
Notes:
- There was a lot of parts and cardboard boxes in the enclosure today. I tried to
 weigh down the cardboard, but some of it blew around in the wind. As far as I
 could tell, all the important stuff hadn't moved, but I can't be sure.
- The manipulator arm was blowing around in the wind, and at one point blew
 itself completely to its leftward limit. I tied it town with a ratchet strap.
---- Observing Log ----
Started afternoon APOGEE cals, including a 30-read FPI
Took a BOSS bias and dark
Primary A/C were out of spec for the mirror numbers, the rest were in spec
23:25Z Started ventilation, high wind
Ready to open, some high wind
02:34Z opened
03:29Z On field using the command
tcc track/pterr 270, 70 obs /rotty=obj /rota=0 /magRange=(12,13)
At 270, 70, we had a pointing error of ~+3.3s in RA and -19.6" in Dec
Optimal focus was at 483
04:21Z Closed due to wind gusts over 40mph
08:53Z Restarted ventilation as wind started to die down
Slew to 270, 70 again
We took a set of data where we slewed the telescope rotator to 0 and 180, and
 did equivalent rotations in the FSC's axis to find the center of the axis of
 rotation.
After completing this test twice with consistent results, we realized that we
 were using the spectro instrument in tcc, not the fsccam. We switched
 instruments and reran the test after refocusing. Focus for the fsccam
 instrument was ~100 lower than with spectro.
We were done with our tests, and tried find a star off-center in the FSC. When
 the FSC moves off-center, the camera rotates, so we ended up getting confused
 and had a hard time keeping track of our coordinates. We also noticed that
 once we got back to center, +RA points to the left like you'd expect, but +Dec
 points down in the FSC camera. This confused us enough that we closed up the
 telescope at 11:45Z. We discussed a plan for tomorrow, the day staff will
 improve the alignment of the axis of rotation of the FSC, and we will build a
 plan to track stars off-center in the FSC.
---- Mirror Numbers ----
PRIMARY:
--------
Scale: 1.000000
MIGS		TONIGHT	NOMINAL
Axial A:	-0.1340	 0.0040
Axial B:	 0.0000	 0.0310
Axial C:	-0.1870	-0.1180
Trans D:	-0.0450	-0.0362
Lateral E:	 0.3315	 0.3315
Lateral F:	 0.5345	 0.5340
GALILS
Commanded:  14350 -2550 4400 50700 -8800 -8400
Actual:     14350 -2550 4400 50700 -8800 -8400
SETMIR VALUES
PrimDesOrient: 0.0 -59.3 -8.75 -512.73 1906.51
PrimOrient:    0.01 -59.26 -8.77 -512.68 1906.6
SECONDARY:
----------
Focus:      0.0000
Air temp:     5.39
Altitude:   29.999980622851602
MIGS		TONIGHT	NOMINAL
Axial A:	-9.4410	-9.4440
Axial B:	-9.4690	-9.4730
Axial C:	-9.4960	-9.5010
Trans D:	 0.0960	 0.1000
GALILS
Commanded: 4637050 4636150 4655400 -50 -3450
Actual:    4607287 4607369 4607187 -50 -3450
SETMIR VALUES
SecDesOrient: 3657.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.22
SecOrient:    3657.03 0.05 0.01 0.01 42.65
---- Telescope Status ----
23:20Z Started ventilation
02:45:14  encl25m : open;
04:18:14  encl25m : closed;
09:01:15  encl25m : open;
11:34:15  encl25m : closed;
No interlocks bypassed
Status at:  1:48:59Z
Telescope stowed at:  121.0,  30.0,  -0.0 mount
Instrument mounted:  19
Counterweights at:  557.6, 559.3, 577.3, 577.0
LN2 autofill systems:  Connected and turned on
180L LN2 dewar scale:  SP1  205.0 lbs,   18.7 psi
---- Software Used ----
Get Versions, 10/27/21, 22:29:22
  -- STUI software:
STUI          : 1.7.13
alerts        : 2.1.6
apo           : FAILED
boss          : 6.0.1-alpha.0
-boss.specMec : 3.0.4
guider        : 4.0.0
ecamera       : FAILED
fliswarm      : FAILED
hartmann      : 2.0.0
hub           : 5.0.0a0
mcp           : 2.1
-mcp.plc      : 34
-mcp.azFiduci : v1_147
-mcp.altFiduc : v1_147
-mcp.rotFiduc : v1_147
sop           : 0.1.0-alpha.0
tcc           : 1.4.0
apogee        : not availble
apogeecal     : not availble
apogeeql      : v1_7_0dev
STUIAdditions : 3.1.9
  -- done --