Subject: 2.5m obslog 20210920 (SJD 59478) From: kpan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 10:52:50 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Monday September 20, 2021 (SJD 59478) ---- Observing Team ---- Dmitry Bizyaev Kaike Pan ---- Observing Plan ---- Altitude - seeing test ---- Observing Summary ---- The seeing was moderate but not stable in the first part of the night, poor, not stable in the 2nd part of the night. We got one set of data for focus vs. altitude test, ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon --------- Checked what can be checked. No prpblems found. Turned on Eng camera, took dark and flat. Flat took 50 sec with this filter (ND65). 00:28Z started ventilation Night ----- 01:05Z: open enclosure. Wait for systems to be in thermal equilibrium for the focus vs. altitude test. 03:15Z starting the ALT-seeing test tcc track/pterr 90, 65 obs /rotty=obj /rota=0 AZ ALT ROT FOC 90.1 65.9 255 foc=-150 fwhm=2.923000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0040.fits. in 10 min: 87.9 69.1 255 foc=-200 fwhm=2.183000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0058.fits 87.9 69.1 255 foc=-220 fwhm=2.365000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0061.fits in 10 more minutes: 85.2 72.4 255 foc=-260 fwhm=2.243000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0066.fits 85.2 72.4 255 foc=-220 fwhm=2.660000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0077.fits 86.3 89.1 266 foc=-240 fwhm=2.031000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0083.fits 93.1 84.0 269 foc=-220 fwhm=2.368000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0092.fits 82.7 80.3 255 foc=-200 fwhm=2.316000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0101.fits 87.7 77.1 260 foc=-280 fwhm=3.002000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0114.fits 81.5 75.1 253 foc=-300 fwhm=2.862000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0122.fits We switched to fainter stars: /magRange=(9,10) Exp time raises from 0.3 to 5 s. 79.6 71.8 249 foc=-260 fwhm=2.694000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0134.fits 90.8 68.5 258 foc=-260 fwhm=2.834000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0142.fits 90.9 66.6 257 foc=-260 fwhm=2.684000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0150.fits 88.5 64.0 253 foc=-260 fwhm=3.521000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0158.fits 89.0 59.2 252 foc=-220 fwhm=3.407000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0168.fits 88.9 57.3 251 foc=-300 fwhm=3.707000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0172.fits 89.4 54.8 250 foc=-260 fwhm=3.316000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0182.fits 90.7 51.3 249 foc=-240 fwhm=3.289000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0191.fits 89.2 47.3 247 foc=-240 fwhm=3.358000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0199.fits 90.2 44.6 246 foc=-240 fwhm=3.380000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0207.fits 89.1 41.8 244 foc=-240 fwhm=4.278000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0215.fits 89.7 39.3 244 foc=-240 fwhm=5.196000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0223.fits 90.7 35.7 243 foc=-240 fwhm=4.813000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0231.fits CHECK: going back to 90, 65 to check the focus 90.2 63.6 255 foc=-220 fwhm=3.056000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0240.fits 89.7 32.6 242 foc=-260 fwhm=4.007000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0246.fits 89.4 30.7 241 foc=-260 fwhm=4.904000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0254.fits 88.8 29.1 241 foc=-240 fwhm=5.306000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0268.fits 91.1 23.6 240 foc=-260 fwhm=4.749000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0276.fits 90.2 22.4 240 foc=-260 fwhm=4.713000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0284.fits 88.8 20.8 239 foc=-220 fwhm=5.654000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0294.fits Going back to 90, 65: 87.6 67.5 255 foc=-260 fwhm=3.358000 /data/ecam/59478/gimg-0300.fits After finishing the test some small clouds appeared in the sky, and seeing has got less stable. More cloudy after that. Seeing is poor and variable. 10:35Z: enclosure on. 10;45Z: started morning cal. ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 0.0080 0.0080 Axial B: 0.0330 0.0330 Axial C: -0.1170 -0.1140 Trans D: -0.0376 -0.0395 Lateral E: 0.3315 0.3310 Lateral F: 0.5345 0.5335 GALILS Commanded: 12500 -1600 5350 47050 -8800 -8400 Actual: 12500 -1600 5350 47050 -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: 18.28 Altitude: 30.000143956518016 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -9.4560 -9.4610 Axial B: -9.4710 -9.4760 Axial C: -9.5020 -9.5050 Trans D: 0.0900 0.0880 GALILS Commanded: 4630550 4626600 4648600 -50 -3450 Actual: 4607206 4607243 4607376 -50 -3450 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 3657.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 42.22 SecOrient: 3657.02 -0.05 0.02 0.01 42.72 ---- Telescope Status ---- 00:28Z Started ventilation 01:05Z encl25m : open 10:30Z encl25m : closed No interlocks bypassed Status at: 10:50Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: cartridge = emgCam Counterweights at: 423 (TPM_GUI) ---- Software Used ---- TUI : 1.7.13 alerts : trunk apo : trunk boss : unknown -boss.specMec : Offline gcamera : v2_2 guider : unknown hartmann : 1.8.0 hub : Tag: v4.2 mcp : 2.1 -mcp.plc : 34 -mcp.azFiduci : v1_146 -mcp.altFiduc : v1_146 -mcp.rotFiduc : v1_146 platedb : 2.8.0 sop : 4.0.8 tcc : 1.4.0 apogee : not availble apogeecal : not availble apogeeql : unknown STUIAdditions : 3.1.7 Setting up: idlspec2d Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_7_12 Setting up: |elodie Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_3 Setting up: |spinspect Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |specflat Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_20 Setting up: |speclog Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |platelist Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |sdss_python_module Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_6_7 Setting up: |sqlalchemy Flavor: Linux64 Version: 0.9.7 Setting up: |psycopg2 Flavor: Linux64 Version: 2.5.3 Setting up: |idlutils Flavor: Linux64 Version: v5_5_16 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: v4_1_6 Setting up: |opscore Flavor: Linux64 Version: v2_5 Setting up: |external Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_2_0 Setting up: |actorkeys Flavor: Linux64 Version: trunk Setting up: |plc Flavor: Linux64 Version: v30_2 Setting up: |sdsstools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v4_33 Setting up: |sdss3tools Flavor: Linux64 Version: v1_7_13 Setting up: |RO Flavor: Linux64 Version: 3.6.9 -- Other versions ---- idlspec2d : v5_7_12 sdss_python_module: trunk ---- APOGEE Data Summary ---- Last morning's calibrations 59477 10 10:58 39150010 Dark 60 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - - 59477 11 11:09 39150011 Dark 60 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - - 59477 12 11:19 39150012 Dark 60 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - - 59477 13 11:30 39150013 QuarFlat 10 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - 94 59477 14 11:32 39150014 QuarFlat 10 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - 95 59477 15 11:34 39150015 QuarFlat 10 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - 96 59477 16 11:36 39150016 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c -3.94 - 59477 17 11:38 39150017 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c -3.96 - 59477 18 11:40 39150018 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - - 59477 19 11:47 39150019 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - - 59477 20 11:54 39150020 Dark 30 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - - 59477 21 12:00 39150021 InteFlat 30 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - 279 59477 22 12:05 39150022 InteFlat 30 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - 279 59477 23 12:10 39150023 InteFlat 30 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - 279 59477 24 12:16 39150024 Dark 30 A 13.0 19- 0 a-b-c - -