Subject: 2.5m obslog 20250514 (SJD 60810) From: cscoresby@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 15 May 2025 11:24:17 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Wednesday May 14, 2025 (SJD 60810) ---- Observing Team ---- Conner Scoresby ---- Observing Plan ---- Wed 14 May 2025 60810 0.94 02:54 03:11 10:46 11:41 19:17 --- dark until 04:15 ( 1.1 h), then bright ( 7.7 h, w/ 1.2 h for 8 deg design) ---- Observing Summary ---- Another night lost. It was cloudy and very dusty in the first half, the dust left in the second but radar returns took its place. No observations taken. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon disk space check: /dev/sdb1 2.0T 458G 1.6T 23% /home /dev/sdd1 22T 13T 8.0T 63% /data 23:30:19 Tested actors, all systems live. Started APOGEE evening calibrations. Mirror numbers taken, all within spec. 23:35:35 BOSS expNum=385563, expTime= 0.0s BIAS 23:37:02 BOSS expNum=385564, expTime= 20.0s DARK 23:39:24 BOSS expNum=385565, expTime= 4.0s 23:40:04 BOSS expNum=385566, expTime= 4.0s 23:40:45 sp1.motor.move= -627, -626, -626 23:40:45 Hartmann collimate output sp1: offset: r= -1319 (Out of focus); b= -0.2 (In Focus) sp1: pred. move: spAverageMove= -627 sp1: pred. resid: r= -691, b= -2.2, txt= OK, spTemp = 8.4 No focus ring adjustments made 23:41:13 BOSS expNum=385567, expTime= 4.0s ARC 23:42:54 BOSS expNum=385568, expTime= 25.0s FLAT 23:44:42 FPS powered on. All positioners are folded. **************************************************************** 23:45:33 Field-Design-Configuration: -999--999-20852 **************************************************************** 23:45:44 CmdStarted: FVC loop 23:46:13 CmdDone: FVC loop FVC loop results: fvc_rms= 71.67 fvc_deltarms= 4.34 fvc_filename=/data/fcam/60810/fimg-fvc1n-0001.fits fvc_perc_90= 89.80 fvc_percent_reached= 2.00 fvc iterations= 1 23:46:03 fliswarm talk -n fvc expose 50: Confirmed no bright spots 23:48:01 fliswarm talk -c gfa temperature -20 23:48:08 jaeger configuration random --danger: No collisions reported 23:50:02 jaeger configuration reverse 23:55:10 All cameras have reached their set points. 23:59:07 fliswarm talk -c gfa expose --bias 23:59:19 fliswarm talk -c gfa expose --bias --count 9 00:00:51 fliswarm takl -c gfa expose --dark --count 5 5 01:20:00 Ventilation postponed due to excessive dust counts. Finished APOGEE evening calibrations: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mjd i UT File/Exp Imtype Nread A/B Dth Design-Cfg Arch Offset %Flux/FPI Comm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 60810 1 23:30 52480001 Dark 3 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 60810 2 23:42 52480002 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 60810 3 23:44 52480003 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 60810 4 23:46 52480004 Arc-Thar 12 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 2.50 - 60810 5 23:53 52480005 Arc-Une 40 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 60810 6 23:56 52480006 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 2.06 - 60810 7 00:03 52480007 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 60810 8 00:14 52480008 Dark 60 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 60810 9 00:19 52480009 Arc---- 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - 113 FPI A 60810 10 00:25 52480010 Arc---- 30 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 111 FPI B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01:50:00 Opening postponed due to dust and clouds. 11:21:00 Night called. Clouds remain and radar is in the area. No observations performed. 11:21:30 FPS is folded and powered off. 11:23:08 APOGEE morning calibrations started. ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 0.0130 0.0120 Axial B: -0.0007 -0.0009 Axial C: -0.0220 -0.0290 Trans D: -0.0140 -0.0050 Lateral E: 0.3380 0.3380 Lateral F: 0.5450 0.5455 GALILS Commanded: 9800 -300 6750 19150 -3550 -3250 Actual: 9800 -300 6750 19150 -3550 -3250 SETMIR VALUES PrimDesOrient: 0.0 -18.5 -7.8 -427.0 -998.0 PrimOrient: 0.0 -18.23 -7.9 -427.17 -999.0 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.0000 Air temp: 0.00 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -0.1010 -0.0990 Axial B: -0.0610 -0.0620 Axial C: 0.2370 0.2390 Trans D: -0.0040 -0.0010 GALILS Commanded: 5884050 5824200 5955900 -1500 -7250 Actual: 5883706 5811712 5906257 -1500 -7250 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 4657.0 -24.5 -17.5 18.0 125.41 SecOrient: 4657.03 -24.53 -17.52 17.68 125.28 ---- Software Used ---- -- STUI software: STUI : 1.7.19 alerts : 2.3.0 boss : 6.0.2 -boss.specMec : 3.0.4 apo : 4.1.0 fliswarm : 0.5.1a0 jaeger : 1.9.2a0 kaiju : 1.4.0 coordio : 1.13.0 fps_calibrati : 2025.02.24 cherno : 1.1.0 astrometrynet : 0.93 hal : 1.4.1 hartmann : 2.0.2 hub : 5.0.1a0 mcp : 2.1-1-ge461 -mcp.plc : 35 -mcp.azFiduci : v1_150 -mcp.altFiduc : v1_150 -mcp.rotFiduc : v1_150 tcc : 1.4.0 apogee : not availble apogeecal : not availble apogeeql : v1_7_0dev STUIAdditions : 3.1.20 Boson : 0.4.9 --------------Other Versions-------------- sdss-obstools : 3.9.3 TPM : 1.2-31-gd7eb MCP : 2.1-1-ge461 idlspec2d : v6_2_1 Kronos : 2.0.0 roboscheduler : 2.1.0 ---- APOGEE Data Summary ---- APOGEE data list, mjd=60810, all raw_data: /data/apogee/utr_cdr/60810/apRaw-*.fits archive: /data/apogee/archive/60810/apR-[a,b,c]-*.apz quickred: /data/apogee/quickred/60810/apq-*.fits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mjd i UT File/Exp Imtype Nread A/B Dth Design-Cfg Arch Offset %Flux/FPI Comm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 60810 1 23:30 52480001 Dark 3 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 60810 2 23:42 52480002 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 60810 3 23:44 52480003 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 60810 4 23:46 52480004 Arc-Thar 12 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 2.50 - 60810 5 23:53 52480005 Arc-Une 40 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 60810 6 23:56 52480006 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 2.06 - 60810 7 00:03 52480007 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 60810 8 00:14 52480008 Dark 60 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 60810 9 00:19 52480009 Arc---- 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - 113 FPI A 60810 10 00:25 52480010 Arc---- 30 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 111 FPI B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- BOSS Data Summary ---- Reading FITS from /data/spectro//60810 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - n Time Filename design-field cfg flav shu Exp colA colB colC Hrt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 23:35 b1-00385563 ----------- ---- bia Clo 0.0 4866 5009 4988 2 23:35 r1-00385563 ----------- ---- bia Clo 0.0 4866 5009 4988 3 23:37 b1-00385564 ----------- ---- dar Clo 20.0 4866 5009 4988 4 23:37 r1-00385564 ----------- ---- dar Clo 20.0 4866 5009 4988 5 23:39 r1-00385565 -999--999 20851 arc Lef 4.1 4866 5009 4988 HART 6 23:39 b1-00385565 -999--999 20851 arc Lef 4.1 4866 5009 4988 HART 7 23:40 b1-00385566 -999--999 20851 arc Rig 4.1 4866 5009 4988 HART 8 23:40 r1-00385566 -999--999 20851 arc Rig 4.1 4866 5009 4988 HART 9 23:41 r1-00385567 -999--999 20851 arc Out 4.1 4239 4383 4362 10 23:41 b1-00385567 -999--999 20851 arc Out 4.1 4239 4383 4362 11 23:42 b1-00385568 -999--999 20851 fla Out 25.1 4239 4383 4362 12 23:42 r1-00385568 -999--999 20851 fla Out 25.1 4239 4383 4362 ---- BOSS Spectrographs Collimation ---- Time TSP1 R1 B1 Move1 B1Resid ============================================= 23:40:40 8.0 -1319 -0.2 -627 -2.2 ---- Time Tracking ---- *=*=*= Observatory: APO *=*=*= MJD: 60810 Fill night time in Hours below *=*=*= Total bright time : 7.7 *=*=*= Bright time, queued observations : 0 *=*=*= Bright time, commissioning/engineering: 0 *=*=*= Bright time lost to weather : 7.7 *=*=*= Bright time lost to technical issues : 0 *=*=*= Total dark time : 1.1 *=*=*= Dark time, queued observations : 0 *=*=*= Dark time, commissioning/engineering : 0 *=*=*= Dark time lost to weather : 1.1 *=*=*= Dark time lost to technical issues : 0 Wed 14 May 2025 60810 0.94 02:54 03:11 10:46 11:41 19:17 --- dark until 04:15 ( 1.1 h), then bright ( 7.7 h, w/ 1.2 h for 8 deg design)