Subject: 2.5m obslog 20250701 (SJD 60858) From: kpan@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 10:57:54 +0000 (UTC) APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Tuesday July 01, 2025 (SJD 60858) ---- Observing Team ---- Kaike Pan ---- Observing Plan ---- Tue 01 Jul 2025 60858 0.45 03:18 03:37 10:37 15:15 22:17 --- bright until 06:28 ( 4.2 h, w/ 1.3 h for 8 deg design), then dark ( 4.2 h), BOSS focus sweep data if weather permits ---- Observing Summary ---- The night starts with threatening clouds and high humidity, delay open. When close, I completed BOSS Monthly checkout task. 05:40Z: The sky clears up for a while but the humidity stays very high at 92-96%. The whole night is lost to high humidity and clouds. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: =========== BOSS collimation was checled, no adjustment made. sp1: offset: r= -329 (In Focus); b= -4.2 (Out of focus) sp1: pred. move: spAverageMove= 510 sp1: pred. resid: r= -839, b= -2.6, txt= OK, spTemp = 9.6 BOSS bias, dark, APOGEE evening cal, FVC dark, GFA bias, dark are taken, checked, and confirmed good. robots are exercised and work well. All actors, system are checked out. No evening ventilation due to high humidity and threatening clouds. Night: ====== High humidity and threatening clouds at Sunset, delay open. 03:20Z: start BOSS monthly checkout. 25 biases: 03:20:41 boss exposure 0.0, file=386872 - file=386896 4 900s- dark: boss exposure 900.0, file=386897 - file=38900 5 25s flats: boss exposure 25.0, file=386901 - file=386905 apo_plotbias,386890,plotfile='biasPlot2025-07-01.ps' Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00386890.fit -4.6 -3.4 -2.6 -0.1 2.4 3.0 3.6 sdR-r1-00386890.fit -6.8 -5.1 -3.9 -0.2 3.4 4.3 5.2 apo_plotbias,386898,plotfile='darkPlot2025-07-01.ps' Filename 02% 05% 10% 50% 90% 95% 98% ------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ sdR-b1-00386898.fit -4.4 -3.2 -2.4 0.2 2.8 3.5 4.3 sdR-r1-00386898.fit -6.4 -4.7 -3.4 0.4 4.0 5.0 6.0 11:00Z: call it the night. ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 0.0140 0.0150 Axial B: -0.0009 -0.0009 Axial C: -0.0210 -0.0210 Trans D: 0.0110 0.0110 Lateral E: 0.3380 0.3380 Lateral F: 0.5450 0.5450 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: -0.0290 -0.0280 Axial B: -0.0660 -0.0670 Axial C: 0.2350 0.2340 Trans D: -0.0120 -0.0060 GALILS Commanded: 5895800 5828150 5959400 -1500 -7300 Actual: 5883687 5811719 5906200 -1500 -7300 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 4657.0 -24.5 -17.5 18.0 125.41 SecOrient: 4657.03 -24.48 -17.5 18.31 125.87 ---- Telescope Status ---- N/A Started ventilation N/A encl25m : open N/A encl25m : closed No interlocks bypassed Status at: Status at: 11:55:15Z Telescope Position: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: FPS Counterweights at: 645.1, 654.1, 651.5, 649.9 LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scale: SP1 188.0 lbs, 21.4 psi Chiller Flow: 7.49 L/min to FPS, 2.27 L/min to GFAs, 5.0/6.0 gpm total Chiller Temp: 13.1C No chiller alarms ---- Software Used ---- STUI : 1.7.21 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 -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 : FAILED Boson : 0.4.9 sdss-obstools : 3.9.3 TPM : 1.2-31-gd7eb MCP : 2.1 idlspec2d : v6_2_1 Kronos : 2.0.0 roboscheduler : 2.1.0 /dev/sdb1 2.0T 463G 1.6T 23% /home /dev/sdd1 22T 13T 8.4T 60% /data ---- BOSS Data Summary ---- MJD UTC Field-Design-Config Exposure Type SOS ETime Hart -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60858 00:16:11 -999- -999-21277 00386862 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 00:17:30 -999- -999-21277 00386863 Dark r1-b1 20 Closed 60858 00:19:18 -999- -999-21277 00386864 Hart r1-b1 4 Left 60858 00:19:58 -999- -999-21277 00386865 Hart r1-b1 4 Right 60858 00:25:39 -999- -999-21277 00386866 Flat r1-b1 25 Open 60858 00:30:04 -999- -999-21277 00386867 Arc r1-b1 4 Open 60858 00:31:37 -999- -999-21277 00386868 Flat r1-b1 25 Open 60858 00:33:25 -999- -999-21277 00386869 Flat r1-b1 25 Open 60858 00:35:12 -999- -999-21278 00386870 Flat r1-b1 25 Open 60858 00:37:02 -999- -999-21278 00386871 Flat r1-b1 25 Open 60858 03:20:41 -999- -999-21278 00386872 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:22:03 -999- -999-21278 00386873 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:23:22 -999- -999-21278 00386874 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:24:41 -999- -999-21278 00386875 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:26:03 -999- -999-21278 00386876 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:27:22 -999- -999-21278 00386877 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:28:42 -999- -999-21278 00386878 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:30:03 -999- -999-21278 00386879 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:31:22 -999- -999-21278 00386880 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:32:44 -999- -999-21278 00386881 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:34:03 -999- -999-21278 00386882 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:35:23 -999- -999-21278 00386883 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:36:42 -999- -999-21278 00386884 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:38:03 -999- -999-21278 00386885 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:39:22 -999- -999-21278 00386886 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:40:42 -999- -999-21278 00386887 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:42:03 -999- -999-21278 00386888 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:43:22 -999- -999-21278 00386889 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:44:42 -999- -999-21278 00386890 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:46:03 -999- -999-21278 00386891 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:47:22 -999- -999-21278 00386892 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:48:42 -999- -999-21278 00386893 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:50:03 -999- -999-21278 00386894 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:51:22 -999- -999-21278 00386895 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:52:42 -999- -999-21278 00386896 Bias r1-b1 0 Closed 60858 03:57:12 -999- -999-21278 00386897 Dark r1-b1 900 Closed 60858 04:14:10 -999- -999-21278 00386898 Dark r1-b1 900 Closed 60858 04:30:55 -999- -999-21278 00386899 Dark r1-b1 900 Closed 60858 04:47:29 -999- -999-21278 00386900 Dark r1-b1 900 Closed 60858 05:03:49 -999- -999-21278 00386901 Flat r1-b1 25 Open 60858 05:05:36 -999- -999-21278 00386902 Flat r1-b1 25 Open 60858 05:07:24 -999- -999-21278 00386903 Flat r1-b1 25 Open 60858 05:09:12 -999- -999-21278 00386904 Flat r1-b1 25 Open 60858 05:11:03 -999- -999-21278 00386905 Flat r1-b1 25 Open ---- Time Tracking ---- *=*=*= Observatory: APO *=*=*= MJD: 60858 Fill night time in Hours below *=*=*= Total bright time : 4.2 *=*=*= Bright time, queued observations : 0 *=*=*= Bright time, commissioning/engineering: 0 *=*=*= Bright time lost to weather : 4.2 *=*=*= Bright time lost to technical issues : 0 *=*=*= Total dark time : 4.2 *=*=*= Dark time, queued observations : 0 *=*=*= Dark time, commissioning/engineering : 0 *=*=*= Dark time lost to weather : 4.2 *=*=*= Dark time lost to technical issues : 0