APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Saturday January 24, 2026 (SJD 61065) ---- Observing Team ---- Dmitry Bizyaev ---- Observing Plan ---- Sat 24 Jan 2026 61065 0.40 01:24 01:39 12:51 02:53 14:07 --- bright until 06:38 ( 5.2 h, w/ 0.2 h for 12 deg design), then dark ( 6.2 h) ---- Observing Summary ---- The entire night was lost to ongoing snowfall. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternon ======== Checked all actors and hardware - everything looks ok. The BOSS collimation looks good, not adjusted: 00:26:40 Hartmann collimate output sp1: offset: r= -659 (In Focus); b= -1.2 (In Focus) sp1: pred. move: spAverageMove= -137 sp1: pred. resid: r= -522, b= -1.6, txt= OK, spTemp = 2.3 cwPositions = 35 35 35 35; MCP instr = 10 (mounted); ---------- motorPosition sp1: -5352, -5335, -5287; ---------- Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 2.3 Outside air temperature= 0.0; ---------- Boss CCD Temp : sp1r0= -126.2 (-126.6); sp1b2= -101.2 (-100.0); sp1LN2: 10.0; ---------- Apogee: vacuum = 4.268e-07 ( < 1.1e-06 ) ln2Level = 93.191 ( > 85 ) ---------- Weather: Humidity = 102.1 % AirTemp = -1.4 C, DpTemp = -1.1 C diff= -0.3 C wind25m = 9.3 mph, direction = 276.1 deg ---------- semOwner = TCC:0:0 stuiVer=(1.7.19 2023-01-12), pid = 50986 memory = 501 MB ---------- Jaeger disabled robots: 572, 647, 973, 986, 994, 1126 There are 6 disabled robots 22:49:23 apogee exposure file= apRaw-55030001 3 B ArcLamp 22:50:10 boss exposure 20 sec file=0395249 dark 22:51:03 apogee exposure file= apRaw-55030002 60 B Dark ======================================================= =====>>>>> 22:51:35 Config Loaded: -999--999-24350 ======================================================= 22:52:30 FVC exposure image /data/fcam/61065/proc-fimg-fvc1n-0001.fits 22:52:29 fvc_perc_90= 56.7 fvc_percent_reached= 0.8 fvc_rms= 39.2 22:52:48 boss exposure 0 sec file=0395250 bias 23:01:54 apogee exposure file= apRaw-55030003 10 B QuartzFlat 23:03:47 apogee exposure file= apRaw-55030004 12 B ArcLamp 23:05:59 apogee exposure file= apRaw-55030005 40 B ArcLamp 23:13:17 apogee exposure file= apRaw-55030006 12 A ArcLamp 23:15:29 apogee exposure file= apRaw-55030007 40 A ArcLamp 23:22:55 apogee exposure file= apRaw-55030008 60 A Dark 23:33:46 apogee exposure file= apRaw-55030009 30 A ArcLamp 23:39:09 apogee exposure file= apRaw-55030010 30 B ArcLamp 00:24:40 boss exposure 4 sec file=0395251 arc 00:25:20 boss exposure 4 sec file=0395252 arc 00:26:36 Hartmann: offset r= -659 (In Focus) b = -1.2 (In Focus) pred_move = -137 pred_resid r= -522 b= -1.6 cmnt=OK 00:27:19 boss exposure 4 sec file=0395253 arc 00:29:11 boss exposure 25 sec file=0395254 flat Night ===== Not gonna open because of 8-10" of snow on site, and it is still coming. [ (55030001, 3, 3, '/data/apogee/raw/61065/apRaw-55030001-001.fits', 'ARCLAMP', 'None', '', '24349', '-999', '-999', 32.041, '2026-01-24T22:49:23.096', 'Podium', 'Closed', 'Closed', 61065, 'APO', 13.499)] problem with exposure: 55030001 num field design config exptype dithpix nread relflux okay dx dy sigx sigy fpi1 fpi2 -------- ----- ------ ------ ------------ ------- ----- ------- ----- ------- ------- ------ ------ ---- ---- 55030001 -999 -999 24349 ARCLAMP-None 13.5 3 0 False 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 55030002 -999 -999 24349 DARK 13.5 60 -7 True -- -- -- -- -- -- 55030003 -999 -999 24350 QUARTZFLAT 13.5 10 108 True -- 0.63 -- 0.85 -- -- 55030004 -999 -999 24350 ARCLAMP-THAR 13.5 12 92 True 23.85 1.28 1.07 0.85 -- -- 55030005 -999 -999 24350 ARCLAMP-UNE 13.5 40 5 True -10.23 -5.16 1.06 0.72 -- -- 55030006 -999 -999 24350 ARCLAMP-THAR 13.0 12 87 True 23.34 1.28 1.07 0.99 -- -- 55030007 -999 -999 24350 ARCLAMP-UNE 13.0 40 5 True -10.93 -5.15 1.33 0.89 -- -- 55030008 -999 -999 24350 DARK 13.0 60 -13 True -- -- -- -- -- -- 55030009 -999 -999 24350 FPI 13.0 30 234 True -1.98 -5.22 1.13 0.91 -- -- 55030010 -999 -999 24350 FPI 13.5 30 237 True 10.83 -5.18 1.13 0.90 -- -- num exptype nread mtp1 mtp2 mtp3 mtp4 mtp5 mtp6 mtp7 mtp8 mtp9 mtp10 -------- ---------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- 55030003 QUARTZFLAT 10 72 79 88 98 98 92 94 96 97 88 ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 0.1010 0.1030 Axial B: -0.0320 -0.0250 Axial C: -0.1810 -0.1740 Trans D: -0.0220 -0.0300 Lateral E: 0.3400 0.3400 Lateral F: 0.5475 0.5470 GALILS Commanded: 8450 -1050 8800 22100 -2000 -1700 Actual: 8450 -1050 8800 22100 -2000 -1700 SETMIR VALUES PrimDesOrient: 1.06 2.03 16.67 -410.97 -787.67 PrimOrient: 1.06 2.03 16.67 -410.97 -787.67 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.0000 Air temp: 0.00 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.6420 -7.6390 Axial B: -7.5390 -7.5320 Axial C: -7.5260 -7.5280 Trans D: 0.2020 0.1940 GALILS Commanded: 2255950 2258600 2248600 -1750 -1700 Actual: 2215622 2225587 2199464 -1750 -1700 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1757.0 7.9 1.5 -39.3 35.42 SecOrient: 1756.97 7.88 1.53 -39.28 35.19 ---- Telescope Status ---- Never opened. No interlocks bypassed Status at: 09:07Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: FPS Counterweights at: n/a, FPS balanced LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on FPS Status ========== CP10 Loop = 8.31 L/min GFA Loop = 2.42 L/min Supply pressure = 46.1 psi Return pressure = 30.1 psi Chiller Status ============== Set temperarature = 2.0 C Flow = 4.7 Gpm ---- Software Used ---- STUI : 1.7.19 alerts : 2.3.0 boss : 6.0.5a1 -boss.specMec : 3.0.4 apo : 4.1.0 fliswarm : 0.6.0 jaeger : 1.11.0 kaiju : 1.4.1 coordio : 1.18.1 fps_calibrati : 2025.12.04 cherno : 1.1.0 astrometrynet : 0.93 hal : 1.4.1 hartmann : 2.0.2 hub : 5.0.1a0 mcp : 2.3.1 -mcp.plc : 35 -mcp.azFiduci : v1_152 -mcp.altFiduc : v1_152 -mcp.rotFiduc : v1_152 tcc : 1.4.0 apogee : not availble apogeecal : not availble apogeeql : v1_7_0dev Boson : 0.5.1 --------------Other Versions-------------- sdss-obstools : 3.9.3 TPM : 1.2-31-gd7eb MCP : 2.3.1 idlspec2d : v6_2_1 Kronos : 2.1.0a roboscheduler : 2.1.0 /dev/sdb1 2.0T 488G 1.6T 24% /home /dev/sdd1 22T 17T 4.7T 78% /data ---- APOGEE Data Summary ---- Last morning's calibrations look OK: 61064 15 11:44 55020015 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 16 11:55 55020016 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 17 12:06 55020017 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 18 12:08 55020018 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 19 12:10 55020019 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 20 12:11 55020020 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 21 12:14 55020021 Arc-Thar 12 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 0.89 - 61064 22 12:21 55020022 Arc-Une 40 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 23 12:23 55020023 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 0.34 - 61064 24 12:30 55020024 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 25 12:36 55020025 Dark 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 26 12:41 55020026 InteFlat 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 27 12:46 55020027 InteFlat 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 28 12:52 55020028 InteFlat 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 29 12:57 55020029 Dark 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61064 30 13:03 55020030 Arc---- 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - 100 FPI A 61064 31 13:08 55020031 Arc---- 30 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 99 FP APOGEE data list, mjd=61065, all raw_data: /data/apogee/utr_cdr/61065/apRaw-*.fits archive: /data/apogee/archive/61065/apR-[a,b,c]-*.apz quickred: /data/apogee/quickred/61065/apq-*.fits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mjd i UT File/Exp Imtype Nread A/B Dth Design-Cfg Arch Offset %Flux/FPI Comm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61065 1 22:49 55030001 Arc---- 3 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - -8 test 61065 2 23:01 55030002 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61065 3 23:03 55030003 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61065 4 23:05 55030004 Arc-Thar 12 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 0.86 - 61065 5 23:12 55030005 Arc-Une 40 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61065 6 23:15 55030006 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 0.35 - 61065 7 23:22 55030007 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61065 8 23:33 55030008 Dark 60 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61065 9 23:38 55030009 Arc---- 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - 100 FPI A 61065 10 23:44 55030010 Arc---- 30 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 100 FPI B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- BOSS Data Summary ---- Reading FITS from /data/spectro//61065 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - n Time Filename design-field cfg flav shu Exp colA colB colC Hrt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 22:50 r1-00395249 ----------- ---- dar Clo 20.0 -5215 -5198 -5152 2 22:50 b1-00395249 ----------- ---- dar Clo 20.0 -5215 -5198 -5152 3 22:52 r1-00395250 ----------- ---- bia Clo 0.0 -5215 -5198 -5152 4 22:52 b1-00395250 ----------- ---- bia Clo 0.0 -5215 -5198 -5152 5 00:25 r1-00395251 -999--999 24350 arc Lef 4.1 -5215 -5198 -5152 HART 6 00:25 b1-00395251 -999--999 24350 arc Lef 4.1 -5215 -5198 -5152 HART 7 00:25 r1-00395252 -999--999 24350 arc Rig 4.1 -5215 -5198 -5152 HART 8 00:25 b1-00395252 -999--999 24350 arc Rig 4.1 -5215 -5198 -5152 HART 9 00:27 r1-00395253 -999--999 24350 arc Out 4.1 -5352 -5335 -5287 10 00:27 b1-00395253 -999--999 24350 arc Out 4.1 -5352 -5335 -5287 11 00:29 b1-00395254 -999--999 24350 fla Out 25.1 -5352 -5335 -5287 12 00:29 r1-00395254 -999--999 24350 fla Out 25.1 -5352 -5335 -5287 ---- BOSS Spectrographs Collimation ---- Time TSP1 R1 B1 Move1 B1Resid ============================================= 00:26:30 2.2 -659 -1.2 -137 -1.6 ---- Weather Log ---- Wind 1 um DIMM IRSC Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Dir Dust fwhm mean sigma 19:00 -0.1 -0.4 11.2 94.0 dpDep 19:15 -0.2 -0.6 14.4 15.6 dpDep 19:30 -0.3 -0.4 10.3 27.6 dpDep 19:45 -0.4 -0.3 12.7 35.0 dpDep 20:00 -0.4 -0.2 10.9 48.1 dpDep 20:15 -0.5 -0.4 14.6 12.0 dpDep 20:30 -0.6 -0.4 12.8 06.9 dpDep 20:45 -0.7 -0.5 13.6 28.6 dpDep 21:00 -0.8 -0.6 10.5 25.6 dpDep 21:15 -0.9 -0.4 10.7 35.5 dpDep 21:30 -0.9 -0.6 10.3 32.9 dpDep 21:45 -0.9 -0.6 12.7 42.6 dpDep 22:00 -1.1 -0.8 12.5 24.3 dpDep 22:15 -1.4 -1.2 11.9 28.0 dpDep 22:30 -1.4 -1.0 13.8 18.6 dpDep 22:45 -1.7 -1.5 14.5 18.9 dpDep 23:00 -1.8 -1.8 13.4 33.0 dpDep 23:15 -1.8 -1.5 8.4 44.3 dpDep 23:30 -1.9 -1.3 7.4 31.7 dpDep 23:45 -1.2 -0.9 11.4 61.0 dpDep 00:00 -1.0 -0.7 10.8 70.4 dpDep 00:15 -1.1 -0.6 10.9 72.2 dpDep 00:30 -1.5 -1.2 9.5 77.5 dpDep 00:45 -1.6 -0.8 5.9 71.0 dpDep 01:00 -1.3 -1.1 8.4 65.1 dpDep 01:15 -1.3 -0.6 7.9 55.3 dpDep 01:30 -1.6 -0.2 7.8 46.6 dpDep 01:45 -1.7 -0.6 6.8 47.5 dpDep 02:00 -1.7 -0.8 6.9 08.1 dpDep 02:15 -1.6 0.1 8.7 96.5 dpDep 02:30 -2.3 -2.2 11.5 23.6 dpDep 02:45 -2.6 -2.9 8.6 61.3 dpDep 03:00 -2.6 -2.0 13.8 20.9 dpDep 03:15 -2.7 -2.8 12.0 23.8 dpDep 03:30 -2.8 -3.3 9.3 58.8 dpDep 03:45 -2.9 -3.2 12.2 27.3 dpDep 04:00 -3.4 -4.3 12.8 08.9 dpDep 04:15 -3.5 -4.4 12.5 04.8 dpDep 04:30 -3.4 -3.9 8.9 93.1 dpDep 04:45 -3.6 -4.4 5.8 37.2 dpDep 05:00 -2.7 -3.9 12.5 61.5 dpDep 05:15 -2.6 -2.7 13.1 63.0 dpDep 05:30 -2.7 -2.7 11.7 60.1 dpDep 05:45 -2.5 -2.7 14.8 46.8 dpDep 06:00 -2.5 -2.3 18.5 40.4 dpDep 06:15 -2.6 -2.7 13.3 57.9 dpDep 06:30 -2.7 -2.7 19.1 49.3 dpDep 06:45 -2.7 -2.3 13.4 55.2 dpDep 07:00 -2.6 -2.9 17.8 46.6 dpDep 07:15 -2.5 -2.5 13.8 50.2 dpDep 07:30 -2.4 -2.6 15.1 42.8 dpDep 07:45 -2.4 -1.9 11.1 48.0 dpDep 08:00 -2.6 -2.6 13.8 50.0 dpDep 08:15 -3.0 -2.6 11.9 51.2 dpDep 08:30 -3.3 -3.9 13.5 32.8 dpDep 08:45 -3.4 -3.7 12.0 35.8 dpDep 09:00 -3.7 -3.7 11.2 29.6 dpDep ---- Time Tracking ---- *=*=*= Observatory: APO *=*=*= MJD: 61065 Fill night time in Hours below *=*=*= Total bright time : 5.2 *=*=*= Bright time, queued observations : 0 *=*=*= Bright time, commissioning/engineering: 0 *=*=*= Bright time lost to weather : 5.2 *=*=*= Bright time lost to technical issues : 0 *=*=*= Total dark time : 6.2 *=*=*= Dark time, queued observations : 0 *=*=*= Dark time, commissioning/engineering : 0 *=*=*= Dark time lost to weather : 6.2 *=*=*= Dark time lost to technical issues : 0