APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Monday February 16, 2026 (SJD 61088) ---- Observing Team ---- Audrey Oravetz ---- Observing Plan ---- Mon 16 Feb 2026 61088 0.00 01:43 01:58 12:35 04:43 15:22 --- dark (10.6 h) plus 0.2 h for 12 deg design ---- Observing Summary ---- The night was lost, as first due to thick clouds, then radar blips and lastly high wind. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ========== 22:55:28 boss exposure 0.0, file=396417 22:56:58 boss exposure 20.0, file=396418 22:58:38 boss exposure 4.0, file=396419 22:59:18 boss exposure 4.0, file=396420 22:59:59 sp1.motor.move= 349, 349, 349 22:59:59 Hartmann collimate output sp1: offset: r= -329 (In Focus); b= -3.2 (In Focus) sp1: pred. move: spAverageMove= 349 sp1: pred. resid: r= -678, b= -2.1, txt= OK, spTemp = 4.7 23:01:37 boss exposure 4.0, file=396421 23:03:05 boss exposure 25.0, file=396422 23:04:06 Config Loaded: -999-24789 fliswarm talk -c gfa expose --bias --count 10 fliswarm talk -c gfa expose --dark --count 5 5 fliswarm talk -c gfa expose --flat 1 jaeger configuration random --danger jaeger configuration reverse 23:04:28 jaeger.jaeger 3416 fliswarm i filename_bundle=/data/fcam/61088/fimg-fvc1n-0001.fits 23:04:28 jaeger.jaeger 3416 fliswarm : 23:04:28 CmdDone: jaeger.jaeger 3416 fliswarm talk -c fvc expose 5.0 23:05:40 APO.aoravetz 33 fliswarm i filename_bundle=/data/fcam/61088/fimg-fvc1n-0002.fits 23:05:40 APO.aoravetz 33 fliswarm : 23:05:40 CmdDone: APO.aoravetz 33 fliswarm talk -n fvc expose 50 (observers39) [observer@sdss5-hub: ~]$ list_ap APOGEE data list, mjd=61088, all raw_data: /data/apogee/utr_cdr/61088/apRaw-*.fits archive: /data/apogee/archive/61088/apR-[a,b,c]-*.apz quickred: /data/apogee/quickred/61088/apq-*.fits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mjd i UT File/Exp Imtype Nread A/B Dth Design-Cfg Arch Offset %Flux/FPI Comm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61088 1 23:05 55260001 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61088 2 23:07 55260002 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 101 61088 3 23:09 55260003 Arc-Thar 12 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 0.57 103 61088 4 23:17 55260004 Arc-Une 40 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 0.62 101 61088 5 23:19 55260005 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 0.05 100 61088 6 23:26 55260006 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 0.11 104 61088 7 23:37 55260007 Dark 60 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61088 8 23:43 55260008 Arc---- 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - 99 FPI A 61088 9 23:48 55260009 Arc---- 30 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 100 FPI B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 00:15Z - Started ventilating. Did not open at sunset due to thick clouds overhead. Night: ====== The clouds never cleared enough to open. There are radar blips, and now the wind speed is high. Stopped ventilating. Started APOGEE morningcals and turned off the FPS. ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: 0.1020 0.1030 Axial B: -0.0300 -0.0250 Axial C: -0.1790 -0.1740 Trans D: -0.0250 -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: 0.0 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: -7.6390 -7.6390 Axial B: -7.5350 -7.5320 Axial C: -7.5270 -7.5280 Trans D: 0.2040 0.1940 GALILS Commanded: 2250800 2250200 2242650 -1800 -1700 Actual: 2215761 2225449 2199578 -1789 -1700 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 1757.0 7.9 1.5 -39.3 35.42 SecOrient: 1757.02 7.86 1.49 -39.31 35.2 ---- Telescope Status ---- 00:15Z Started ventilation 12:00Z stopped ventilating No interlocks bypassed Status at: Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: FPS Counterweights at: 35s LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 150 lbs, 24 psi FPS Status ========== CP10 Loop = 7.49 L/min GFA Loop = 2.45 L/min Supply pressure = 45.0 psi Return pressure = 29.8 psi Chiller Status ============== Set temperarature = 7.5 C Flow = 4.8 Gpm ---- Software Used ---- Get Versions, 02/16/26, 22:54:18 -- STUI software: STUI : 1.7.21 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_153 -mcp.altFiduc : v1_153 -mcp.rotFiduc : v1_153 tcc : 1.4.0 apogee : not availble apogeecal : not availble apogeeql : v1_7_0dev STUIAdditions : FAILED Boson : 0.5. --------------Other Versions-------------- sdss-obstools : 3.9.3 TPM : 1.2-31-gd7eb MCP : 2.3.1 PLC : V35 Fiducials : v1_153 idlspec2d : v6_2_1 Kronos : 2.1.0a roboscheduler : 2.1.0 /dev/sdb1 2.0T 490G 1.6T 24% /home /dev/sdd1 22T 17T 4.3T 80% /data ---- APOGEE Data Summary ---- (observers39) [observer@sdss5-hub: ~]$ list_ap -m 61087 -- morning APOGEE data list, mjd=61087, all raw_data: /data/apogee/utr_cdr/61087/apRaw-*.fits archive: /data/apogee/archive/61087/apR-[a,b,c]-*.apz quickred: /data/apogee/quickred/61087/apq-*.fits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mjd i UT File/Exp Imtype Nread A/B Dth Design-Cfg Arch Offset %Flux/FPI Comm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61087 90 13:32 55250090 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61087 91 13:43 55250091 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61087 92 13:54 55250092 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61087 93 13:56 55250093 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 100 61087 94 13:58 55250094 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 100 61087 95 13:59 55250095 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 101 61087 96 14:02 55250096 Arc-Thar 12 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 0.58 101 61087 97 14:09 55250097 Arc-Une 40 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 0.62 102 61087 98 14:11 55250098 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 0.08 104 61087 99 14:18 55250099 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 0.12 104 61087 100 14:24 55250100 Dark 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61087 101 14:29 55250101 InteFlat 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61087 102 14:34 55250102 InteFlat 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61087 103 14:40 55250103 InteFlat 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61087 104 14:45 55250104 Dark 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61087 105 14:51 55250105 Arc---- 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - 103 FPI A 61087 106 14:56 55250106 Arc---- 30 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 98 FPI B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ APOGEE data list, mjd=61088, all raw_data: /data/apogee/utr_cdr/61088/apRaw-*.fits archive: /data/apogee/archive/61088/apR-[a,b,c]-*.apz quickred: /data/apogee/quickred/61088/apq-*.fits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mjd i UT File/Exp Imtype Nread A/B Dth Design-Cfg Arch Offset %Flux/FPI Comm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61088 1 23:05 55260001 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61088 2 23:07 55260002 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 101 61088 3 23:09 55260003 Arc-Thar 12 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 0.57 103 61088 4 23:17 55260004 Arc-Une 40 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 0.62 101 61088 5 23:19 55260005 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 0.05 100 61088 6 23:26 55260006 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 0.11 104 61088 7 23:37 55260007 Dark 60 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61088 8 23:43 55260008 Arc---- 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - 99 FPI A 61088 9 23:48 55260009 Arc---- 30 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 100 FPI B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (observers39) [observer@sdss5-hub: ~]$ check_ap 61088 num field design config exptype dithpix nread relflux okay dx dy sigx sigy fpi1 fpi2 -------- ------ ------ ------ ------------ ------- ----- ------- ---- ------- ------- ------ ------ ---- ---- 55260001 100537 752735 24788 DARK 13.5 60 -20 True -- -- -- -- -- -- 55260002 -999 -999 24789 QUARTZFLAT 13.5 10 109 True -- 0.63 -- 0.86 -- -- 55260003 -999 -999 24789 ARCLAMP-THAR 13.5 12 94 True 23.55 1.27 1.06 0.95 -- -- 55260004 -999 -999 24789 ARCLAMP-UNE 13.5 40 3 True -10.52 -5.24 0.79 0.84 -- -- 55260005 -999 -999 24789 ARCLAMP-THAR 13.0 12 94 True 23.05 1.34 1.07 0.93 -- -- 55260006 -999 -999 24789 ARCLAMP-UNE 13.0 40 2 True 1.42 -5.04 0.37 0.75 -- -- 55260007 -999 -999 24789 DARK 13.0 60 -5 True -- -- -- -- -- -- 55260008 -999 -999 24789 FPI 13.0 30 241 True 10.04 -5.19 1.10 0.90 -- -- 55260009 -999 -999 24789 FPI 13.5 30 240 True -14.16 -5.18 1.11 0.90 -- -- num exptype nread mtp1 mtp2 mtp3 mtp4 mtp5 mtp6 mtp7 mtp8 mtp9 mtp10 -------- ---------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- ---- BOSS Data Summary ---- Reading FITS from /data/spectro//61088 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - n Time Filename design-field cfg flav shu Exp colA colB colC Hrt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 22:55 b1-00396417 ----------- ---- bia Clo 0.0 -4028 -3995 -3977 2 22:55 r1-00396417 ----------- ---- bia Clo 0.0 -4028 -3995 -3977 3 22:56 b1-00396418 ----------- ---- dar Clo 20.0 -4028 -3995 -3977 4 22:56 r1-00396418 ----------- ---- dar Clo 20.0 -4028 -3995 -3977 5 22:58 r1-00396419 752735-100537 24788 arc Lef 4.1 -4028 -3995 -3977 HART 6 22:58 b1-00396419 752735-100537 24788 arc Lef 4.1 -4028 -3995 -3977 HART 7 22:59 b1-00396420 752735-100537 24788 arc Rig 4.1 -4028 -3995 -3977 HART 8 22:59 r1-00396420 752735-100537 24788 arc Rig 4.1 -4028 -3995 -3977 HART 9 23:01 r1-00396421 752735-100537 24788 arc Out 4.1 -3679 -3646 -3628 10 23:01 b1-00396421 752735-100537 24788 arc Out 4.1 -3679 -3646 -3628 11 23:03 r1-00396422 752735-100537 24788 fla Out 25.1 -3679 -3646 -3628 12 23:03 b1-00396422 752735-100537 24788 fla Out 25.1 -3679 -3646 -3628 ---- BOSS Spectrographs Collimation ---- Time TSP1 R1 B1 Move1 B1Resid ============================================= 22:59:50 5.2 -329 -3.2 349 -2.1 ---- Weather Log ---- Wind 1 um DIMM IRSC Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Dir Dust fwhm mean sigma 19:00 10.9 -15.7 13.0 29.0 210 19:15 11.3 -13.2 9.4 35.5 231 19:30 12.2 -14.7 16.0 43.1 170 19:45 11.8 -14.6 17.1 68.3 248 20:00 10.7 -13.4 13.1 71.9 249 20:15 10.4 -13.3 11.7 50.8 253 20:30 10.9 -12.7 10.6 21.9 242 20:45 10.8 -12.9 13.3 43.2 273 21:00 10.9 -11.4 20.7 36.0 284 21:15 8.9 -11.4 19.0 59.7 288 21:30 11.0 -8.2 19.4 36.1 344 21:45 9.8 -8.2 19.5 66.6 414 22:00 9.9 -7.2 12.5 27.1 414 22:15 10.3 -6.2 17.9 29.5 411 22:30 9.7 -7.7 17.3 58.0 403 22:45 9.9 -7.4 19.9 22.1 432 23:00 8.7 -8.2 9.0 55.9 455 23:15 9.3 -7.6 15.9 58.8 486 23:30 8.4 -7.7 19.1 38.8 458 23:45 8.5 -8.2 13.3 37.6 432 00:00 7.8 -7.9 13.6 33.8 443 00:15 7.1 -7.5 12.2 34.8 502 00:30 6.8 -7.5 16.4 17.1 496 00:45 6.7 -7.8 12.7 99.5 512 01:00 6.7 -7.9 15.5 12.5 478 01:15 6.8 -7.8 12.4 14.8 509 01:30 7.0 -9.2 17.4 51.4 458 01:45 7.2 -9.1 19.0 31.3 468 02:00 7.7 -9.8 18.1 06.3 454 02:15 7.2 -9.8 11.0 20.4 441 02:30 7.3 -9.8 15.0 23.1 495 02:45 6.8 -9.6 19.7 07.3 408 03:00 7.4 -9.3 19.0 09.0 425 03:15 7.2 -8.9 12.3 16.4 490 03:30 6.6 -9.2 13.7 98.8 442 03:45 6.8 -9.1 15.3 11.3 492 04:00 6.7 -8.5 18.9 06.6 549 04:15 6.9 -8.2 19.2 05.1 584 04:30 6.6 -7.9 21.2 10.1 527 04:45 6.3 -7.3 21.8 08.3 588 05:00 6.9 -7.2 26.1 11.9 648 05:15 6.2 -6.8 24.4 03.3 772 05:30 5.9 -7.9 25.7 04.3 1104 ---- Time Tracking ---- *=*=*= Observatory: APO *=*=*= MJD: 61088 Fill night time in Hours below *=*=*= Total bright time : 0.2 *=*=*= Bright time, queued observations : 0 *=*=*= Bright time, commissioning/engineering: 0 *=*=*= Bright time lost to weather : 0.2 *=*=*= Bright time lost to technical issues : 0 *=*=*= Total dark time : 10.6 *=*=*= Dark time, queued observations : 0 *=*=*= Dark time, commissioning/engineering : 0 *=*=*= Dark time lost to weather : 10.6 *=*=*= Dark time lost to technical issues : 0 Mon 16 Feb 2026 61088 0.00 01:43 01:58 12:35 04:43 15:22 --- dark (10.6 h) plus 0.2 h for 12 deg design