APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Thursday August 27, 2026 (SJD 61280) ---- Observing Team ---- Audrey Oravetz ---- Observing Plan ---- Thu 27 Aug 2026 61280 1.00 02:29 02:44 11:24 18:06 02:48 --- bright ( 9.8 h, w/ 1.2 h for 8 deg design) ---- Observing Summary ---- Another night that we were not able to observe. There were many clouds throughout the night, and a thunderstorm that produced close lightning and a downpour. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon: ========== 22:22:27 boss exposure 0.0, file=403916 22:24:05 boss exposure 20.0, file=403917 22:26:28 boss exposure 4.0, file=403918 22:27:07 boss exposure 4.0, file=403919 22:27:49 sp1.motor.move= 183, 184, 184 22:27:49 Hartmann collimate output sp1: offset: r= -659 (In Focus); b= -3.2 (In Focus) sp1: pred. move: spAverageMove= 184 sp1: pred. resid: r= -843, b= -2.6, txt= OK, spTemp = 10.5 22:28:39 boss exposure 4.0, file=403920 22:30:22 boss exposure 25.0, file=403921 22:31:21 Config Loaded: -999-27446 22:31:55 jaeger.jaeger 1791 fliswarm i filename_bundle=/data/fcam/61280/fimg-fvc1n-0001.fits 22:31:55 jaeger.jaeger 1791 fliswarm : 22:31:55 CmdDone: jaeger.jaeger 1791 fliswarm talk -c fvc expose 5.0 22:33:20 APO.aoravetz2 31 fliswarm i filename_bundle=/data/fcam/61280/fimg-fvc1n-0002.fits 22:33:20 APO.aoravetz2 31 fliswarm : 22:33:20 CmdDone: APO.aoravetz2 31 fliswarm talk -n fvc expose 50 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 22:36:06 .jaeger 0 jaeger e text="A collision was detected in positioner 650. Sending SEND_TRAJECTORY_ABORT and locking the FPS." 22:36:06 .jaeger 0 jaeger w text="Locking the FPS. (JaegerUserWarning)" 22:36:08 .jaeger 0 jaeger e locked=T; locked_by=650; locked_axes=alpha; locked_alpha=10.055043026804924; locked_beta=170.01376032829285 22:36:08 APO.aoravetz2 34 jaeger f error="Trajectory failed with error: Something went wrong during the trajectory: The FPS got locked during the trajectory. Trajectory failed 3.64 seconds after start" 22:36:08 CmdDone: APO.aoravetz2 34 jaeger explode 10 jaeger configuration reverse Did not ventilate due to storms. Night: ====== Clouds/rain/lightning all night. Never opened. Started APOGEE morningcals and turned off the FPS. ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -5.4270 -5.4280 Axial B: -5.0470 -5.0490 Axial C: -5.2750 -5.2770 Trans D: -0.8680 -0.8730 Lateral E: 0.3240 0.3240 Lateral F: 0.5330 0.5330 GALILS Commanded: 11450 -1050 5900 26550 -14400 -13850 Actual: 11450 -1050 5900 26550 -14400 -13850 SETMIR VALUES PrimDesOrient: 0.0 -43.05 -8.77 -751.82 -556.2 PrimOrient: -1.06 -43.05 -8.77 -751.82 -556.2 SECONDARY: ---------- Focus: 0.0000 Air temp: 0.00 Altitude: 30.0 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -7.9600 -7.9570 Axial B: -6.1100 -6.1070 Axial C: -6.0800 -6.0780 Trans D: 0.1940 0.2040 GALILS Commanded: 353550 371750 334550 -1500 1800 Actual: 321864 350046 299558 -1500 1800 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 257.0 14.2 5.9 -72.0 -12.76 SecOrient: 256.98 14.2 5.92 -71.77 -12.63 ---- Telescope Status ---- FPS Status ========== CP10 Loop = 7.57 L/min GFA Loop = 2.31 L/min Supply pressure = 43.1 psi Return pressure = 28.9 psi Chiller Status ============== Set temperarature = 16.5 C Flow = 5.1 Gpm Status at: Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: FPS Counterweights at: 32s LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 161 lbs, 21 psi ---- Software Used ---- Get Versions, 08/27/26, 22:21:25 -- STUI software: STUI : 1.7.21 alerts : 2.3.0 boss : 6.0.5a1 -boss.specMec : 3.0.4 apo : 4.1.0 fliswarm : 0.7.0 jaeger : 1.11.2a1 kaiju : 1.4.1 coordio : 1.18.1 fps_calibrati : 2025.12.04 cherno : 1.2.2 astrometrynet : 0.97 hal : 1.4.1 hartmann : 2.0.2 hub : 5.0.1a0 mcp : 2.3.1 -mcp.plc : 35 -mcp.azFiduci : v1_154 -mcp.altFiduc : v1_154 -mcp.rotFiduc : v1_154 tcc : 1.4.0 apogee : not availble apogeecal : not availble apogeeql : 2.0.0a0 STUIAdditions : FAILED Boson : 0.6.1 -- done -- --------------Other Versions-------------- sdss-obstools : 3.9.3 TPM : 1.2-31-gd7eb MCP : 2.3.1 PLC : V35 Fiducials : v1_154 idlspec2d : 6.3.0dev Kronos : 2.1.0a roboscheduler : 2.1.0 /dev/sdb1 1.0T 420G 604G 42% /home /dev/sdd1 22T 15T 6.2T 71% /data ---- APOGEE Data Summary ---- APOGEE data list, mjd=61280, all raw_data: /data/apogee/utr_cdr/61280/apRaw-*.fits archive: /data/apogee/archive/61280/apR-[a,b,c]-*.apz quickred: /data/apogee/quickred/61280/apq-*.fits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mjd i UT File/Exp Imtype Nread A/B Dth Design-Cfg Arch Offset %Flux/FPI Comm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61280 1 22:32 57180001 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61280 2 22:34 57180002 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 104 61280 3 22:36 57180003 Arc-Thar 12 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 3.13 103 61280 4 22:44 57180004 Arc-Une 40 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 3.18 96 61280 5 22:46 57180005 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 2.67 101 61280 6 22:53 57180006 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 2.69 98 61280 7 23:04 57180007 Dark 60 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61280 8 23:10 57180008 Arc---- 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - 96 FPI A 61280 9 23:15 57180009 Arc---- 30 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 97 FPI B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- BOSS Data Summary ---- Reading FITS from /data/spectro//61280 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - n Time Filename design-field cfg flav shu Exp colA colB colC Hrt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 22:22 b1-00403916 ----------- ---- bia Clo 0.0 27080 31908 29495 2 22:22 r1-00403916 ----------- ---- bia Clo 0.0 27080 31908 29495 3 22:24 b1-00403917 ----------- ---- dar Clo 20.0 27080 31908 29495 4 22:24 r1-00403917 ----------- ---- dar Clo 20.0 27080 31908 29495 5 22:26 b1-00403918 -999--999 27445 arc Lef 4.1 27080 31908 29495 HART 6 22:26 r1-00403918 -999--999 27445 arc Lef 4.1 27080 31908 29495 HART 7 22:27 b1-00403919 -999--999 27445 arc Rig 4.1 27080 31908 29495 HART 8 22:27 r1-00403919 -999--999 27445 arc Rig 4.1 27080 31908 29495 HART 9 22:28 b1-00403920 -999--999 27445 arc Out 4.1 27263 32092 29679 10 22:28 r1-00403920 -999--999 27445 arc Out 4.1 27263 32092 29679 11 22:30 r1-00403921 -999--999 27445 fla Out 25.1 27263 32092 29679 12 22:30 b1-00403921 -999--999 27445 fla Out 25.1 27263 32092 29679 ---- BOSS Spectrographs Collimation ---- Time TSP1 R1 B1 Move1 B1Resid ============================================= 22:27:40 10.5 -659 -3.2 184 -2.6 ---- Weather Log ---- Wind 1 um DIMM IRSC Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Dir Dust fwhm mean sigma 18:00 20.4 8.1 9.4 01.9 3400 18:15 22.4 8.7 8.5 14.8 3340 18:30 22.6 9.0 9.0 61.6 3376 18:45 21.6 9.4 13.8 16.8 3385 19:00 20.2 8.6 2.7 90.1 3451 19:15 14.7 8.7 19.1 22.5 3242 19:30 15.6 7.1 11.2 35.5 dpDep 19:45 16.7 6.7 9.3 79.4 2157 20:00 14.2 8.3 15.1 30.7 2447 20:15 14.3 8.5 13.7 90.3 2392 20:30 15.3 8.1 19.9 63.1 2472 20:45 13.6 8.6 25.2 73.6 dpDep 21:00 14.6 6.2 28.9 27.3 dpDep 21:15 17.2 4.3 16.1 11.9 655 21:30 17.3 6.2 10.2 09.9 927 21:45 18.1 5.5 11.7 86.2 1050 22:00 17.9 8.2 16.9 49.6 1270 22:15 17.4 6.6 19.8 27.5 1399 22:30 18.2 6.9 12.5 45.2 2053 22:45 18.4 5.4 12.3 54.3 1559 23:00 18.0 4.9 20.9 73.0 734 23:15 19.2 3.6 14.2 76.0 548 23:30 18.6 6.4 13.6 78.9 1627 23:45 18.3 7.3 10.4 87.0 2441 00:00 18.4 7.4 11.6 84.8 2588 00:15 18.4 7.4 12.0 88.1 2841 00:30 18.3 7.5 12.1 83.1 3034 00:45 18.5 7.6 11.3 87.3 3053 01:00 18.5 7.7 12.7 85.9 3312 01:15 18.6 7.3 11.0 88.2 3295 01:30 17.9 7.4 11.3 86.6 3252 01:45 17.7 7.5 15.5 79.4 3358 02:00 18.0 7.4 17.3 68.3 3393 02:15 18.4 7.4 16.4 70.4 3388 02:30 18.0 7.7 12.4 79.9 3322 02:45 17.9 7.7 14.9 85.6 3413 03:00 18.2 7.7 15.4 48.8 3591 03:15 17.3 8.0 10.6 81.9 3324 03:30 17.3 8.1 10.2 87.8 3807 03:45 17.4 8.5 11.4 88.0 3839 04:00 17.2 8.9 11.2 01.6 4253 04:15 17.1 9.0 14.8 13.1 4291 04:30 17.2 9.1 9.6 99.3 4469 04:45 16.7 9.2 5.2 55.9 4317 05:00 15.0 9.3 15.8 26.9 3223 05:15 14.2 9.7 15.8 33.1 3809 05:30 13.6 8.7 23.0 29.3 dpDep 05:45 13.2 6.4 26.1 47.8 dpDep 06:00 12.1 0.4 17.5 29.6 1949 06:15 10.8 0.3 28.8 66.1 1274 06:30 11.4 0.3 16.5 35.6 928 06:45 11.9 0.2 9.0 75.1 684 07:00 16.0 0.2 19.4 15.9 184 07:15 14.6 -0.7 5.8 72.5 443 07:30 18.0 0.1 1.2 54.1 610 07:45 17.6 0.1 4.5 69.6 812 08:00 17.6 0.2 13.5 52.6 913 08:15 16.3 0.1 15.0 30.6 880 08:30 16.6 0.1 12.8 36.7 876 08:45 16.4 0.1 12.0 37.0 888 09:00 15.6 0.1 11.2 29.2 846 ---- Time Tracking ---- *=*=*= Observatory: APO *=*=*= MJD: 61280 Fill night time in Hours below *=*=*= Total bright time : 9.8 *=*=*= Bright time, queued observations : 0 *=*=*= Bright time, commissioning/engineering: 0 *=*=*= Bright time lost to weather : 9.8 *=*=*= Bright time lost to technical issues : 0 *=*=*= Total dark time : 0 *=*=*= Dark time, queued observations : 0 *=*=*= Dark time, commissioning/engineering : 0 *=*=*= Dark time lost to weather : 0 *=*=*= Dark time lost to technical issues : 0 Thu 27 Aug 2026 61280 1.00 02:29 02:44 11:24 18:06 02:48 --- bright ( 9.8 h, w/ 1.2 h for 8 deg design)