APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY SDSS 2.5M OBSERVING LOG Saturday September 05, 2026 (SJD 61289) ---- Observing Team ---- Dmitry Bizyaev ---- Observing Plan ---- Sat 05 Sep 2026 61289 0.28 02:16 02:31 11:32 18:29 03:31 --- dark ( 9.0 h) plus 1.0 h for 8 deg design ---- Observing Summary ---- The entire night was lost to cloudy sky, peaks of humidity, surrounding radars, and an accidental rain for a short period. Notes ===== - am undocumented mouse was spotted in the lower enclosure. Please report to special cat forces. ---- Observing Log ---- Afternoon ========= All systems found working as expected. The BOSS collimation looks ok, not adjusted: 00:26:23 Hartmann collimate output sp1: offset: r= -3298 (Out of focus); b= 5.8 (Out of focus) sp1: pred. move: spAverageMove= -2580 sp1: pred. resid: r= -717, b= -2.2, txt= OK, spTemp = 10.8 cwPositions = 32 31 32 31; MCP instr = 10 (mounted); ---------- motorPosition sp1: 26803, 31633, 29218; ---------- Median spectrographs temperatures: Tsp1= 10.8 Outside air temperature= 0.0; ---------- Boss CCD Temp : sp1r0= -124.2 (-126.6); sp1b2= -99.2 (-100.0); sp1LN2: 10.0; ---------- Apogee: vacuum = 8.592e-07 ( < 1.1e-06 ) ln2Level = 93.156 ( > 85 ) ---------- Weather: Humidity = 34.6 % AirTemp = 15.5 C, DpTemp = -0.1 C diff= 15.6 C wind25m = 12.8 mph, direction = 25.1 deg ---------- semOwner = TCC:0:0 stuiVer=(1.7.19 2023-01-12), pid = 21952 memory = 470 MB ---------- Jaeger disabled robots: 647, 885, 986, 1339 There are 4 disabled robots 23:03:50 apogee exposure file= apRaw-57270001 3 B ArcLamp 23:03:57 boss exposure 0 sec file=0404269 bias ======================================================= =====>>>>> 23:05:07 Config Loaded: -999--999-27572 ======================================================= 23:06:05 FVC exposure image /data/fcam/61289/proc-fimg-fvc1n-0001.fits 23:06:04 fvc_perc_90= 47.7 fvc_percent_reached= 4.0 fvc_rms= 34.63 23:06:19 apogee exposure file= apRaw-57270002 60 B Dark 23:07:40 boss exposure 20 sec file=0404270 dark 23:17:11 apogee exposure file= apRaw-57270003 10 B QuartzFlat 23:19:03 apogee exposure file= apRaw-57270004 12 B ArcLamp 23:21:16 apogee exposure file= apRaw-57270005 40 B ArcLamp 23:28:33 apogee exposure file= apRaw-57270006 12 A ArcLamp 23:30:45 apogee exposure file= apRaw-57270007 40 A ArcLamp 23:38:11 apogee exposure file= apRaw-57270008 60 A Dark 23:49:03 apogee exposure file= apRaw-57270009 30 A ArcLamp 23:54:26 apogee exposure file= apRaw-57270010 30 B ArcLamp 00:24:20 boss exposure 4 sec file=0404271 arc 00:25:00 boss exposure 4 sec file=0404272 arc 00:26:16 Hartmann: offset r= -3298 (Out of focus) b = 5.8 (Out of focus) pred_move = -2580 pred_resid r= -717 b= -2.2 cmnt=OK 00:27:07 boss exposure 4 sec file=0404273 arc Ventilation postponed because of high humidity and rain drizzle on site. 00:28:36 boss exposure 25 sec file=0404274 flat ===== Night ===== 01:08Z ventlation started, but we are still surrounded by a few radar systems that prevents us from opening. 00:39:18 boss exposure 900 sec file=0404275 dark 03:11:42 boss exposure 900 sec file=0404276 dark 04:00Z rain alert triggered. Ventiation stopped. 06:44:56 boss exposure 900 sec file=0404277 dark 07:33Z in anticipation the the further sky improvement, vntilation is started again. We've got a large patch of clear sky after 11Z, but it came in a combination with yellow humidity and got closed by clouds soon. 11:25Z calling it a night. Ventilation stopped. LN2 fill triggered and calibrations started. num field design config exptype dithpix nread relflux okay dx dy sigx sigy fpi1 fpi2 -------- ------ ------ ------ ------------ ------- ----- ------- ----- ------- ------- ------ ------ ---- ---- 57270001 104158 755945 27571 ARCLAMP-None 13.5 3 0 False 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 57270002 -999 -999 27572 DARK 13.5 60 -23 True -- -- -- -- -- -- 57270003 -999 -999 27572 QUARTZFLAT 13.5 10 111 True -- 0.72 -- 0.85 -- -- 57270004 -999 -999 27572 ARCLAMP-THAR 13.5 12 1 True -2.10 -- 1.28 -- -- -- 57270005 -999 -999 27572 ARCLAMP-UNE 13.5 40 1 True -7.47 -4.95 0.41 0.69 -- -- 57270006 -999 -999 27572 ARCLAMP-THAR 13.0 12 1 True -2.46 -- 1.36 -- -- -- 57270007 -999 -999 27572 ARCLAMP-UNE 13.0 40 30 True -8.26 -5.04 4.00 0.98 -- -- 57270008 -999 -999 27572 DARK 13.0 60 10 True -- -- -- -- -- -- 57270009 -999 -999 27572 FPI 13.0 30 246 True 13.11 -5.09 1.13 0.91 -- -- 57270010 -999 -999 27572 FPI 13.5 30 240 True 13.62 -5.06 1.10 0.89 -- -- num exptype nread mtp1 mtp2 mtp3 mtp4 mtp5 mtp6 mtp7 mtp8 mtp9 mtp10 -------- ---------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----- 57270003 QUARTZFLAT 10 74 81 91 101 100 95 97 100 99 91 ---- Mirror Numbers ---- PRIMARY: -------- Scale: 1.000000 MIGS TONIGHT NOMINAL Axial A: -5.4290 -5.4280 Axial B: -5.0490 -5.0490 Axial C: -5.2770 -5.2770 Trans D: -0.8720 -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: -7.9570 -7.9570 Axial B: -6.1090 -6.1070 Axial C: -6.0790 -6.0780 Trans D: 0.2050 0.2040 GALILS Commanded: 353800 372150 332950 -1500 1800 Actual: 321876 349939 299564 -1500 1800 SETMIR VALUES SecDesOrient: 257.0 14.2 5.9 -72.0 -12.76 SecOrient: 256.96 14.17 5.88 -71.8 -12.61 ---- Telescope Status ---- Not opened tonight. No interlocks bypassed Status at: 11:25Z Telescope stowed at: 121.0, 30.0, 0.0 mount Instrument mounted: FPS Counterweights at: 31 ? LN2 autofill systems: Connected and turned on 180L LN2 dewar scales: SP1 234 lbs, 21 psi FPS Status ========== CP10 Loop = 7.66 L/min GFA Loop = 2.32 L/min Supply pressure = 42.9 psi Return pressure = 28.4 psi Chiller Status ============== Set temperarature = 13.9 C Flow = 5.0 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 : 0.7.0 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 Boson : 0.7.0 --------------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 422G 602G 42% /home /dev/sdd1 22T 16T 5.3T 75% /data ---- APOGEE Data Summary ---- Last morning's calibrations went well. 61288 68 12:24 57260068 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61288 69 12:35 57260069 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61288 70 12:45 57260070 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61288 71 12:47 57260071 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 104 61288 72 12:49 57260072 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 104 61288 73 12:51 57260073 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 104 61288 74 12:53 57260074 Arc-Thar 12 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 3.68 101 61288 75 13:00 57260075 Arc-Une 40 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 3.72 96 61288 76 13:02 57260076 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 3.14 104 61288 77 13:10 57260077 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 3.18 97 61288 78 13:15 57260078 Dark 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61288 79 13:20 57260079 InteFlat 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61288 80 13:26 57260080 InteFlat 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61288 81 13:31 57260081 InteFlat 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61288 82 13:37 57260082 Dark 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61288 83 13:42 57260083 Arc---- 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - 97 FPI A 61288 84 13:48 57260084 Arc---- 30 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 94 FPI B APOGEE data list, mjd=61289, all raw_data: /data/apogee/utr_cdr/61289/apRaw-*.fits archive: /data/apogee/archive/61289/apR-[a,b,c]-*.apz quickred: /data/apogee/quickred/61289/apq-*.fits ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ mjd i UT File/Exp Imtype Nread A/B Dth Design-Cfg Arch Offset %Flux/FPI Comm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61289 1 23:04 57270001 Arc---- 3 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - -13 test 61289 2 23:16 57270002 Dark 60 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - - 61289 3 23:18 57270003 QuarFlat 10 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 104 61289 4 23:20 57270004 Arc-Thar 12 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 3.70 102 61289 5 23:27 57270005 Arc-Une 40 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c 3.72 95 61289 6 23:30 57270006 Arc-Thar 12 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 3.13 103 61289 7 23:37 57270007 Arc-Une 40 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c 3.16 97 61289 8 23:48 57270008 Dark 60 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - - 61289 9 23:54 57270009 Arc---- 30 A 13.0 ---------- a-b-c - 96 FPI A 61289 10 23:59 57270010 Arc---- 30 B 13.5 ---------- a-b-c - 99 FPI B ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- BOSS Data Summary ---- Reading FITS from /data/spectro//61289 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - n Time Filename design-field cfg flav shu Exp colA colB colC Hrt - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 23:04 r1-00404269 ----------- ---- bia Clo 0.0 29382 34213 31798 2 23:04 b1-00404269 ----------- ---- bia Clo 0.0 29382 34213 31798 3 23:07 r1-00404270 ----------- ---- dar Clo 20.0 29382 34213 31798 4 23:07 b1-00404270 ----------- ---- dar Clo 20.0 29382 34213 31798 5 00:24 r1-00404271 -999--999 27572 arc Lef 4.1 29382 34213 31798 HART 6 00:24 b1-00404271 -999--999 27572 arc Lef 4.1 29382 34213 31798 HART 7 00:25 r1-00404272 -999--999 27572 arc Rig 4.1 29382 34213 31798 HART 8 00:25 b1-00404272 -999--999 27572 arc Rig 4.1 29382 34213 31798 HART 9 00:27 r1-00404273 -999--999 27572 arc Out 4.1 26803 31633 29218 10 00:27 b1-00404273 -999--999 27572 arc Out 4.1 26803 31633 29218 11 00:28 b1-00404274 -999--999 27572 fla Out 25.1 26803 31633 29218 12 00:28 r1-00404274 -999--999 27572 fla Out 25.1 26803 31633 29218 13 00:39 r1-00404275 ----------- ---- dar Clo 900.0 26803 31633 29218 14 00:39 b1-00404275 ----------- ---- dar Clo 900.0 26803 31633 29218 15 03:11 r1-00404276 ----------- ---- dar Clo 900.0 26803 31633 29218 16 03:11 b1-00404276 ----------- ---- dar Clo 900.0 26803 31633 29218 17 06:44 r1-00404277 ----------- ---- dar Clo 900.0 26803 31633 29218 18 06:44 b1-00404277 ----------- ---- dar Clo 900.0 26803 31633 29218 ---- BOSS Spectrographs Collimation ---- Time TSP1 R1 B1 Move1 B1Resid ============================================= 00:26:10 10.5 -3298 5.8 -2580 -2.2 ---- Weather Log ---- Wind 1 um DIMM IRSC Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Dir Dust fwhm mean sigma 18:00 16.8 11.3 4.8 29.7 dpDep 18:15 17.6 11.8 5.6 79.8 710 18:30 18.1 11.6 8.5 52.8 762 18:45 18.3 11.5 6.4 61.3 723 19:00 19.3 11.6 4.6 58.6 664 19:15 21.2 11.6 9.1 56.8 638 19:30 22.5 12.8 5.4 67.5 593 19:45 18.6 11.1 7.6 22.6 628 20:00 18.5 11.2 6.4 71.8 626 20:15 18.7 11.1 8.4 0.6 712 20:30 18.3 11.0 1.2 75.3 652 20:45 18.4 10.9 2.1 42.5 603 21:00 18.6 10.5 1.8 16.5 612 21:15 19.0 10.9 1.5 06.5 576 21:30 22.0 10.2 6.0 56.1 617 21:45 20.1 9.4 6.1 62.0 553 22:00 21.1 10.8 1.3 38.0 677 22:15 18.9 10.3 5.3 81.1 565 22:30 20.1 10.6 7.1 54.8 540 22:45 20.5 10.7 0.5 54.6 473 23:00 17.4 8.4 6.7 77.5 693 23:15 16.1 9.4 17.1 58.1 599 23:30 15.2 9.1 15.0 66.7 864 23:45 14.7 9.0 8.4 68.1 1717 00:00 14.8 0.7 14.0 50.6 dpDep 00:15 16.2 0.1 13.3 33.6 341 00:30 14.9 -0.1 11.5 15.0 597 00:45 17.2 -0.1 1.1 59.0 493 01:00 17.3 -0.1 6.1 50.1 564 01:15 17.2 -0.2 7.4 56.2 637 01:30 16.4 -0.3 6.7 3.2 573 01:45 15.3 -0.4 8.0 8.3 649 02:00 16.8 -0.4 4.3 52.3 654 342 26.67 02:15 16.8 -0.6 0.7 23.8 625 378 73.50 02:30 17.1 -0.6 4.8 15.2 633 368 85.47 02:45 16.5 -0.4 9.2 25.5 604 380 54.10 03:00 16.4 -0.4 8.6 52.0 567 365 7.94 03:15 17.7 -0.2 10.1 55.0 567 350 14.34 03:30 17.9 -0.3 10.2 53.1 421 342 16.47 03:45 17.9 -0.3 9.9 66.2 456 345 17.68 04:00 17.9 -0.2 11.0 84.2 371 353 41.37 04:15 17.6 -0.3 9.5 89.2 269 598 11.26 04:30 17.8 -0.3 10.0 84.0 340 603 5.80 04:45 17.6 -0.3 8.1 89.0 315 605 4.87 05:00 17.3 -0.3 7.7 93.6 320 609 4.41 05:15 16.9 -0.4 10.0 92.5 445 610 5.04 05:30 16.7 -0.3 9.5 91.4 509 611 4.98 05:45 16.7 -0.4 9.6 90.1 556 613 4.57 06:00 16.5 -0.4 8.5 07.0 561 614 4.59 06:15 16.6 -0.4 14.2 11.6 526 616 4.98 06:30 16.6 -0.4 13.6 15.2 679 617 4.78 06:45 16.8 -0.4 19.4 31.5 818 617 4.34 07:00 16.6 -0.4 14.8 23.2 888 617 5.08 07:15 16.1 -0.4 12.2 16.2 874 617 5.24 07:30 16.1 -0.5 17.4 33.2 885 657 4.75 07:45 15.9 -0.5 13.9 36.6 942 345 27.07 08:00 16.0 -0.5 15.1 31.0 1037 360 55.63 08:15 15.9 -0.6 14.8 26.7 1087 361 55.08 08:30 15.8 -0.6 14.0 25.6 1230 364 45.63 08:45 15.9 -0.6 14.7 34.5 1454 350 68.08 09:00 15.5 -0.6 12.8 34.3 1645 365 70.77 09:15 15.2 -0.7 17.4 31.2 1586 365 81.17 09:30 15.4 -0.7 14.1 41.9 1640 367 80.37 09:45 15.2 -0.8 13.6 54.0 1352 342 46.96 10:00 15.7 -0.8 12.5 77.6 1678 343 33.72 10:15 15.1 -0.8 10.7 80.0 1554 342 27.34 10:30 15.3 -1.0 8.2 83.0 1381 341 14.30 10:45 15.1 -0.9 10.1 67.8 1282 341 16.52 11:00 15.0 -1.0 9.6 76.9 1151 350 58.25 11:15 14.8 -1.2 9.9 76.4 1134 367 69.32 ---- Time Tracking ---- *=*=*= Observatory: APO *=*=*= MJD: 61289 Fill night time in Hours below *=*=*= Total bright time : 1.0 *=*=*= Bright time, queued observations : 0 *=*=*= Bright time, commissioning/engineering: 0 *=*=*= Bright time lost to weather : 1.0 *=*=*= Bright time lost to technical issues : 0 *=*=*= Total dark time : 9.0 *=*=*= Dark time, queued observations : 0 *=*=*= Dark time, commissioning/engineering : 0 *=*=*= Dark time lost to weather : 9.0 *=*=*= Dark time lost to technical issues : 0