Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:04:05 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080125 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, January 25th, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene G.Saurage,R.McMillan SPIcam 17:40 23:00 A.Soderberg A.Soderberg DIS 23:30 00:30 M.Klaene G.Saurage,R.McMillan DIS 00:35 05:00 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/O 18:25 00:10 0 0 0 0 2.5 2.2 0 0 0 DD05/R 23:00 00:00 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 EN01/O 00:30 06:06 0 2.0 0 0 0 4.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: G.Saurage. R.McMillan (online) Cirrus of varying thickness all night. Cloud thickness increased second half. 19:00 Rotator zeroed 19:30 gmech remap, got a piston error first error (03:05:55 APO.Dome 154 gmech w Piston=12.70; PistonStatus=0x31; BadPistonStatus; DesPiston=NaN), sent remap command again seemed ok; Tried gmech status while remaping, all ok; gmech permissions error fix by Fritz 21:00 gcam vs SPIcam focus, logged below gcam focus values not updated in the TUI status window (PR#724) 22:31 Rotator caused the telescope to suddenly halt (PR#723) 23:00 switch to DIS for DD05 observing 00:45 AZ remap. 01:30 EN01, DD observations 02:30 pointing model 04:00+ Opaque starless skies... ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------- 21:08 NA2guider 30700 44 67 -2.3 -1.6 -0.5 -2.8 -2.3 -– 1.1 21:23 SPIcam 238 37 69 -2.3 -1.7 -0.5 -2.8 -2.3 -– 0.9 21:25 NA2guider 30500 35 69 -2.2 -1.8 -0.5 -2.8 -2.4 -– 0.9 21:32 SPIcam 242 32 70 -2.2 -1.8 -0.6 -2.8 -2.3 -– 1.0 21:35 NA2guider 29000 30 70 -2.3 -1.8 -0.6 -2.8 -2.4 -– 0.9 21:41 SPIcam 254 26 71 -2.3 -1.9 -0.6 -2.9 -2.4 -– 1.0 *** Turned on TelEx and IntEx fans *** 21:45 NA2guider 28500 23 71 -2.3 -1.9 -0.7 -2.9 -2.4 -– 0.9 21:52 SPIcam 227 18 72 -2.5 -2.0 -0.9 -3.0 -2.5 -– 1.0 21:56 NA2guider 31500 15 72 -2.3 -2.0 -0.9 -3.0 -2.5 -– 0.9 22:05 SPIcam 102 7 72 -2.2 -2.1 -1.1 -3.1 -2.5 -– 0.9 22:11 NA2guider 31500 4 72 -2.3 -2.2 -1.1 -3.1 -2.5 -– 1.0 22:18 SPIcam 11 -2 72 -2.3 -2.2 -1.2 -3.2 -2.5 -– 0.8 22:25 NA2guider 30000 -9 72 -2.3 -2.3 -1.3 -3.2 -2.6 -– 0.9 *** Rotator halted telescope *** 22:44 SPIcam -12 -22 71 -2.2 -2.4 -1.4 -3.3 -2.6 -– 0.7 22:47 NA2guider 29500 -24 71 -2.3 -2.4 -1.4 -3.3 -2.6 -– 0.9 22:51 SPIcam -13 -27 71 -2.3 -2.5 -1.4 -3.3 -2.6 -– 0.8 22:54 NA2guider 30000 -29 70 -2.2 -2.5 -1.4 -3.3 -2.5 -– 0.9 23:00 SPIcam -14 -32 70 -2.3 -2.5 -1.5 -3.2 -2.5 -– 0.8 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 32 11 8 273 (W) 449 clear none 17:00 30 12 7 280 (W) 520 clear none 18:00 28 11 8 290 (WNW) 406 clear none 19:00 28 10 12 307 (NW) 419 mstly clr none 20:00 29 13 11 287 (WNW) 381 mstly clr none 21:00 28 18 11 305 (NW) 442 ptly cldy none 22:00 28 20 8 300 (WNW) 420 ptly cldy none 23:00 28 17 16 330 (NNW) 345 ptly cldy none 00:00 29 12 13 334 (NNW) 322 mstly cldy none 01:00 29 14 5 328 (NNW) 310 mstly cldy none 02:00 29 18 9 291 (WNW) 288 cloudy none 03:00 29 19 8 337 (NNW) 280 cloudy none 04:00 29 18 18 303 (WNW) 258 cloudy none Note: the wind was coming from the azimuth listed. The convention used is north=0 degrees, east=90 degrees. The dust count is particles > 1u per 0.1 cubic feet. TELESCOPE STATUS Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.9.1 Current TUI version: TUI 1.4.4