Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 07:12:56 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081201 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, December 01, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Chou M.Chou, J.Leisenring Echelle 17:35 00:00 J.Barry TSPEC 23:20 23:58 D.York J.Barentine Echelle 00:03 00:58 J.Bally G.Stringfellow TSPEC 00:58 02:50 NICFPS 02:50 07:00 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- UV02/R 17:54 00:00 0 0 0 0 3.6 2.5 0 0 0 UC03/R 00:00 01:00 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 CU05/R 01:00 05:51 0 0 0 0 4.8 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky AZ velocity scale measured 578.5 was 580.0 changed n/c Alt velocity scale measured -636.6 was -636.0 changed n/c After first tertiary move to NA1 (from NA2) I received the following: 23:30:35 .tcc.0 0 tcc F Modu="mir_o_MoveOneGalil"; Text="Tert returned an error message" 23:30:35 .hub 0 cmds i CmdDone=215020 23:30:35 .hub 0 cmds i NewCmd=215359; CmdTime=1228174235.23; Cmdr=".tcc"; CmdrMID=0; CmdrCID=".tcc.0"; CmdActor="tcc"; CmdText="" 23:30:35 .tcc.0 0 tcc I Received="?CORRPOS pos. error 001240500, -000792800, -000187050, 000000000, 000000000 too large for axes 1, 0, 0, 0, 0" A subsequent rotation back to NA2 23:34:28 .tcc.0 0 tcc F Modu="mir_o_MoveOneGalil"; Text="Tert returned an error message" 23:34:28 .hub 0 cmds i CmdDone=215406 23:34:28 .hub 0 cmds i NewCmd=215419; CmdTime=1228174468.9; Cmdr=".tcc"; CmdrMID=0; CmdrCID=".tcc.0"; CmdActor="tcc"; CmdText="" 23:34:28 .tcc.0 0 tcc I Received="?CORRPOS pos. error 001001850, -000727400, -000284350, 000000000, 000000000 too large for axes 1, 0, 0, 0, 0" Error seemed to clear itself after a few mins (and a couple set inst and tert moves). TSPEC was reading all zero's at 23:30, had to cycle array power state to fix. No other problems and later tertiary moves went without a hitch. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (STEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:44 ECHELLE -32( -968) 65 80 3.4 3.4 3.1 2.8 3.0 ND3 1.00 23:25 TSPEC -3( 118) 34 82 5.6 4.6 5.0 4.2 5.0 Ks 1.07 00:08 ECHELLE -93( -947) 173 70 6.6 5.3 5.8 5.2 6.2 ND1 1.04 03:13 NICFPS -88( 460) -48 39 6.7 6.5 6.7 6.0 6.5 FeII 0.81 03:17 NA2gdr 326(43326) -49 39 6.8 6.4 6.7 6.0 6.5 Clear 1.11 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 40 15 11 347 (NNW) 130 clear none 17:00 38 17 12 7 (N) 143 clear none 18:00 38 17 12 307 (NW) 181 clear none 19:00 37 19 14 312 (NW) 188 clear none 20:00 39 18 16 339 (NNW) 165 clear none 21:00 40 19 16 318 (NW) 225 clear none 22:00 41 17 1 357 (N) 169 clear none 23:00 42 15 7 353 (N) 210 clear none 00:00 42 16 19 33 (NNE) 155 clear none 01:00 45 17 11 346 (NNW) 58 clear none 02:00 45 16 15 340 (NNW) 37 clear none 03:00 45 15 12 27 (NNE) 56 clear none 04:00 44 15 7 348 (NNW) 47 clear none 05:00 44 14 15 333 (NNW) 59 clear none 06:00 45 13 12 328 (NNW) 37 Lt. Cirrus 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 1.5.1