Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 06:48:19 -0700 (MST) From: Jack Dembicky Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080205 Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, February 5, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- G.Kacprzak C.Churchill, C.Bellantoni SPIcam 18:20 00:10 M.Moe M.Moe DIS 00:10 06:55 INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B --------------------------------------------------------------------- NM05/R 18:34 00:10 0 0 0 0 5.6 0 0 0 0 CU03/R 00:10 06:00 0 0 0 0 5.8 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialists: J. Dembicky Clouds moved in just as we were about to focus, I let Chris take some biases while we waited for the clouds to pass and I could attempt a focus again. Chris was having problems with TUI (1.4.4), we later discovered it was a local permission problem on his machine and not a TUI problem. Gmech actor wasn't connected. A call to Fritz got it back up and running. I tweaked focus on DISslit during the 2nd half. I had some problems with the telescope press/intex/telex fans this morning. The status window would not change their state. I tried a telmech status and it still didn't fix/update the status. I also noticed that the louver contol was acting funny (wouldn't change state, then did?). I left the telescope with the fans in the correct state (not sure how they got that way). I did notice a couple errors come thru. 13:19:20 NM01 telmech-mon 14 telmech f errtxt="invalid literal for int():LOUVER.OFF" 13:31:40 NM01 telmech-mon 14 telmech f errtxt="invalid literal for int():FAN.ON" 13:32:29 NM01 telmech-mon 14 telmech f errtxt="invalid literal for int():FAN.OFF" 13:32:58 NM01 telmech-mon 14 telmech f errtxt="invalid literal for int():FAN.OFF" 13:33:27 NM01 telmech-mon 14 telmech f errtxt="invalid literal for int():FAN.OFF" ... Somebody should check this during the day to make sure the louvers/fans stay in the correct config. I waited about 10 mins (submitting the PR) and then did a telmech status and it appeared to update. Maybe something got backlogged? ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:47 SPIcam -147(-669) 127 43 -9.2 -8.1 -7.5 -9.1 -9.0 r' 2.1 19:37 SPIcam -86(-660) 127 52 -9.4 -8.9 -8.4 -9.8 -9.6 r' 2.2 21:44 SPIcam 125(-544) 146 71 -10.7 -10.4 -10.0 -10.9 -10.7 r' 1.0 00:21 DISslit 91(-726) 284 80 -10.1 -10.5 -10.2 -10.3 -10.1 -- 1.1 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 20 2 18 268 (W) 254 Cldy none 17:00 18 0 21 300 (WNW) 357 Pt. Cldy none 18:00 16 1 9 326 (NW) 306 Pt. Cldy none 19:00 15 4 13 341 (NNW) 358 clear none 20:00 15 3 4 328 (NNW) 287 clear none 21:00 14 6 13 359 (N) 324 clear none 22:00 13 5 7 17 (NNE) 336 clear none 23:00 12 4 3 91 (E) 262 clear none 00:00 13 1 11 353 (N) 229 clear none 01:00 13 1 13 329 (NNW) 239 clear none 02:00 14 -3 11 7 (N) 275 clear none 03:00 16 -10 19 6 (N) 320 clear none 04:00 17 -13 14 354 (N) 317 clear none 05:00 17 -13 23 24 (NNE) 328 clear none 06:00 20 -15 15 21 (NNE) 438 clear 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