Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:19:10 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080826 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, August 26, 2008 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Hilton E.Hilton Agile --:-- --:-- M.Shin M.Shin, M.Oguri DIS --:-- --:-- T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO --:-- --:-- INST SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH EQUIP OBS DAY NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B USE D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW05/R 21:30 01:05 4.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PU04/R 01:05 05:09 1.8 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DD01/R 05:09 05:40 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J. Dembicky Russet was taking sag measurements all day today. Tertiary was left at NA1 and she warned me that I would most likely need to home it before going on sky tonight. Here is the XQ#STATUS dump before the home, after the move to NA2. XQ#STATUS : 1, 1, 1, 0, 1 axis homed 000122950, -001542600, 001477950, 999999999, -000971315 commanded position 000114100, -001530717, 001476789, 999999999, -000971554 actual position 00065540, 00065540, 00065540, 00003588, 00000004 status word -000971315 -000971554 commanded, measured tertiary rotation 1 0 0 0 at slot (disabled), left, right jaw open, clutch engaged 1 1 0 0 mirror cover group 1 open, 2 open, 2 closed, 1 closed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 eyelids 1-7 asked to open, all eyelids closed E looked good so I didn't home. We had clouds all night and never opened. ------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 60 51 1 260 (W) 984 cldy none 19:00 59 41 8 168 (SSE) 765 cldy none 20:00 58 45 7 171 (S) 871 cldy none 21:00 57 48 16 186 (S) 793 cldy none 22:00 52 53 9 184 (S) 1799 cldy fog 23:00 51 52 8 253 (WSW) 6629 cldy fog 00:00 52 53 7 223 (SW) 3933 cldy fog 01:00 51 52 3 27 (NNE) 2059 cldy fog 02:00 54 48 3 188 (S) 1361 cldy none 03:00 54 47 6 196 (SSW) 920 cldy none 04:00 53 48 2 214 (SW) 934 cldy none 05:00 53 48 3 244 (WSW) 1014 cldy rain 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 1.4.5