Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:11:56 -0700 (MST) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090212 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, February 12, 2009 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D. York D.York Echelle 17:35 18:08 D.York D.York DIS 18:08 00:10 C.Badenes C.Badenes,F.Mullally DIS 00:10 01:10 04:25 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 18:41 19:35 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC06/R 19:35 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.8 2.8 0 0 0 PU01/R 00:10 05:54 0 0 0 0 0 5.7 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Tip/Tilts at NA1 (@1815 MDT) Start 1000 530 Change 97 245 Final 1097 775 Pointing was pretty good from NA2 to NA1, see above. ecam problems tonight 01:21:08 camera timed out (ecam) 01:35:40 "" "" 01:36:08 unexpected response (ecam) 01:37:31 "" "" lots of errors thru 01:46:06 of the unexpected response very odd charachters at 02:09:18 (unexpected response error again) The Echelle slitbiewer would stop after several of these errors (specifically the timed out errors). Pointing check NA2 (@20:15) Change 15 37 4:26:06 DOn DId a slew but the telescope didn't seem to move. 2nd half we had mostly cloudy skies but things improved (finally) around 04:15. ------------- ACTIVITY 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:25 ECHELLE 95( -912) 173 57 1.4 1.7 1.2 1.3 1.1 ND2 1.14 20:32 dis-slit 56( -297) 49 72 0.4 1.0 1.2 0.7 0.8 -- 1.50 20:34 NA2gdr 2072(24072) 48 72 0.5 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.7 R 1.21 21:36 dis-slit 53( -334) 149 58 0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.6 -0.3 -- 2.00 00:20 dis-slit 83( -388) 131 66 -1.6 -1.5 -1.3 -1.9 -1.8 -- 1.70 04:25 dis-slit 40( -529) 201 66 -3.7 -3.5 -3.3 -4.0 -3.8 -- 1.89 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:00 35 6 21 217 (SW) 882 cldy none 17:00 35 6 23 231 (SW) 1337 cldy none 18:00 34 5 20 226 (SW) 988 pt. cldy none 19:00 34 4 24 219 (SW) 798 mst. cldy none 20:00 34 4 28 228 (SW) 824 pt. cldy none 21:00 33 3 27 237 (WSW) 1064 pt. cldy none 22:00 31 1 26 235 (SW) 868 pt. cldy none 23:00 31 1 26 258 (WSW) 690 pt. cldy none 00:00 30 4 24 262 (W) 638 cldy none 01:00 29 7 23 253 (WSW) 531 cldy none 02:00 28 3 18 261 (W) 541 cldy none 03:00 26 6 15 244 (WSW) 580 cldy none 04:00 26 6 18 300 (WNW) 662 pt. cldy none 05:00 25 4 26 323 (NW) 1648 clear none 06:00 25 2 10 260 (W) 773 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: 2.10.0 Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1