Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 12:50:28 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101001 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, October 1st, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Szkody P.Szkody DIS 19:30 23:30 J.Coughlin J.Coughlin DIS 23:30 01:00 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski Echelle 01:05 06:05 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW08/R 18:56 23:30 0 0 0 0 4.5 0 0 0 NM06/R 23:30 01:00 0 0 0 0 1.5 0 0 0 DD04/R 01:00 06:50 0 0 0 1.0 0 4.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage During check out discovered SPIcam not responding getting these errors: 22:37:26 APO.gabrelle.spicamExpose 575 spicam f text="PDF(SerialPort(/dev/ttyS0 at 9600 baud), ok=1) send ''0'', received ''?''" 22:37:26 APO.gabrelle 16 spicamExpose f exposeTxt="bias failed" 22:54:21 APO.gabrelle 17 spicam f text="PDF controller (PDF(SerialPort(/dev/ttyS0 at 9600 baud), ok=0)) is not responding sensibly (None)" Fritz and Jon did multiple resets to the SPIcam controller until it finally came up properly. Network problems with UW IP address. First observer could use TUI but not download images. PR #1175 again. Jon cleared the IP address. At 1:00 am switch over, we discovered NA1 cover-side eyelid not working. PR #1183. Eventually after many openings and closings it realigned properly and opened. Lost and hour to this. Pointing was fine with both DIS and echelle. Checked collimation in the morning with Shack Hartman. Russet decided to apply the results. SPIcam Temps: 18:00 171.1 05:00 165.5 ------- FAILURE LOG ------- PROG INST FAILURE MODE TIME (SEDFNVOG) TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DD04 E T/H 01:05 02:05 NA1 cover-side eyelid not opening ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:50 dis-slit 546( 994) 27 54 14.2 17.0 15.5 15.6 15.3 1.61 22:29 dis-slit 184( 496) 177 67 15.0 14.5 14.8 14.0 14.6 1.40 02:14 ECHELLE -27( -306) 100 45 12.9 13.2 13.2 12.5 12.9 ND3 1.69 ------------- Weather LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 62 39 4 256 (WSW) 710 clear none 17:00 62 39 3 255 (WSW) 642 clear none 18:00 61 38 4 215 (SW) 545 clear none 19:00 58 36 6 156 (SSE) 558 clear none 20:00 58 33 4 134 (SE) 518 clear none 21:00 58 35 1 207 (SSW) 634 clear none 22:00 56 22 2 321 (NW) 248 clear none 23:00 59 24 4 9 (N) 288 clear none 00:00 57 29 3 338 (NNW) 499 clear none 01:00 58 33 1 328 (NNW) 671 clear none 02:00 58 34 5 358 (N) 691 clear none 03:00 57 33 6 5 (N) 651 clear none 04:00 55 33 23 58 (ENE) 737 clear none 05:00 55 34 20 68 (ENE) 648 clear none 06:00 54 34 20 69 (ENE) 759 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: 2.13.0 Current TUI version: 1.8.1