Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:12:48 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100311 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, March 11, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- W.Ketzeback G.Saurage Echelle 18:17 19:15 J.Helsby J.Helsby DIS 19:17 00:12 X.Liu X.Liu DIS 00:13 02:15 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- NM08/O 18:17 19:17 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 UC05/O 19:17 00:10 0 0 0 0 4.9 0 0 0 NM08/O 00:10 05:24 2.2 1.8 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Mostly clear skies. High humidity and winds. eAur observations in tonight's directory. Echelle slitviewer spontaneously failed: 02:06:26 APO.gabrelle.ecam 8778 ecamera f text="sendCmd timed out: timed out" 02:06:27 APO.gabrelle 45 ecam i camFile="None" 02:06:27 APO.gabrelle 45 ecam i guideMode="boresight"; guideState="stopping","" 02:06:27 APO.gabrelle 45 ecam i guideMode="boresight"; guideState="off","" 02:06:27 APO.gabrelle 45 ecam f text="text=\"sendCmd timed out: timed out\"" Restart nubs cleared it. Two Motion errors most likely due to wind gusts: UT 08:23 Alt Motion error UT 08:46 Alt Motion error Re-initing axes and re-slewing worked. Winds greater than 30 mph blowing snow into dome. Winds exceeded closure limits near 2 am. High winds rest of the night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:24 ECHELLE 77(-1162) -150 77 -3.4 -2.8 -3.4 -2.9 -3.0 ND3 0.68 19:54 dis-slit 207( -372) 44 50 -4.1 -4.0 -4.0 -4.6 -4.3 1.59 00:18 dis-slit 151( -508) -85 61 -5.1 -5.4 -5.0 -5.7 -5.3 1.37 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 25 17 4 292 (WNW) 241 ptly cldy none 17:00 26 16 12 316 (NW) 240 ptly cldy none 18:00 27 15 14 349 (N) 223 mstly clr none 19:00 25 16 14 297 (WNW) 201 ptly cldy none 20:00 25 16 8 354 (N) 227 mstly clr none 21:00 24 16 11 325 (NW) 290 clear none 22:00 24 16 10 354 (N) 375 clear none 23:00 23 17 12 348 (NNW) 570 clear none 00:00 23 18 10 342 (NNW) 771 clear none 01:00 23 17 18 4 (N) 615 clear none 02:00 23 15 21 19 (NNE) 938 clear none 03:00 22 14 23 0 (N) 491 clear none 04:00 22 15 20 7 (N) 545 clear none 05:00 22 15 22 9 (N) 566 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: 2.11.1 Current TUI version: 1.7.0