Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:27:36 -0000 (UTC) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100601 From: "Gabrelle Saurage" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, June 1, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- P.Kundurthy P.Kundurthy Agile 23:03 01:11 J.Wisniewski J.Wisniewski TSpec 01:14 05:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B -------------------------------------------------------------------- UW03/R 20:15 21:10 0 0 0 0 3.6 1.3 0 0 UW05/R 01:10 05:47 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: G.Saurage Overcast skies and local radar activity kept us closed most of first half. At checkout with the first axis init of the night (e-stop just released) the telescope was ringing again. While in the dome I cannot distinguish which axis it is. The first slew silenced it. Agile 'Image available too early' error again, PR#1128. The solution per wiki to set heartbeat did not work. Went through full observing setup procedures to clear. Two possibly related problems with tcam. PR#1111, command complete beeping every exposure is still happening and new PR#1134: tcam won't allow a button to stop guiding, only a hub restart can break the process. Both problems only seem to happen in Boresight mode, if guiding in Field Star mode there's no beeps and the Stop guiding button works. SPICAM temps: 18:00 170.7 05:30 169.9 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:26 TSPEC 138( 737) -15 31 13.3 13.3 13.6 12.5 13.1 0.90 03:47 TSPEC 118( 639) -21 49 11.9 12.3 12.5 11.4 12.0 0.99 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 35 35 12 211 (SSW) 1274 mstly cldy none 17:00 37 37 12 264 (W) 1122 mstly cldy none 18:00 36 36 14 216 (SW) 1540 cloudy none 19:00 34 34 8 225 (SW) 992 cloudy none 20:00 32 32 10 228 (SW) 1283 cloudy none 21:00 31 31 15 254 (WSW) 1363 cloudy none 22:00 30 30 13 263 (W) 1458 ptly cldy none 23:00 29 29 14 262 (W) 1381 mstly clr none 00:00 28 28 11 272 (W) 1452 clear none 01:00 25 25 12 266 (W) 1266 clear none 02:00 26 26 9 272 (W) 1357 clear none 03:00 27 27 13 311 (NW) 1315 clear none 04:00 28 28 5 333 (NNW) 1366 clear none 05:00 25 25 15 8 (N) 1174 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: 1.7.1