Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:17:59 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100826 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday August 26, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York J.Barentine DIS 19:20 00:55 J.Bornak J.Bornak NICFPS 01:10 06:40 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ UC05/R 19:44 01:05 0 8 0 0 0.6 4.8 0 0 NM04/R 01:05 06:26 0 0 0 0 0 5.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky SPIcam temp 177.0K @ 18:40 SPIcam temp 173.0K @ 01:00 SPIcam temp 172.7K @ 06:10 05:53:57UT NA2 rotator reported stop button and halted at -154.8 deg TCC log dump 05:53:46 .tcc.0 0 tcc I TCCStatus="TTT","NNN"; TCCPos=256.577,35.621,-147.319; AxePos=256.578,35.622,-147.305 05:53:47 .tcc.0 0 tcc I TCCStatus="TTT","NNN"; TCCPos=256.576,35.618,-147.322; AxePos=256.576,35.619,-147.308 05:53:57 .tcc.0 0 tcc I TCCStatus="TTT","NNN"; TCCPos=256.559,35.583,-147.346; AxePos=256.560,35.585,-154.782 05:53:57 .tcc.0 0 tcc I AzStat=256.559552,-0.001410,4789605305.05000,0x00000000; AzDTime=-0.1 05:53:57 .tcc.0 0 tcc I AltStat=35.584628,-0.003250,4789605305.20000,0x00008000; AltDTime=-0.2 05:53:57 .tcc.0 0 tcc W RotStat=-154.782333,0.000000,4789605305.40000,0x20006801; BadRotStatus; RotDTime=-0.1; RotID=1,0 08:01:40UT NA2 rotator reported stop button and halted at -36.0 deg. TCC log dump 08:01:37 .tcc.0 0 tcc I TCCStatus="TTT","NNN"; TCCPos=273.686,29.232,-30.144; AxePos=273.687,29.233,-35.950 08:01:37 .tcc.0 0 tcc W RotStat=-35.950000,-0.000280,4789612965.05000,0x20006801; BadRotStatus; RotDTime=-0.1; RotID=1,0 10:17UT NICFPS started giving saturated images. Needed to do an init to clear the problem. 10:26UT Again NICFPS started giving saturated images. Another init cleared the problem. DIS blue ion pump had 2 or 3 LEDs lit above tape at 06:10. ------------- FAILURE 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:38 dis-slit -108( 351) 102 40 13.5 16.9 14.4 15.1 16.3 -- 1.20 23:19 dis-slit 67( 306) 262 41 11.1 12.5 11.7 11.1 11.3 -- 1.20 01:28 NICFPS 67( 863) 301 29 11.3 11.1 11.7 10.3 11.3 J 1.40 01:31 NA2gdr -601(42398) 300 29 11.2 11.1 11.4 10.3 11.2 clear 1.90 02:48 NICFPS 21( 795) 247 39 12.4 11.0 11.4 10.7 11.0 Ks 0.73 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:00 64 37 6 217 (SW) 537 clear none 19:00 59 34 4 232 (SW) 514 clear none 20:00 56 29 2 255 (WSW) 472 clear none 21:00 56 28 0 159 (SSE) 458 clear none 22:00 54 31 2 107 (ESE) 388 clear none 23:00 53 31 7 132 (SE) 494 clear none 00:00 52 32 9 110 (ESE) 642 clear none 01:00 55 22 9 68 (ENE) 280 clear none 02:00 54 30 2 325 (NW) 457 clear none 03:00 54 29 2 236 (SW) 442 clear none 04:00 53 32 6 205 (SSW) 494 clear none 05:00 52 37 6 224 (SW) 761 clear none 06:00 51 41 7 256 (WSW) 901 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