Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:18:31 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100922 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday September 22, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Dembicky AGILE --:-- --:-- PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ EN01/O 19:08 06:44 0 11.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky SPIcam temp 169.5K @ 19:30 SPIcam temp 167.9K @ 03:10 I noticed at 22:30 that TSPEC environment was reading bad, specifically the AuxTank temp. I filled the tank on Monday evening but re-filled it again tonight just to make sure there was LN2. It was plenty full and the temp reading was still at 304.0 when I finished (it was at 280 when I noticed it and went to 304.5 just before I filled it). It took a while (about an hour or so) but the temps did start to drop and eventually went back to normal. The Aux tank was the only one reading high. Agile testing with the new TUI beta. I only ran into 2 sequences that aborted prematurely (see example dump below). For the most part everything ran as expected over a couple hours of testing with no problems. 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1.agileExpose 11 agile i expStatus=expDone,object,15.0,20,20,2010-09-23T06:56:58.000,15.0,0.0,"/export/images/Q3APO/UT100923/atest/test.0342.fits" 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose w debug="finishing file /export/images/Q3APO/UT100923/atest/test.0342.fits with size=2162880" 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1.agileExpose 11 agile i expStatus=done,object,15.0,20,20,2010-09-23T06:57:26.166,nan,nan,"" 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1.agileExpose 11 agile : 06:56:52 .agile.0 0 agile w cameraConnState='Disconnecting',"" 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose i agileFiles="APO.Jack-Obs1","hub35m.apo.nmsu.edu","/export/images/","Q3APO/UT100923/","atest/",test.0342.fits 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose i agileSeqState="APO.Jack-Obs1","object",15.0,20,20,"running" 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose i comment="" 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose i agileNextPath="APO.Jack-Obs1","atest","test.","0343",".fits" 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose i agileNewFiles="APO.Jack-Obs1","hub35m.apo.nmsu.edu","/export/images/","Q3APO/UT100923/","atest/",test.0342.fits 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose i agileExpState="APO.Jack-Obs1","expDone",2010-09-23T06:57:26.4Z,0.0,0.0 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose i agileExpState="APO.Jack-Obs1","done",2010-09-23T06:57:26.4Z,0.0,0.0 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose w debug=" _finishExposure shutting down cnt=20 cntDone=20" 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose i agileSeqState="APO.Jack-Obs1","object",15.0,20,20,"done" 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose i comment="" 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose i agileNextPath="APO.Jack-Obs1","atest","test.","0343",".fits" 06:56:52 APO.Jack-Obs1 15 agileExpose : 06:56:52 .agile.0 0 agile w cameraConnState='Disconnected',"" I gave up at a little after 03:00 as it was raining with more coming our way from the satellite. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:00 55 55 18 200 (SSW) 24980 cloudy rain 18:00 55 55 19 203 (SSW) 36799 cloudy rain 19:00 55 55 9 232 (SW) 29788 cloudy rain 20:00 55 55 15 244 (WSW) 26375 cloudy fog 21:00 55 55 20 233 (SW) 25986 cloudy fog 22:00 55 55 13 233 (SW) 27456 cloudy rain 23:00 54 54 9 250 (WSW) 8595 cloudy fog 00:00 54 54 12 207 (SSW) 16399 cloudy fog 01:00 54 54 9 206 (SSW) 31400 cloudy fog 02:00 54 54 16 264 (W) 4649 cloudy rain 03:00 53 53 20 277 (W) 9999 cloudy rain 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