Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:29:39 -0600 (MDT) Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100923 From: "Jack Dembicky" Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday September 23, 2010 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH ------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Dembicky, R.McMillan NA2gdr, S-H 19:07 03:44 Echelle, Agile B.Ketzeback J.Dembicky Echelle 03:44 06:14 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ------------------------------------------------------------------ EN01/O 19:07 03:44 0 0 0 0 0 8.6 0 0 DD02/W/D 03:44 06:44 0 0.5 0 0 0 2.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky SPIcam temp 169.1K @ 19:30 SPIcam temp 166.3K @ 23:30 SPIcam temp 165.0K @ 06:15 Echelle started filling while I was transfering LN2 to tank. I made sure it did a complete fill before I left the dome (solenoids shut off normally as LN2 splattered out). Shook the latest TUI beta again tonight, no problems so far. Zero'ed rotator 1.000 deg off. 80 point pointing model completed and implemented. Collomation checked, no adjustment necessary Checked pointing at Echelle and corrected. Russet ran her tests with Agile. All night time engineering tasks completed except for Fastcam, which Bill said wasn't available. I ended the night getting some echelle eAur data for Bill's DD02 program that was clouded out Tuesday night. Humidity spiked around 06:00 just as I was finishing up. ------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:02 SPICAM -6( 572) -13 57 12.1 14.6 13.2 13.1 13.1 R 0.80 20:03 NA2gdr -72(29927) -13 57 12.0 14.6 13.2 13.1 13.1 clear 0.90 22:38 SHACK -31( 814) -3 59 12.0 12.0 12.1 11.3 11.6 -- 1.00 23:36 AGILE 69(-1807) -30 56 11.7 11.5 11.8 10.9 11.3 r' 0.93 03:54 ECHELLE -224( -657) 124 64 11.1 10.5 11.0 10.0 10.4 ND3 0.89 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:00 55 49 12 345 (NNW) 370 ptly cldy none 18:00 56 48 5 7 (N) 339 ptly cldy none 19:00 54 46 9 359 (N) 358 mstly clr none 20:00 54 44 6 354 (N) 588 clear none 21:00 55 42 10 20 (NNE) 677 clear none 22:00 54 43 13 55 (NE) 737 clear none 23:00 53 43 12 52 (NE) 805 clear none 00:00 52 42 10 77 (ENE) 665 clear none 01:00 52 43 9 80 (E) 881 mstly clr none 02:00 52 38 8 83 (E) 985 ptly cldy none 03:00 52 36 12 112 (ESE) 1009 ptly cldy none 04:00 52 41 9 182 (S) 709 mstly clr none 05:00 51 40 2 198 (SSW) 612 ptly cldy none 06:00 51 45 6 155 (SSE) 638 ptly cldy humid 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