Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111017 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:25:46 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, October 17, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York D.York DIS 19:00 01:05 A.Youngblood J.Bally, A.Youngblood Echelle 01:05 06:02 T.Murphy R.McMillan APOLLO 06:02 06:59 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC01/R 18:37 01:00 0 0 0 0 3.7 2.7 0 0 CU11/R 01:00 06:01 0 0 0 0.4 0.0 4.6 0 0 DD01/R 06:01 07:01 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky 08:19:14 CU01.bally.ecam 499 ecamera f text="sendCmd timed out: timed out" Echelle slitviewer computer was locked up, 20 mins to diagnose and fix problem. 10:25UT echelle slitviewer hung again. 'ecam init' didn't fix. 'hub StartNubs ecam" did. TSPEC vacuum 1.1e-6 @ 22:00 TSPEC vacuum 6.8e-7 @ 06:00 TSPEC vacuum 7.4e-7 @ 07:00 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:54 dis-slit 250( 213) 184 82 12.0 13.1 13.5 12.7 11.9 -- 1.40 01:25 ECHELLE 562( -719) 27 59 9.6 9.1 10.1 9.1 9.0 ND3 1.10 06:07 APOLLO 300( 607) -11 74 5.4 6.0 6.3 5.6 5.1 -- 1.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 59 24 17 327 (NNW) 1001 clear none 17:00 59 22 10 1 (N) 1266 clear none 18:00 57 21 14 353 (N) 809 clear none 19:00 54 22 20 5 (N) 1052 clear none 20:00 54 20 8 340 (NNW) 903 clear none 21:00 54 15 18 28 (NNE) 822 clear none 22:00 53 15 16 25 (NNE) 790 clear none 23:00 52 14 11 23 (NNE) 812 clear dust 00:00 45 22 18 53 (NE) 2712 clear dust 01:00 49 11 11 32 (NNE) 1027 clear none 02:00 49 5 16 4 (N) 855 clear none 03:00 46 9 11 328 (NNW) 1025 clear none 04:00 46 11 9 44 (NE) 877 clear none 05:00 45 12 9 1 (N) 798 clear none 06:00 41 15 2 333 (NNW) 1165 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: 2.15.0 Current TUI version: 1.9.3