Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111022 From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:51:38 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, October 22, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.York C.Grady DIS 18:26 00:55 J.Holtzman M.Hayden ECHELLE 00:55 06:05 W.Ketzeback A.Shelden ECHELLE 06:05 07:10 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UC03/R 18:31 01:00 0 0 0 0 6.5 0.0 0 0 NM04/R 01:00 06:05 0 0 0 0 2.5 2.6 0 0 NM05/R 06:05 07:05 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: A.Shelden, R.McMillan (remote) Had some odd errors with the echelle slitviewer. For the most part it behaved great, but a few times it had some trouble perhaps with a delay in the center up commands. See PR 1293 07:37:15 NM04.mhayden 41 ecam w debug="setup centerOn=[153.78, 153.68000000000001]" 07:37:20 NM04.mhayden 41 ecam w debug="guideLoopTop waiting=False mode=centerUp state=on centeron=None" 07:37:20 NM04.mhayden 41 ecam i guideMode="centerUp"; guideState="on","deferring" 07:37:20 NM04.mhayden 41 ecam w debug="telescopeSlewIsDone mode=centerUp waiting=False" 07:37:20 NM04.mhayden 41 ecam w debug="possibly unexpected SlewEnd" 07:37:20 NM04.mhayden 41 ecam w debug="guideLoopTop waiting=False mode=centerUp state=on centeron=None" 07:37:25 NM04.mhayden 41 ecam w text="guider loop waiting for offset timed out." Other than that minor hiccup, the night was otherwise uneventful and productive. Strong winds (not enough to close) caused not-so-good seeing except for eAur at the end. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:53 dis-slit 334( 212) 89 65 10.4 11.3 11.3 11.0 10.3 -- 1.20 01:00 ECHELLE 365( -828) 235 37 10.6 10.2 10.6 10.2 10.3 ND2 1.20 06:14 ECHELLE 377( -892) -123 62 9.9 9.4 9.7 9.2 9.3 ND3 0.60 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 53 14 6 255 (WSW) 506 clear none 17:00 53 14 12 334 (NNW) 584 clear none 18:00 52 15 9 348 (NNW) 532 clear none 19:00 51 15 16 14 (NNE) 516 clear none 20:00 51 14 16 15 (NNE) 510 clear none 21:00 52 15 12 11 (N) 346 clear none 22:00 52 16 21 27 (NNE) 402 clear none 23:00 53 13 12 6 (N) 324 clear none 00:00 52 15 10 28 (NNE) 370 clear none 01:00 51 16 17 25 (NNE) 416 clear none 02:00 51 16 17 6 (N) 476 clear none 03:00 51 14 14 3 (N) 378 clear none 04:00 51 14 20 9 (N) 339 clear none 05:00 50 16 8 28 (NNE) 425 clear none 06:00 49 17 12 33 (NNE) 456 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