Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111128 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:00:03 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, November 28, 2011 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Woodgate B.Woodgate, D.Linder, GFP 16:20 00:35 M.McElwain B.Woodgate C.Grady DIS 01:05 05:15 W.Ketzeback J.Dembicky ECHELLE/TSPEC 05:15 06:35 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD03/R 17:06 00:00 0 0 0 0 3.2 3.7 0 0 DD03/R 00:00 05:37 0 0 0 0 5.6 0.0 0 0 DD04/W 05:37 06:37 0 0 0 0 1.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky NICFPS failed during checkout tonight with the following error 23:18:30 APO.Jack-Obs1 56 nicfps w UNPARSEDTEXT="Clearing H1RG serial registers Error: 0x455252" 23:18:30 APO.Jack-Obs1 56 nicfps w WINDOW=UNKNOWN 23:18:30 APO.Jack-Obs1 56 nicfps f UNPARSEDTEXT="\"Setting WINDOW FAILED!\"" I tried a hub startNubs nicfps and nicfps expose, didn't work. Restarted ICS. new instrument block for GFP. I also adjusted the sweet spot in instrument block. Cirrus clouds 2nd half of the night. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:19 GFP 100( 56) -89 65 8.5 9.8 9.6 9.3 8.4 6622A 0.77 21:28 GFP 200( 136) -97 51 9.7 9.2 9.4 9.1 9.1 6622A 0.77 22:48 GFP 175( 120) -105 34 9.6 8.9 9.3 8.9 9.2 6622A 0.84 02:12 dis-slit 249( -40) -43 49 7.7 7.7 8.2 7.6 7.2 -- 1.60 02:14 NA2gdr 1501(23501) -44 48 7.8 7.7 8.2 7.5 7.2 R 1.60 04:44 dis-slit 279( -94) 45 50 5.8 6.1 6.6 5.9 5.6 -- 1.20 06:28 ECHELLE 329(-1148) -124 33 4.9 4.5 4.9 4.2 4.3 ND3 1.30 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 52 11 12 27 (NNE) 85 clear none 17:00 51 9 9 7 (N) 39 clear none 18:00 52 7 5 17 (NNE) 66 clear none 19:00 46 10 16 17 (NNE) 113 mstly clr none 20:00 49 0 21 27 (NNE) 45 ptly cldy none 21:00 49 -2 17 35 (NE) 41 ptly cldy none 22:00 49 -2 16 36 (NE) 41 clear none 23:00 50 -3 8 24 (NNE) 29 clear none 00:00 49 -4 12 44 (NE) 20 clear none 01:00 46 0 20 60 (ENE) 58 clear none 02:00 45 2 17 60 (ENE) 92 clear none 03:00 45 2 14 77 (ENE) 76 clear none 04:00 42 1 8 94 (E) 70 ptly cldy none 05:00 39 6 5 100 (E) 180 ptly cldy none 06:00 42 4 5 113 (ESE) 131 ptly cldy 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