Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131017 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 13:12:18 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, October 17, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Dembicky X 18:36 01:10 A.Ritchey A.Ritchey Echelle 01:10 07:30 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/O 18:36 01:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.6 0 0 UW09/R 01:10 07:01 0 0 0 0 0.1 5.7 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky DIS slit flats (image shift problem), 0.4s covers open, bright quartz Image Rotation d0004 -90 d0005 -135 d0006 -180 d0007 -45 d0008 0 d0007 45 d0009 90 d0010 135 d0011 180 Agile g & r flats taken in evening. flat_i & flat_z are probably too dim, I will try to get those in the morning. Created new ecam mask - Agile limiting magnitude measurements (/export/images/Q4APO/UT131018/agile/) Field: PG023+051 Filename Filter Exposure PG0231_051_g_100s.0045 SDSS g 100s PG0231_051_g_300s.0046 SDSS g 300s PG0231_051_r_100s.0048 SDSS r 100s PG0231_051_r_300s.0049 SDSS r 300s PG0231_051_i_100s.0050 SDSS i 100s PG0231_051_i_300s.0051 SDSS i 300s PG0231_051_z_100s.0052 SDSS z 100s PG0231_051_z_300s.0052 SDSS z 300s PG0231_051_g_20s.0053 SDSS g 20s PG0231_051_r_20s.0054 SDSS r 20s PG0231_051_i_20s.0055 SDSS i 20s PG0231_051_z_20s.0056 SDSS z 20s Agile Darks taken @ 20s, 100s, and 300s Fixed NA1 pointing with echtilt. Partial NA1 pointing model taken. Agile i & z flats taken at the end of the night. telescope left at high alt since I needed to swap the filter wheel out of Agile and can't reach it at lower altitude. DIS mounted in morning Agile powered down ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:44 ecamera 664( -358) -65 43 6.0 6.9 6.9 6.5 6.2 ND4 0.76 20:57 ecamera 722( -373) 21 65 6.1 5.9 6.4 5.9 5.6 ND3 0.69 22:22 AGILE 522(-1549) 72 34 6.1 5.7 6.1 5.6 5.4 SDSS g 1.30 00:41 ecamera 714( -396) 134 46 6.1 5.3 5.8 5.5 5.4 ND1 1.20 02:05 ecamera 699( -436) 141 59 6.3 5.1 5.6 5.2 5.3 ND3 0.93 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 47 19 8 272 (W) 504 clear none 17:00 50 20 13 292 (WNW) 494 clear none 18:00 44 14 9 317 (NW) 391 clear none 19:00 43 13 9 301 (WNW) 406 clear none 20:00 44 15 10 259 (W) 535 clear none 21:00 43 15 12 244 (WSW) 568 clear none 22:00 43 14 13 245 (WSW) 568 clear none 23:00 42 10 14 264 (W) 423 clear none 00:00 44 13 16 244 (WSW) 446 clear none 01:00 43 12 12 250 (WSW) 484 clear none 02:00 43 9 18 241 (WSW) 444 clear none 03:00 43 7 10 254 (WSW) 395 clear none 04:00 43 7 6 262 (W) 402 clear none 05:00 42 8 6 299 (WNW) 359 clear none 06:00 41 9 7 337 (NNW) 350 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: 2.1.0