Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130221 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:09:17 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, February 21, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Ritchey A.Ritchey Echelle 17:45 00:05 G.Gyuk G.Gyuk, M.Solontoi, SPICam 00:09 07:10 M.Hammergren INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R 18:03 00:10 0 0 0 0.3 0.0 5.8 0 0 UC05/R 00:10 06:30 0 0 0 0 2.1 4.2 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky I hadn't noticed but the boresight was off on ecam, due to the recent camera removal/re-installation, until about an hour into observations. Although moving the boresight was trivial and quick, I had problems creating a new mask. I gave the telescope back to the observer after 15 mins trying to get the mask created and decided to do it while the observer was observering and implement at the next read out of the Echelle. I gave them about 0.3 of equipment time loss since I needed the time to get the mask made during their observing. I was eventually able to use the old script to create a new mask and guiding was notably improved. Press fans making a noise this morning when I turned them on, I left them off. PR submitted. I mounted NICFPS for Bill this morning. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:57 ECHELLE 495(-1477) 44 54 -6.3 -4.5 -4.8 -4.8 -6.2 clear 1.00 20:12 ECHELLE 558(-1500) 11 62 -5.3 -6.1 -5.9 -6.4 -6.3 clear 1.24 21:44 ECHELLE 576(-1431) -7 31 -5.9 -6.0 -5.5 -5.8 -5.9 ND1 1.22 00:24 SPICAM 525( -379) 170 80 -5.8 -6.9 -6.4 -6.6 -6.5 SDSS r 1.20 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 28 15 10 262 (W) 412 mstly clr none 17:00 27 13 10 237 (WSW) 352 mstly clr none 18:00 23 12 10 234 (SW) 399 clear none 19:00 21 13 13 235 (SW) 427 clear none 20:00 19 15 5 168 (SSE) 997 clear none 21:00 22 6 12 264 (W) 564 clear none 22:00 21 9 16 240 (WSW) 1054 clear none 23:00 20 8 12 255 (WSW) 372 clear none 00:00 20 5 13 260 (W) 306 clear none 01:00 23 0 23 260 (W) 363 clear none 02:00 21 6 12 267 (W) 347 clear none 03:00 20 9 14 265 (W) 341 clear none 04:00 20 9 23 271 (W) 354 clear none 05:00 20 9 16 265 (W) 357 mstly clr none 06:00 20 8 17 263 (W) 345 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: 2.0.0