Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130821 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 12:33:01 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, August 21, 2013 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Dembicky, P.Gaulme, NA2gdr, DIS. 19:50 01:20 R.McMillan SH G.Stringfellow R.McMillan Echelle 01:20 01:45 M.Klaene J.Dembicky, P.Gaulme NA2gdr 01:45 06:23 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/W 19:50 01:20 0 0 0 0 0.1 5.4 0 0 CU08/O 01:20 01:45 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.4 0 0 EN01/W 01:45 06:23 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky, P.Gaulme Small pointing models to refine pointing model parameters while Bill also made adjustments to the telescope Russet checked DIS focus and it looked good DIS Throughput - Small Clouds started forming while taking PG1708 Tert Tilt measurements Nominal YTilt 1135 180 455 135 466 90 463 45 453 0 453 -45 413 -90 390 -135 403 -180 424 YTilt 1800 180 438 135 447 90 426 45 415 0 385 -45 387 -90 398 -135 411 -180 432 Collimation with SH, looked good with no change necessary BIGGRID pointing model I was going to grab another couple throuhput stars to finish the night but of course little orographic clouds appeared on the cloudcam just as I was about to start. In the remaining time left I did a couple blind tracking tests in the East. 11:05UT Az 91 Alt 17 See dis slit images 117-212 & NA2 guider images 553-768 11:39UT Az 91 Alt 77 See dis slit images 216-316 (84.9 deg) & NA2 Guide images 773-966 saturated off T load cell at Alt 83.7 DIS slit image 295 ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:21 GUIDER 487( 1150) -26 65 14.8 16.9 16.8 16.5 14.9 clear 1.10 22:10 GUIDER 524( 1035) -5 76 13.6 14.0 14.4 13.8 13.4 R+ND2 1.27 22:41 dis-slit 532( 874) 91 62 13.3 13.5 14.0 13.4 13.0 -- 1.65 23:30 dis-slit 503( 839) 214 48 13.1 13.1 13.6 13.0 12.8 -- 2.60 23:42 GUIDER 480( 965) 214 46 13.2 13.0 13.4 12.9 12.9 -- 2.20 23:53 GUIDER 455( 918) 266 62 12.9 12.9 13.3 12.9 12.7 -- 1.36 00:56 SHACK 650( 1501) 295 59 12.9 12.6 13.1 12.7 12.6 -- 2.00 01:21 ECHELLE 631( -128) 287 62 12.6 12.5 13.0 12.6 12.3 ND4 1.57 01:51 GUIDER 440( 880) 263 54 12.7 12.3 12.8 12.4 12.3 red+ND2 1.05 05:03 dis-slit 406( 773) 91 18 12.3 12.6 13.1 12.6 12.2 -- 1.76 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 67 44 9 198 (SSW) mstly cldy none 17:00 67 41 3 109 (ESE) mstly cldy none 18:00 64 44 13 136 (SE) mstly cldy none 19:00 62 45 20 138 (SE) ptly cldy none 20:00 60 44 16 127 (SE) mstly clr none 21:00 58 41 17 112 (ESE) clear none 22:00 57 38 16 96 (E) clear none 23:00 56 37 13 85 (E) mstly clr none 00:00 55 36 18 75 (ENE) mstly clr none 01:00 56 36 13 87 (E) mstly clr none 02:00 55 36 11 94 (E) mstly clr none 03:00 56 37 10 84 (E) clear none 04:00 57 39 7 44 (NE) clear none 05:00 55 38 3 11 (N) ptly cldy none 06:00 56 39 8 70 (ENE) 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