Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140306 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 13:05:20 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, March 06, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- A.Truebenbach A.Truebenbach NICFPS --:-- --:-- L.Straka L.Straka GIFS 01:00 05:35 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- CU01/R 18:13 00:10 0.2 5.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 UC02/R 00:10 06:15 0.9 0 0 0 5.2 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky DIS gratings were off +4/-4 tonight when I went to calibrate them. I homed the turret AND the grating motors. This moved them to -40/+40 off. I then set the grating parameter file to correct for these readings (which put us back to our noraml numbers in the config file again). GIFS needed to be filled at around 03:10. I had topped it off at 17:00 but it didn't last for some reason. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01:07 GIFS 566( 576) -63 63 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.2 6563 0.86 01:11 NA2gdr -2364(27635) -64 62 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.2 R 0.91 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 46 21 9 238 (WSW) 524 cloudy none 17:00 42 18 5 193 (SSW) 524 cloudy none 18:00 39 20 8 194 (SSW) 524 ptly cldy none 19:00 38 18 8 180 (S) 524 cloudy none 20:00 39 16 5 182 (S) 524 mstly cldy none 21:00 37 17 6 183 (S) 524 cloudy none 22:00 40 10 11 221 (SW) 524 cloudy none 23:00 42 14 15 276 (W) 524 cloudy none 00:00 41 9 10 263 (W) 524 ptly cldy none 01:00 39 12 14 263 (W) 524 mstly clr none 02:00 39 14 13 264 (W) 524 mstly clr none 03:00 38 14 17 289 (WNW) 524 clear none 04:00 39 14 19 299 (WNW) 524 clear none 05:00 39 12 18 293 (WNW) 524 clear none 06:00 39 11 17 269 (W) 524 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