Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140722 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 11:43:43 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, July 22, 2014 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Dembicky, R.McMillan DIS 20:17 04:10 Echelle 04:10 04:35 AGILE 04:35 04:50 APOLLO 04:50 05:36 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN02/W 20:17 06:02 0 0 0 0 7.2 2.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky, R.McMillan Cloudy so off sky engineering tasks tonight. I needed to power cycle Agile to get it to connect. Ran the test script to test Agile in it's various modes. Remove DIS pinhole slit mask and replaced with 2.0 arc sec slitmask Made new DIS slit masks for all slits DIS rotation tests (w/line location and Spot location on dcam) Rot DIS file RED BLU DCAM X Y -180 dis_rotation_-180 1140.6 555 1043.35 435 d0015 133 350 -145 dis_rotation_-145 1139.74 555 1042.51 435 d0016 133 350 Rotated to -90 & back to -135 -135 dis_rotation_-135 1139.51 555 1042.33 435 d0017 133 350 -90 dis_rotation_-90 1139.35 555 1042.32 435 d0018 133 350 -45 dis_rotation_-45 1139.89 555 1042.76 435 d0019 133 350 0 dis_rotation_0 1140.59 555 1043.44 435 d0020 133 350 45 dis_rotation_45 1141.62 555 1044.6 435 d0021 133 350 90 dis_rotation_90 1141.87 555 1044.4 435 d0022 133 350 135 dis_rotation_135 1141.51 555 1043.86 435 d0023 133 350 180 dis_rotation_180 1140.71 555 1043.2 435 d0024 133 350 Made a new ecam mask Centered boresight on the slits for Echelle & DIS. Need to check again after the blue camera is rotated. Practiced switching over to the new TCC and back tonight. Problems with one of the mirror covers closing tonight, PR submitted. We managed to get on sky for the last hour or so of the night. Checked and adjusted pointing for the Echelle Checked and adjusted pointing at Agile Checked pointing for APOLLO ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 04:23 ecamera 430( -247) 71 63 13.2 14.1 15.3 14.1 13.5 ND5 1.10 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 59 45 ?? 755 cloudy lt rain 17:00 62 44 ?? 755 cloudy lt rain 18:00 62 43 ?? 755 cloudy none 19:00 62 47 ?? 755 cloudy none 20:00 61 50 ?? 755 cloudy none 21:00 61 50 ?? 755 cloudy none 22:00 61 50 ?? 755 cloudy none 23:00 61 50 ?? 755 cloudy none 00:00 60 50 ?? 755 cloudy none 01:00 56 51 ?? 755 cloudy lt rain 02:00 54 49 ?? 755 cloudy lt rain 03:00 58 49 ?? 755 mstly cldy none 04:00 56 50 ?? 755 ptly cldy none 05:00 55 50 ?? 755 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: 2.2.0