Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150831 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 11:33:53 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, August 31, 2015 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- E.Agol B.Morris Agile 19:38 00:00 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker SPICam 00:05 02:05 B.Williams M.Eracleous, B.Hinder DIS 02:15 05:22 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW02/R 19:38 00:10 0 0 0 0 1.3 3.2 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 0 0 0 0 0.0 2.0 0 0 DD03/R 02:10 06:29 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.3 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky Agile filter wheel reported it was disconnected during checkout. I had to disconnDev Agile, and then connDev Agile, which re-connected the filter wheel. I also homed the wheel in the process. Later the Agile expose window said 'Filter Wheel Motor is Moving', even though it was at the filter position and not moving. It seemed to respond correctly to filter moves even with the warning. After observations I tried the disconnDev/connDev but this didn't clear the warning. I took more drastic measures and just rebooted Agile. This didn't fix the problem. The filter motor now refused to home properly and now does not seem to want to move at all. PR submitted. During the instrument switch later I reseated the wheel and it worked again. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:00 AGILE 540( -963) 114 72 17.1 20.6 19.4 20.7 20.8 sdss r 1.00 00:17 SPIcam 444( 897) 329 54 15.2 15.5 16.0 15.3 15.1 sdss r 1.20 02:24 dcamera 426( 712) 135 34 15.2 14.6 15.1 14.6 14.5 -- 1.80 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp C Dewp C MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 71 45 15 262 (W) 373 ptly cldy none 17:00 70 41 8 262 (W) 279 ptly cldy none 18:00 69 39 8 265 (W) 324 ptly cldy none 19:00 65 38 1 286 (WNW) 354 ptly cldy none 20:00 63 42 0 269 (W) 474 ptly cldy none 21:00 63 42 5 18 (NNE) 498 mstly clr none 22:00 62 40 2 143 (SE) 379 mstly clr none 23:00 62 40 7 159 (SSE) 344 mstly clr none 00:00 60 40 20 137 (SE) 673 ptly cldy none 01:00 59 38 14 146 (SE) 874 mstly clr none 02:00 59 39 1 205 (SSW) 826 clear none 03:00 61 38 6 239 (WSW) 737 clear none 04:00 59 38 7 291 (WNW) 696 clear none 05:00 58 40 7 17 (NNE) 488 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: 1.0.4 Current TUI version: 2.4.0