Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161101 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:56:11 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Tuesday, November 01, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Pilachowski C.Pilachowski, IU Class ECHELLE --:-- --:-- M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker ARCTIC --:-- --:-- C.Pilachowski C.Pilachowski, IU Class DIS --:-- --:-- INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- DD01/O 18:20 00:10 4.3 1.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 00:10 02:10 2.0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 DD01/O 02:10 07:14 5.1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky IU class: Z.Maas, Q.Sun, J.Gerber, K.Lester ARCTIC had large bias levels during checkout (see checkout/arcitc_bias.0003 & abias.0002 to 0005). I checked the shutter and that looked fine (no error led). I then restarted the Nubs and init arctic. 3 of the 4 quads came back to normal (~400 levels) but the upper left quad is now 0 again!!! See abias.0009 to 0015. AD02 said the images looked normal pattern using LL mode. We gave up at 05:35, rain sensor went off around 05:50 with some very light sprinkles outside. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 50 32 14 262 (W) 256 cloudy none 17:00 50 32 12 250 (WSW) 367 cloudy none 18:00 48 32 16 241 (WSW) 444 cloudy none 19:00 48 32 16 233 (SW) 497 cloudy none 20:00 48 33 14 251 (WSW) 539 cloudy none 21:00 47 33 14 250 (WSW) 493 cloudy none 22:00 47 33 14 248 (WSW) 446 cloudy none 23:00 47 34 15 267 (W) 314 cloudy none 00:00 46 35 14 241 (WSW) 309 cloudy none 01:00 46 36 12 252 (WSW) 310 cloudy none 02:00 46 36 8 244 (WSW) 309 cloudy none 03:00 46 36 12 263 (W) 305 cloudy none 04:00 45 36 3 318 (NW) 352 cloudy none 05:00 45 37 12 312 (NW) 375 cloudy lt rain 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: 1.2.2 Current TUI version: 2.5.1