Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20160204 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 14:03:19 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Thursday, February 04, 2016 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- D.Jones D.Jones DIS 17:47 23:04 M.Hammergren K.Nault, M.Brucker ARCTIC 23:14 01:11 C.Vargas C.Vargas ARCTIC 01:12 06:44 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- JH05/R 17:47 23:10 0 0 0 0 5.4 0.0 0 0 AD02/R 23:10 01:10 0 0 0 0 2.0 0.0 0 0 NM04/R 01:10 06:47 0 0 0 0 3.1 2.6 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky 2016-02-04 23:07:56 APO.Jack-Obs1.spicamExpose 517 spicam w text="CCD READOUT FAILED -- timed out after 57.30 seconds. Read 0 of 2199552 bytes." Reset spicam and restarted hub fixed the problem Joe tweaked the ARCTIC shutter parameters this afternoon. No problems with ARCTIC shutter tonight but we only got down to -6.9C near sunrise. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:25 dcamera 669( 122) 144 62 -3.2 -1.0 -1.6 -0.8 -1.8 -- 1.10 23:25 arctic 479( -124) -24 53 -5.3 -5.1 -4.5 -5.1 -5.4 sdss r 0.96 01:20 arctic 534( -124) 157 79 -5.4 -5.9 -5.3 -6.0 -5.9 sdss r 0.68 01:27 NA2gdr -1958(28041) 163 79 -5.4 -5.8 -5.3 -6.0 -5.8 clear 1.15 01:57 arctic 469( -160) 325 25 -6.3 -6.0 -5.5 -6.1 -6.2 660/30 2.00 04:43 arctic 554( -104) -149 40 -6.4 -6.3 -5.8 -6.1 -6.3 660/30 1.00 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 30 -18 2 258 (WSW) clear none 17:00 29 -19 1 207 (SSW) ptly cldy none 18:00 27 -22 6 269 (W) mstly clr none 19:00 28 -19 8 297 (WNW) ptly cldy none 20:00 26 -23 8 347 (NNW) ptly cldy none 21:00 25 -23 10 323 (NW) ptly cldy none 22:00 24 -25 8 281 (W) ptly cldy none 23:00 23 -24 12 290 (WNW) mstly clr none 00:00 22 -26 16 303 (WNW) clear none 01:00 22 -26 14 339 (NNW) clear none 02:00 22 -14 11 347 (NNW) clear none 03:00 22 -7 7 350 (N) clear none 04:00 22 3 16 350 (N) clear none 05:00 20 3 9 358 (N) clear none 06:00 19 2 14 18 (NNE) 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: 1.2.2 Current TUI version: 2.5.1