Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20180428 From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2018 12:49:07 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, April 28, 2018 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- C.Sakari C.Sakari ECHELLE 20:12 23:13 H.Lewis H.Lewis ECHELLE 03:10 06:00 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- UW11/R 19:52 01:10 0 2.3 0 0 0.0 3.0 0 0 UV01/R 01:10 06:09 0 2.0 0 0 0.0 3.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: C.Gray agile refused to take images during checkout. I tried restarting the ICC and there was no connection listed when I went to take an image (though nimble was reported as running). I restarted agile with resetAgile.py and then everything worked. The night started with rain all around us and I delayed in opening to make sure things were safe. Seeing was excellent but more rain was on the way and I closed at 23:13 and stayed closed for 4 hours. After reopening, the weather was clear with good seeing. There was an odd issue concerning the Enclosure status window. When I went to reopen and turned back on the fans, opened mirror covers, etc., they weren't reporting as being active and an error "failed to get enclosure status" appeared. However, everything was actually responding correctly because I could hear the fans come on and watch the mirror covers open. After a few minutes, when I went to click on something else in the window, everything was displayed properly. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:18 ecamera 447( 27) 185 77 11.9 14.3 13.8 14.3 12.3 Clear 0.78 02:32 ecamera 291( -374) -8 44 10.3 9.3 9.4 9.7 10.1 clear 1.16 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 60 26 17 192 (SSW) 1219 ptly cldy none 17:00 61 27 16 183 (S) 1478 mstly cldy none 18:00 61 24 7 211 (SSW) 1540 ptly cldy none 19:00 57 22 14 229 (SW) 1548 ptly cldy none 20:00 53 22 15 219 (SW) 1708 ptly cldy none 21:00 53 22 9 181 (S) 1894 ptly cldy none 22:00 51 25 10 55 (NE) 1805 clear none 23:00 52 26 15 127 (SE) 1996 ptly cldy lt rain 00:00 50 28 18 210 (SSW) 2563 mstly cldy none 01:00 45 31 14 87 (E) 1542 mstly cldy none 02:00 47 30 9 127 (SE) 1365 ptly cldy none 03:00 47 27 12 163 (SSE) 1461 mstly clr none 04:00 50 25 17 190 (S) 1785 clear none 05:00 48 28 11 171 (S) 1189 clear none 06:00 46 29 20 146 (SE) 1310 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: 1.2.4 Current TUI version: 2.6.0