Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20190320 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 09:16:09 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Wednesday, March 20, 2019 ACTUAL ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- M.Klaene J.Dembicky DIS 19:23 00:50 INST SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ---------------------------------------------------------------- EN01/W 19:23 06:58 0 6.1 0 0 0.0 5.5 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky NICFPS was down at the start of the night. (see later in log) DIS Slitviewer vs spectra focus G191B2B, 15s exp Best slit focus 582, 1.2 arc sec 3 expousre each Checked at X=1034 507 4.832 5.315 5.591 532 4.933 4.731 4.367 557 3.647 3.817 3.726 582(0) 3.211 3.382 3.48 607 2.883 2.921 3.121 632 2.69 2.742 2.515 657 2.58 2.492 2.425 682 2.891 2.826 2.816 707 3.514 3.259 3.314 slitfocus 600, seeing 1.23 arc sec 600(0) 3.282 3.162 3.212 625 2.852 2.923 2.803 650 2.58 2.885 3.089 675 2.824 2.953 2.771 700 3.515 3.626 3.358 slitfocus 615, seeing 1.44 arc sec Russet logged in and checked collimation I next did a 100 point pointing model (only 80 points before clouds came in) Clouds closed us at 00:50 with radar returns to our SW entering the county. While Russet checked the model I worked on getting NICFPS back up, after Jon had made some timeout modifications to the terminal server. NICFPS could not get temp readings after ICC restart in TUI log window 2019-03-21 07:30:05 .nicfps.0 1 nicfps f UNPARSEDTEXT="\"Could not get temperature readings.\"" Temps seemed to show in TUI NICFPS Widget. NICFPS images looked fine and I was able to move filters. I gave up early since it was cloudy with precip on the radar around us. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:57 dcamera 553( 495) 214 63 2.5 4.8 5.2 4.1 3.2 -- 1.50 20:09 dcamera 572( 501) 217 62 2.7 4.5 4.9 3.8 3.2 -- 1.25 20:19 dcamera 582( 502) 218 60 2.9 4.3 4.7 3.7 3.2 -- 1.20 20:53 dcamera 600( 499) 222 56 3.0 3.8 4.3 3.3 3.2 -- 1.23 21:12 dcamera 615( 504) 224 53 3.2 3.6 4.2 3.2 3.2 -- 1.44 21:20 dcamera 617( 504) 224 52 3.0 3.5 4.1 3.1 3.1 -- 1.33 21:32 NA2gdr 5083(35083) 225 50 3.0 3.4 4.0 3.0 3.1 B 1.24 22:05 shack 850( 1260) 232 62 3.1 3.1 3.8 2.9 3.1 -- 1.40 22:43 NA2gdr 1668(37668) 297 74 3.0 2.5 3.7 2.9 3.1 R+ND2 1.40 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 46 27 6 221 (SW) 374 ptly cldy none 17:00 47 29 9 259 (W) 394 mstly clr none 18:00 45 30 7 241 (WSW) 422 mstly clr none 19:00 40 27 1 187 (S) 440 mstly clr none 20:00 37 25 8 101 (E) 306 mstly clr none 21:00 38 21 11 115 (ESE) 258 mstly clr none 22:00 37 23 13 113 (ESE) 292 ptly cldy none 23:00 37 17 11 85 (E) 207 ptly cldy none 00:00 37 17 16 88 (E) 252 ptly cldy none 01:00 37 17 20 113 (ESE) 206 mstly cldy none 02:00 37 16 20 111 (ESE) 235 cloudy none 03:00 38 18 16 127 (SE) 233 cloudy 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