Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20200113 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 14:09:09 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Monday, January 13, 2020 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU01 J.Wisniewski G.Stefansson, J.Wisniewski CU07 Y.Notsu Y.Notsu ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU01 ARCTIC 17:00 00:01 CU07 ECHELLE 00:05 04:20 CU07 ARCTIC 04:20 06:57 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- OU01/R 17:27 00:10 0 0 0 0 3.2 3.5 0 0 CU07/R 00:10 06:57 0 0 0 0 0.0 6.8 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky During checkout I got the following NICFPS error. 2020-01-13 22:59:27 CmdStarted: APO.APO-Jack 30 nicfps window 1 1 1024 1024 2020-01-13 22:59:27 APO.APO-Jack 30 nicfps w UNPARSEDTEXT="Clearing H1RG serial registers Error: 0x455252" 2020-01-13 22:59:27 APO.APO-Jack 30 nicfps w WINDOW=UNKNOWN 2020-01-13 22:59:27 APO.APO-Jack 30 nicfps f UNPARSEDTEXT="\"Setting WINDOW FAILED!\"" 2020-01-13 22:59:27 CmdDone: APO.APO-Jack 30 nicfps window 1 1 1024 1024 nicfps expose init fixed the issue. No other problems tonight except for pesky clouds that were not in the forecast for 2nd half. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- FAILURE MODE TIME PROG INSTR TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:42 arctic 595( 764) 134 44 2.9 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.0 Semrock 1.22 00:10 ecamera 446( -591) -138 56 2.9 2.3 3.3 3.0 3.0 ND1 0.94 04:36 arctic 485( 511) -127 70 2.5 1.7 2.6 2.3 2.3 3500 0.79 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 40 9 21 240 (WSW) 208 clear none 17:00 38 10 8 262 (W) 154 clear none 18:00 36 9 12 253 (WSW) 203 clear none 19:00 35 9 15 231 (SW) 265 clear none 20:00 35 8 17 249 (WSW) 170 clear none 21:00 37 5 22 261 (W) 113 clear none 22:00 38 4 14 268 (W) 131 mstly clr none 23:00 37 5 15 263 (W) 172 mstly clr none 00:00 38 7 20 267 (W) 218 clear none 01:00 37 8 16 257 (WSW) 221 clear none 02:00 37 9 20 258 (WSW) 240 mstly clr none 03:00 36 9 13 257 (WSW) 209 mstly clr none 04:00 36 9 12 264 (W) 192 ptly cldy none 05:00 37 9 13 265 (W) 151 mstly clr none 06:00 36 9 15 234 (SW) 159 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 SOFTWARE ---------- Current TCC version: 1.2.4 Current HUB version: v20171231_01 Current TUI version: 2.6.0