Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20200320 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 13:02:08 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Friday, March 20, 2020 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU02 J.DerKacy J.DerKacy UW03 P.Szkody K.Bell ACTUAL PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- OU02 DIS 18:30 20:55 UW03 Agile 00:55 7:10 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- OU02/R 19:24 01:10 4.3 0 0 0 1.5 0.0 0 0 UW03/R 01:10 06:57 0 0 0 0 4.8 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky We closed due to clouds around 20:55, we were able to re-open around 00:50. Black and white bar on NICFPS during chekcout. Expose init fixed the issue. One issue with the Agile rotator at 07:12;11 2020-03-21 07:12:06 .tcc.0 0 tcc i TCCPos=72.698143,22.989534,7.998140; AxePos=72.698291,22.988957,7.988475; ObjInstAng=0.000000,0.000000,5091491149.8467960; SpiderInstAng=53.336908,-0.001144,5091491532.3973732 2020-03-21 07:12:11 .tcc.0 0 tcc w BadRotStatus; RotStat=-13.861624,-13.030460,5091491531.00000,0x20002001; RotDTime=0.12 2020-03-21 07:12:11 .tcc.0 0 tcc i TCCPos=72.684588,23.006327,7.992414; AxePos=72.684464,23.005850,-15.627872; ObjInstAng=0.000000,0.000000,5091491149.8467960; SpiderInstAng=53.331185,-0.001145,5091491537.3973732 Rotator error again 2020-03-21 07:30:36 .tcc.0 0 tcc i TCCPos=69.604914,26.676421,6.604731; AxePos=69.691968,26.576311,6.971771; ObjInstAng=0.000000,0.000000,5091492641.5184898; SpiderInstAng=51.939577,-0.001376,5091492643.3864231 2020-03-21 07:30:38 .tcc.0 0 tcc w WarnRotStatus; RotStat=4.171349,-7.158860,5091492638.30000,0x20000000; RotDTime=0.10 2020-03-21 07:30:38 .tcc.0 0 tcc i TCCPos=69.598808,26.683404,6.601812; AxePos=69.598489,26.683830,3.445192; ObjInstAng=0.000000,0.000000,5091492641.5184898; SpiderInstAng=51.939577,-0.001376,5091492643.3864231 2020-03-21 07:30:40 .tcc.0 0 tcc w BadRotStatus; RotStat=-19.442961,-11.908090,5091492640.40000,0x20002001; RotDTime=0.14 2020-03-21 07:30:40 .tcc.0 0 tcc i TCCPos=69.592654,26.690441,6.598871; AxePos=69.592821,26.690217,-21.117809; ObjInstAng=0.000000,0.000000,5091492641.5184898; SpiderInstAng=51.939577,-0.001376,5091492643.3864231 Only 1 more rotator error (at the end of the night), otherwise a much more productive 2nd half than I had anticipated at the beginning of the night. We still fought clouds all night though. ------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:58 dcamera 833( 795) 215 63 2.6 4.1 3.8 3.8 2.9 -- 1.34 00:02 AGILE 583(-1560) 53 78 3.3 2.4 3.6 3.0 3.1 BG40 0.96 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 42 25 16 183 (S) 269 ptly cldy none 17:00 41 22 16 194 (SSW) 300 ptly cldy none 18:00 38 22 19 224 (SW) 387 ptly cldy none 19:00 37 24 15 198 (SSW) 506 ptly cldy none 20:00 37 23 13 188 (S) 656 mstly cldy none 21:00 38 20 16 219 (SW) 504 cloudy none 22:00 38 20 12 196 (SSW) 412 cloudy none 23:00 39 20 11 203 (SSW) 452 cloudy none 00:00 39 20 12 180 (S) 475 mstly cldy none 01:00 38 21 9 167 (SSE) 524 ptly cldy none 02:00 40 20 9 185 (S) 415 ptly cldy none 03:00 40 20 12 180 (S) 494 ptly cldy none 04:00 34 24 9 177 (S) 824 mstly cldy none 05:00 37 22 14 190 (S) 665 mstly cldy none 06:00 41 18 16 195 (SSW) 446 mstly 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