Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20220129 From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 13:44:53 +0000 (UTC) Apache Point Observatory 3.5m Telescope Night Log Saturday, January 29, 2022 PROG PI ASTRONOMER OBSERVER(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- GS01 D.Michael J.Falcone, B.Meena, G.Polack, Z.Chapman CU07 J.Dexter J.Dexter, A.Fix ON-SKY PROG INSTRUMENT START FINISH -------------------------------------------------------------------- GS01 KOSMOS 17:42 00:07 CU07 TSPEC 00:25 07:03 PROG SCHEDULED WEATH EQUIP OBS NOT USED I/ROW/DTN START FINISH D B D B D B D B ----------------------------------------------------------------- GS01/R 17:42 00:10 0 0 1.2 0 5.3 0.0 0 0 CU07/R 00:10 06:51 0 0 0 0 5.7 1.0 0 0 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time ------------- ACTIVITY LOG -------------- Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky We lost connection to the NA2 rotator at 20:00. This was the same issue from PR1927. Calls to Russet and Bill for help. Russet finally (luckily) got it resolved by resetting the controller and hub I believe. We lost about an hour in dealing with the issue. Timestamp of event below. 022-01-30 03:00:39 .tcc.0 0 tcc w text='+MOVE 0.0000004 0.0000000 failed for axis: rot1' 2022-01-30 03:00:39 GS01.JuliaFalcone.Thread-2 11118 tcc f text="Sub-command(s) failed: +MOVE 0.0000004 0.0000000: Timed out" 2022-01-30 03:00:39 CmdDone: client-172 11118 tcc offset guide 0.000014,-0.000017 2022-01-30 03:00:39 .tcc.0 0 tcc w text='STATUS failed for axis: rot1 At 22:00 Kosmos slitviewer had a sticky shutter again tonight (Dome temp 0.9C). Not as bad as last night and taking a few exposures seemed to unstuck it. No other issues tonight. ------- FAILURE LOG ------- FAILURE MODE TIME PROG INSTR TI/SHU START FINISH DESCRIPTION ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GS01 K T/S 20:00 21:10 ROT 1 failed, terminal server issue? See PR1927 ---------------- FOCUS LOG --------------- Time Instrument Focus Az El Temp Strc Prim Sec Air filt FWHM -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:19 khigh 650( 1026) 140 59 2.2 3.7 3.0 3.3 3.6 -- 1.60 00:32 tcamera 453( 875) 107 51 2.1 0.3 1.4 0.5 0.9 Ks 1.18 ------------- WEATHER LOG ---------------- Wind Precip.or Time Temp F Dewp F MPH Direction Dust Sky Conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------ 16:00 38 3 7 215 (SW) 593 clear none 17:00 32 5 3 48 (NE) 773 clear none 18:00 37 4 1 217 (SW) 576 clear none 19:00 36 -7 1 239 (WSW) 274 clear none 20:00 36 -7 10 86 (E) 178 clear none 21:00 35 -9 6 107 (ESE) 171 clear none 22:00 33 -17 7 119 (ESE) 115 clear none 23:00 32 -17 7 128 (SE) 84 mstly clr none 00:00 35 -20 5 193 (SSW) 91 ptly cldy none 01:00 38 -35 6 185 (S) 115 ptly cldy none 02:00 37 -36 6 212 (SSW) 74 ptly cldy none 03:00 35 -26 12 224 (SW) 148 mstly cldy none 04:00 36 -13 14 244 (WSW) 269 mstly cldy none 05:00 35 -12 12 257 (WSW) 190 mstly cldy none 06:00 35 1 9 263 (W) 333 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: 1.4.2 Current HUB version: v20171231_01 Current TUI version: 2.6.0