Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 13:32:35 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071117
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Saturday, November 17th, 2007
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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J.Stocke        J.Stocke,K.Willett      NICFPS        17:10  00:01
P.Szkody        A.Mukadam               AGILE         00:15  06:30
   INST     SCHED(TWILIGHT) WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     DAY  NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B   USE   D    B
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 CU04/R     17:58  00:05    0    0    0   0.9  0.2  5.1   0    0    0
 UW01/R     00:05  05:39    0    0    0    0   6.0   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
AzVelScales: 587.7, 591.9 avg 589.9 (no change)
Beginning of the night NICFPS was temperamental. After a test image or
two, the files would come up all zeros after starting the dither script.
NIC required several expose inits (as per Corey’s recommendation, he was
online) and then we tried an ICS restart. After that NIC seemed to run
more smoothly. On and off we lost about 30 mins to these repeat failures.
23:22 All TUI’s disconnected. Everyone was locked out saying connection
refused. Called Fritz; hub had crashed. He restarted and we got back on
sky where we had left off in about 20 mins.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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CU04      N          I/S      18:30  19:15   Repeated NICFPS zero files
CU04      N          T/S      23:22  23:42   hub crash, TUI lockout
               ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus    Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt FWHM
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                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    47    23     12    38   (NE)   1136 mstly clr    none
     17:00    45    22     12   357    (N)   1104 mstly clr    none
     18:00    44    20     15    44   (NE)   1357 mstly clr    none
     19:00    45    19     12    15  (NNE)   1244    clear     none
     20:00    46    14     14    28  (NNE)    636    clear     none
     21:00    45    19     13    31  (NNE)    548    clear     none
     22:00    45    18     13    18  (NNE)    659    clear     none
     23:00    45    19     12    13  (NNE)    550    clear     none
     00:00    43    18     13    29  (NNE)    770    clear     none
     01:00    43    19     11    11    (N)    715    clear     none
     02:00    43    21     13    17  (NNE)    662    clear     none
     03:00    43    21     13    22  (NNE)    639    clear     none
     04:00    43    21     23    16  (NNE)    570    clear     none
     05:00    45    21     17     9    (N)    183    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: 2.9.1
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.4.1