Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 06:48:28 -0700 (MST)
From: Jack Dembicky
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20071108
                         Apache Point Observatory
                         3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Thursday, November 08, 2007
                                                           ACTUAL
  ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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 B.Williams      B.Williams, R.Covarrubias DIS         16:35  00:00
 A.Rettura       A.Rettura                 SPIcam      00:10  06:48
                                           NICFPS
   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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 UW04/R       18:02  00:05   0    0    0    0   6.0   0    0    0    0
 JH04/R       00:05  05:33   0    0   0.4   0   5.1   0    0    0    0
   note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
I was running a beta TUI version tonight for Russell.  This beta version
appears to have fixed a memory leadk (on the Mac).
We had problem with NICFPS when we switched to it at 03:00.  See images
/export/images/Q4APO/UT071108/nfocus.0024 thru 00.30
image 24 - 5s exp FS=8
Image 25 - issued 'nicfps expose init'
Image 26 - rebooted ICS
Image 27 - reset Leech Controller/rebooted ICS
remainder of images were various incantations of 'hub startNubs nicfps',
'nicfps expose init', and 'hub startNubs nicfpsExpose', and restarting the
ICS/
After image 26 the NICFPS expose failed to complete readout (it showed it
was taking the exposure and then hung after it finished the read)
Somehow I got it to work again after a couple tries.
I spent about 25 mins getting NICFPS going again.  We didn't notice any
background increase in the science exposures after the problem.
 I also noticed that the NICFPS image is mirrored around the Y axis (N-up,
E-right instead of N-up E-left)
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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 JH04      N         I/H      03:00  03:25   Strange stripes on NICFPS
                                             images, rebooted ICS/Leech
                                             controller.
               ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
 Time  Instrument  Focus    Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt FWHM
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 17:29 DISslit      -9(307) 81  74   9.6 12.0 11.0  10.6  9.9  --  1.0
 00:13 SPIcam     -52(307) 116  40   9.4  8.9  9.3   8.0  8.0   B  1.9
 03:27 NICFPS     -71(589) 122  76   9.1  8.5  8.9   7.6  8.4   Z  0.8
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    51    22      4   338  (NNW)   1846    cirrus    none
     17:00    50    22      9     0    (N)   1786    cirrus    none
     18:00    49    22     16     9    (N)   1721    cirrus    none
     19:00    50    17     17    29  (NNE)   1218    cirrus    none
     20:00    51    21     20    18  (NNE)   1488    cirrus    none
     21:00    50    20     12     7    (N)   1462    cirrus    none
     22:00    50    19     12    11    (N)   1207    clear     none
     23:00    49    20      8    18  (NNE)   1160    clear     none
     00:00    48    20      4    12  (NNE)   1335    clear     none
     01:00    49    20     10   355    (N)   1230    clear     none
     02:00    49    20     10     1    (N)   1260    clear     none
     03:00    48    20      0    36   (NE)   1374    clear     none
     04:00    48    21      7   347  (NNW)   1470  lt.  cirrus none
     05:00    48    22      4     5    (N)   1536  lt.  cirrus none
     06:00    47    24      6   360    (N)   1983  lt.  cirrus 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