Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:22:13 -0700
From: "Jeff Coughlin"
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080118
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Friday, January 18th, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 W.Bhatti       W.Bhatti                DIS           17:30  23:34
 R.Plotkin      R.Plotkin               NICFPS        23:50  06:08
   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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 JH03/R     18:19  00:10    0    0    0    0    0   5.8   0    0    0
 UW10/R     00:10  06:08    0    0    0    0   1.5  4.5   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage, J.Coughlin
Clear, windy and cold. Gusts reached 32 mph briefly at the max.
Second half: NA2 guider looked like the filter wheel was not correctly in
place; half the image was lighter than the other with an out-of-focus
ghost image. We tried various 'fixes' in between exposures (including a
gmech remap) but nothing seemed to really improve things, only move the
line and ghost image around. Finally we tried one last gmech remap
command followed
by a restarting of both gcam nubs, and this seemed to fix the problem. Na2
guider operated normally for the remainder of the night.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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               ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus    Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt FWHM
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 18:18 dis-slit  -157( -686)  41  48  -7.4 -5.0 -5.6 -6.7 -7.1   -  1.90
 20:50 dis-slit   -13( -711) -57  45  -8.9 -8.6 -8.3 -9.4 -8.9   -  1.80
 23:58 NICFPS    69( -212) -177  51  -10.1 -10.1 -9.7 -10.2 -10.0   -  1.10
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    21     1      6     5    (N)    429    clear     none
     17:00    21     1      7    31  (NNE)    557    clear     none
     18:00    19     2     10   352    (N)    318    clear     none
     19:00    17     0     12   336  (NNW)    307    clear     none
     20:00    17     0      6   339  (NNW)    396    clear     none
     21:00    16     0     10   354    (N)    353    clear     none
     22:00    16     0     15   358    (N)    351    clear     none
     23:00    15     1     12   357    (N)    392    clear     none
     00:00    14     1     11   358    (N)    392    clear     none
     01:00    13    -3     16   357    (N)    207    clear     none
     02:00    12    -6     20    10    (N)    180    clear     none
     03:00    14   -11     20    14  (NNE)    173    clear     none
     04:00    13   -12     14    10    (N)    456    clear     none
     05:00    15   -21     22    22  (NNE)    194    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 1.4.4