Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081002
Date: Fri,  3 Oct 2008 12:46:02 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Thursday, October 2, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 A.Becker       A.Becker                AGILE         18:30  00:00
 C.Badenes      A.Soderberg             DIS           01:00  05:00
                                        SPICAM        05:15  06:45
   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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 UW02/R     19:39  01:00    0    0   1.0   0   3.5  0.9   0    0    0
 PU01/R     01:00  06:06    0    0    0    0   5.1   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 First half went smoothly until the observer tried to exit a time series
 of exposures and then nimble froze up. A reboot was needed to bring it
 back up. About 30 minutes later it again froze up however this time
 there was other software related issues that prevented us talking to the
 camera. After 30 minutes it didnt look like we could resolve the issue
 with any usable science to be accomplished so my observer gave up.
 Second half went well. No problems. Seeing was quite good all night.
 Clear skies until the last hour of the morning when we began to see
 some cirrus appear overhead.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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 UW06     P          I/SH     00:00  01:00   Problems with nimble and agile s/w
               ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
 Time  Instrument  Focus    Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt FWHM
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 19:19 AGILE  -250( -260)   42  57  10.7 13.9 12.4 12.4 11.2   I    0.84
 19:29 NA2gdr -3862(7137)   38  58  10.4 13.5 12.2 11.2 11.0 clear  0.84
 01:16 dis-slit  -32( 57)  -53  71  10.2 10.0 10.4  9.6 10.1   --   0.97
 05:25 SPICAM   -90( 232)  108  41   9.2  9.0  9.3  8.1  8.9   r    0.92
 05:29 NA2gdr 2099(32099)  107  42   8.9  9.0  9.2  8.1  9.0 clear  1.00
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    61    29     13   234   (SW)    953    clear     none
     17:00    58    26     11   228   (SW)    914    clear     none
     18:00    57    27     13   232   (SW)    939    clear     none
     19:00    51    24      9   211  (SSW)    999    clear     none
     20:00    51    23      7   234   (SW)   1093    clear     none
     21:00    51    21     11   189    (S)   1357    clear     none
     22:00    51    23     12   189    (S)   1690    clear     none
     23:00    51    22     13   187    (S)   1652    clear     none
     00:00    51    19     12   201  (SSW)   1941    clear     none
     01:00    51    22     10   204  (SSW)   1685    clear     none
     02:00    51    24      9   191    (S)   1478    clear     none
     03:00    50    21      9   182    (S)   1191    clear     none
     04:00    50    21      9   187    (S)    951    clear     none
     05:00    50    20      6   181    (S)    876    clear     none
     06:00    48    22      6   187    (S)    879  ptly cldy   none
                              TELESCOPE STATUS
      Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.9.1
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1