Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 04:38:20 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081104
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Tuesday, November 04, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 T.Murphy    R.McMillan                 APOLLO        --:--  --:--
 J.Bally     J.Bally, CU Class          DIS           01:00  03:15
   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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 UW17/O     17:18  18:18    0   0.3   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 CU01/O     18:18  05:30   4.7  4.2   0    0   2.3   0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
AZ velocity scale measured 579.1 was 580.0 changed n/c
Alt velocity scale measured -638.2 was -634.0 changed -636.0
During Tertrot to BC1 encountered following error.
23:43:56 APO.Jack-Obs1 32 telmech f errtxt=""; UNPARSEDTEXT="?CHKMV one or more axes didn't make
it (SC<> 001). SC, or 0 if not moved:  000,  000,  000,  000,  008\"\""
Re-homed tertiary but that failed.  Called Nick, Mark and Dave.  They will investigate tommorow.
Pointing was off again tonight (fairly far, star was out of field).  I about negated all of the
adjustment I made yesterday (and maybe then some).
Clouds moved in on us again around 03:15.  CU gave up around 04:20.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
      (STEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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               ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
 Time  Instrument  Focus    Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt FWHM
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 01:34 DISslit   491(364)  -52  46   4.1  5.6  6.7  4.7  4.4    --  2.0
 01:48 NA2gdr -681(22000)  -56  44   4.2  5.1  5.5  4.3  4.3    --  2.0
 03:24 DISSlit   300(107) -148  47   3.7  3.8  4.9  3.5  3.7    --  4
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    48    36     24   237  (WSW)   1395    cldy      none
     17:00    47    36     30   225   (SW)   1373    cldy      none
     18:00    46    35     30   241  (WSW)   1470    cldy      none
     19:00    47    34     22   239  (WSW)   1575    cldy      none
     20:00    46    35     22   255  (WSW)   2179    cldy      none
     21:00    45    36     17   245  (WSW)   1987    cldy      none
     22:00    45    34     30   250  (WSW)   1525    cldy      none
     23:00    44    33     24   254  (WSW)   1218    cldy      none
     00:00    42    34     24   248  (WSW)   1211    cldy      none
     01:00    40    34     25   230   (SW)   1172  pt. cldy    none
     02:00    39    34     22   249  (WSW)   1376  pt. cldy    none
     03:00    39    30     20   263    (W)   1483    cldy      none
     04:00    38    31     19   268    (W)   1526    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 1.5.1