Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:50:31 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081109
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Sunday, November 9, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 G.Wolf-Chase    G.Wolf-Chase,M.Smutko  NICFPS        17:40  19:40
 S.Schmidt       S.Schmidt              TSPEC         --:--  --:--
   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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 UC04/R     18:01  00:00    0   4.0   0    0    0   2.0   0    0    0
 UW10/R     00:00  05:34   2.0  3.6   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
AzVeloScale: 580.8, 579.8; 580.3 (change to 580)
Opened for a few hours until overcast skies and high winds forced us to close. Light
snow flurries here and there.
At switch over TripleSpec was again not mounting properly. That is, it was rubbing
against the roller bumpers on the cart while mounted on the telescope. Somehow it
seems to have moved forward form this afternoon(?) I took it back off and rotated it
on the cart. Rotating one way caused it to roll up against the bumpers on one side
with the other loose, and rotating the other way tightened and loosened the sides in
reverse. Called Nick, he came up and helped me mount it at an angle about 30 degrees
or so where both sides would be clear.
When the observer began cals the TSPEC files were all zeros again. Although they had
been fine earlier. I toggled the array power command and that seemed to work.
TSpec was left on for daytime testing. DIS blue ion pump running quite high.
                       ------- 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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19:02 NICFPS     -80(449) 260  76   6.1  6.8  6.3  6.1  5.9   H2-2.12  0.72
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    46    21     21   209  (SSW)    807 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    42    19     16   193  (SSW)   1136 mstly clr    none
     18:00    43    18     18   203  (SSW)   1290 mstly clr    none
     19:00    44    18     13   205  (SSW)   1042  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    43    18     24   189    (S)    936   cloudy     none
     21:00    42    22     21   201  (SSW)    785   cloudy     none
     22:00    40    23     17   229   (SW)   1018   cloudy     none
     23:00    39    24     30   236   (SW)   1431   cloudy     none
     00:00    37    21     35   240  (WSW)   1561   cloudy     none
     01:00    36    21     26   258  (WSW)   1391   cloudy     none
     02:00    34    21     23   260    (W)   1703   cloudy     none
     03:00    32    23     20   270    (W)   1430   cloudy     none
     04:00    32    23     13   252  (WSW)   1219   cloudy     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