Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:03:43 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081219
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Friday, December 19th, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
-------------------------------------------------------------------
 E.Hilton        E.Hilton               AGILE         02:20  06:00
   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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 UW09/R     17:59  06:03   6.9  1.5   0    0    0   3.7   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
DIS was unavailable due to vacuum problems, and the scheduled second
half observer didn't have a backup program for another instrument, so
the first half observer took the whole night.
A little trouble getting AGILE going at the beginning of the night. The ICC wasn't
running after resetAgile. But we were able to run AGILE via TUI and flats looked
good. The TUI log spits out several warning message with every AGILE exposure.
Example:
09:45:14 UW09.Eric.agileExpose 27 agile i
expStatus=expDone,object,10.0,1,2,2008-12-20T09:45:04.000,10.0,0.0,"/export/images/Q4UW09/UT081220/try.0208.fits"
09:45:14 UW09.Eric 248 agileExpose w debug="newstateRaw:['expDone', 'object',
'10.0', '1', '2', '2008-12-20T09:45:04.000', '10.0', '0.0',
'\"/export/images/Q4UW09/UT081220/try.0208.fits\"']:"
09:45:14 UW09.Eric.agileExpose 27 agile i
expStatus=integrating,object,10.0,2,2,2008-12-20T09:45:14.000,10.0,9.9,"" 09:45:14
UW09.Eric 248 agileExpose w debug="finishing file
/export/images/Q4UW09/UT081220/try.0208.fits with status=(33204, 107462820, 2081L,
1, 505, 10000, 529920, 1229766314, 1229766314, 1229766314),529920 at
1229766314.5890"
09:45:14 UW09.Eric 248 agileExpose w debug=" _finishExposure cnt=2 cntDone=0
state=running expstate=integrating"
09:45:14 UW09.Eric 248 agileExpose i
agileFiles="UW09.Eric","hub35m.apo.nmsu.edu","/export/images/","Q4UW09/UT081220/","",try.0208.fits
09:45:14 UW09.Eric 248 agileExpose w debug=" _startExposure cnt=2 cntDone=1
state=running expstate=integrating"
Heavy overcast skies all first half, thinning somewhat second half. We opened at
02:20   to try to get something. Skies were never clear but bright objects were
observable. Used autofocus on NA2 guider, seemed to work well.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
               ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus    Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt FWHM
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    34     2     16   263    (W)    347   cloudy     none
     17:00    33     7      8   260    (W)    216   cloudy     none
     18:00    32     9     12   224   (SW)    232   cloudy     none
     19:00    33     3     14   270    (W)    251   cloudy     none
     20:00    33     9     13   277    (W)    316   cloudy     none
     21:00    33    12     18   258  (WSW)    429   cloudy     none
     22:00    32    17     14   268    (W)    549   cloudy     none
     23:00    31    18     11   265    (W)    589   cloudy     none
     00:00    31    20     16   278    (W)    638   cloudy     none
     01:00    31    14     16   281    (W)    453   cloudy     none
     02:00    30    15     16   265    (W)    454  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    30    12     11   265    (W)    436  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    31     6     18   267    (W)    356 mstly clr    none
     05:00    32    -1     12   273    (W)    408 mstly clr    none
     06:00    32    -6     17   273    (W)    411 mstly clr    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