Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 13:43:34 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20081206
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Saturday, December 6th, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT  START  FINISH
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 T.Murphy        R.McMillan               APOLLO      --:--  --:--
 T.Harrison      T.Harrison               DIS         17:40  23:50
 G.Gyuk          G.Gyuk, M.Hammergren     TSPEC       00:04  06:50
   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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 DD01/R     17:06  18:06    0    0    0   0.2   0    0    0    0    0
 NM05/R     18:06  00:00    0    0    0    0    0   5.9   0    0    0
 UC06/R     00:00  05:55    0    0    0    0   4.6  1.3   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
AzVeloScale: 578.5, 577.2; 577.8 (no change)
The tertiary move to setup for APOLLO failed, twice. Received CHKMV errors. Tried to
home it a few times. Got "?GORLIM one or more axes did not hit reverse limit:  0,
0,  0,  0,  1" error. Then tried a reset of galil, then home a few times. Same
error. Saw that it was physically at NA2 commanded clamps closed and left it stuck
at NA2. APOLLO time was cancelled and the next program took over about 25 mins
early.
Smooth operations after that. Clear first half with moderate to poor seeing. Thin
clouds most of second half but seeing improved.
                       ------- FAILURE LOG -------
  PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
       (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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 DD01     A          T/H     16:43   17:35   Tert stuck at NA2
               ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus    Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt FWHM
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
17:53 dis-slit   -10( 68) -78  76   6.6  9.8  6.6  8.4  7.2     1.50
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    47    18      4   359    (N)    310    clear     none
     17:00    46    21      8     7    (N)     63    clear     none
     18:00    42    20      7    43   (NE)     85    clear     none
     19:00    44    17      4    96    (E)    475    clear     none
     20:00    41    15      5   181    (S)    183    clear     none
     21:00    40    15      7   353    (N)    187    clear     none
     22:00    42    22     11   352    (N)    217    clear     none
     23:00    42    21     18    26  (NNE)    168    clear     none
     00:00    42    21     14    31  (NNE)    143    clear     none
     01:00    42    22      7   358    (N)    109 mstly clr    none
     02:00    44    19      8     2    (N)     94 mstly clr    none
     03:00    42    18     13   343  (NNW)    192 mstly clr    none
     04:00    44    19     11   344  (NNW)    128 mstly clr    none
     05:00    42    17      9   341  (NNW)    171 mstly clr    none
     06:00    43    17      4   273    (W)    141 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