Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:41:43 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20080330
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Sunday, March 30th, 2008
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 O.Fraser       O.Fraser,K.Kinemuchi    DIS           19:00  01:07
 H.Weaver       H.Weaver,C.Lisse,       SPICAM        01:17  05:30
                Y.Fernandez
   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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 UW12/R     20:16  01:10   0.5   0    0    0   4.4   0    0    0    0
 JH05/R     01:10  05:58    0   1.5   0    0   2.3  1.0   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: G.Saurage
Tertiary failed a move in the afternoon when rotating from BC1 to NA2. I
homed E, and then the move was successful.
Got the following errors when failed:
23:45:25 APO.gabrelle 496 telmech f errtxt=""; UNPARSEDTEXT="?CORRPOS pos.
error 000000000,  000000000,  000000000,  000000000,  000040327 too large
for axes:  0,  0,  0,  0,  1\"\""
23:47:28 .tcc.0 0 tcc F Modu="prt_Write"; Text="ss$_Hangup: received
unsolicited character or ^Y on port LTA15:"
23:47:28 .hub 0 cmds i CmdDone=199482
23:47:28 .hub 0 cmds i NewCmd=199488; CmdTime=1206920848.61; Cmdr=".tcc";
CmdrMID=0;CmdrCID=".tcc.0"; CmdActor="tcc"; CmdText=""
23:47:28 .tcc.0 0 tcc F Modu="mir_o_MoveOneGalil"; Text="could not specify
new positions for Tert mirror actuators"
Dust and winds on and off tonight. We had to close briefly during first
half and again second half at 4:30.
                       ------- 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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 19:00 dis-slit  194(340) -31  37   9.7 10.4  9.8  9.8  9.6     1.90
 22:41 dis-slit  219(191) -86  57   6.7  7.4  8.2  7.1  6.8     1.56
 00:26 SPICAM     43(185)   1  46   5.4  5.5  6.2  5.0  5.3     1.07
 02:09 SPICAM     56(148) -27  45   4.4  4.5  5.1  4.1  4.3     1.75
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    54    14     12   245  (WSW)   2003    clear     none
     17:00    56    14     27   242  (WSW)   1673    clear     none
     18:00    55    12     27   224   (SW)   1857    clear     none
     19:00    52    10     19   248  (WSW)   1543    clear     none
     20:00    49    10     27   246  (WSW)   2594    clear     none
     21:00    48    12     34   253  (WSW)   1965    clear     none
     22:00    47    15     31   246  (WSW)   2071  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    47    17     29   251  (WSW)   2291 mstly cldy   dust
     00:00    44    16     19   244  (WSW)   2466 mstly clr    none
     01:00    42    16     18   266    (W)   2337 mstly clr    none
     02:00    41    19     16   264    (W)   2335 mstly clr    none
     03:00    40    21     20   279    (W)   2763 mstly clr    dust
     04:00    39    22     20   273    (W)   3176 mstly clr    dust
     05:00    38    22     22   266    (W)   4351 mstly clr    dust
     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 1.4.5