Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:32:50 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090115
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, January 15, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)             INSTRUMENT    START  FINISH
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 N.Chanover    N.Chanover               TSPEC         16:15  19:00
                                        Echelle       19:00  19:51
 J.Wisniewski  J.Wisniewski, A.Kowalski DIS           19:51  00:10
 T.Yan         T.Yan, J.Stocke          NICFPS        00:10  06:05
               B.Keeney
   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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 NM02/R     18:17  19:59    0    0    0    0   1.7   0   0.8   0    0
 UW14/R     19:58  00:10    0    0    0    0   2.7  1.5   0    0    0
 CU06/R     00:00  06:09    0    0    0    0    0   6.0   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
I had to reboot the rotator at the start of the evening. It was unresponsive to rotation commands.
 That fixed the problem.
 Pointing was pretty decent for TSPEC tonight.  I didn't adjust it.  It fell about at the B nod
position on the slit (instead of the A position, whenre the boresight is).
Nancy couldn't find Venus so I check pointing.
Results for NA2:  (I didn't implement)
Xtilt  +22
YTilt -39
She then discovered she entered the coords wrong (but I got a pointing check in beforehand).
Echelle pointing results (Implemented)
XTilt  154
YTilt  -239
Pointing check at 00:30 for NA2 (not implemented)
Xtilt  46
YTilt  -111
No problems tonight other than the rotator problem noted earlier.
                       ------- 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
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 18:06 TSPEC    43(  198) -99  51   2.2  4.9  3.0  3.3  2.8   Ks  0.80
 19:22 ECHELLE  -147(-1118) -55  73   1.1  2.7  2.1  1.4  1.6   ND3  0.65
 20:57 dis-slit  -119( -461) 167  69   0.7  1.2  1.0  0.2  0.7   --  0.97
 20:58 NA2gdr  1196(23196) 168  69   0.8  1.2  0.9  0.0  0.4   R  0.65
 00:32 NICFPS  -151(   55) 247  61   0.6  0.0  0.2 -1.0 -0.2   J  1.06
 00:34 NA2gdr  -188(42811) 247  61   0.7  0.1  0.2 -1.0 -0.2   R  1.08
 00:39 NICFPS  -130(   76) 246  59   0.8  0.0  0.2 -1.2 -0.2   J  0.74
 03:11 NICFPS   -73(  122)  33  75   0.1 -0.0  0.3 -0.6  0.1   J  0.68
                 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    38    12      4   216   (SW)    334    clear     none
     17:00    37    14      2   198  (SSW)    279    clear     none
     18:00    35     6      2   214   (SW)     99    clear     none
     19:00    35     9      4   186    (S)    189    clear     none
     20:00    34    10      3   189    (S)    208    clear     none
     21:00    33    10      2   192  (SSW)    237    clear     none
     22:00    34    11      2   192  (SSW)    546    clear     none
     23:00    34    11      5   192  (SSW)    818    clear     none
     00:00    32    10      3   200  (SSW)    502    clear     none
     01:00    33     9      6   199  (SSW)    496    clear     none
     02:00    33     7      4   200  (SSW)    354    clear     none
     03:00    32    11      6   184    (S)    793    clear     none
     04:00    33     7      3   195  (SSW)    450    clear     none
     05:00    33     8      4   257  (WSW)    511    clear     none
     06:00    33     8      3   231   (SW)    512    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: 2.10.0
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1