Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:59:31 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091024
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Saturday, October 24, 2009
                                                        ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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A. Burrows      J. Rogers               NICFPS        18:25  01:00
D. York         D. York                 DIS           01:00  06:30
  INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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PU01/R     18:28  01:00    0    0    0    0   1.4  5.1   0    0
UC01/R     01:00  07:07    0    0    0    0   6.1   0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Huehnerhoff
Night started off clear with clouds forming late in the second half.
Except for NICFPS trouble during cals the telescope and instruments
performed excellently.
At UT 22:50 when observer started flats he could not control NICFPS
(neither could I).  The instrument had successfully taken an image during
checkout but was no longer connected.  Restarting Nubs was unsuccessful.
When looking at the ICS computer it appears the the windows system had
tried to update (unknown if this is the cause).  Restarting the ICS
software solved the problem.
                     ------- 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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 18:56 NICFPS   313(  968) 251  62   9.1  9.2  8.6  8.8  9.1   MK-H  0.98
 18:59 NA2gdr -1985(41014) 251  62   9.1  9.2  8.6  8.7  9.0   clear  1.01
 22:25 NICFPS    66(  671) 163  44   7.8  7.8  8.0  7.2  7.6   MK-H  1.25
 22:27 NA2gdr -2302(40697) 163  44   8.0  7.8  8.0  7.2  7.6   clear  1.57
 01:15 dis-slit   109(  103) 323  52   7.8  7.7  8.0  7.4  7.7   clear  1.36
            ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                  Wind                      Precip.or
    Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    50    16     15   274    (W)    657    clear     none
     17:00    50    18     17   274    (W)    635    clear     none
     18:00    49    19     21   299  (WNW)    636    clear     none
     19:00    49    17     16   269    (W)    736    clear     none
     20:00    48    17     10   269    (W)    665    clear     none
     21:00    47    18     13   268    (W)    908    clear     none
     22:00    47    18     11   274    (W)    936    clear     none
     23:00    47    20     15   326   (NW)    892 mstly clr    none
     00:00    47    21     18   317   (NW)    432    clear     none
     01:00    47    22     19   318   (NW)    363    clear     none
     02:00    46    23     22   311   (NW)    356    clear     none
     03:00    45    24     15   296  (WNW)    294 mstly clr    none
     04:00    44    24     13   301  (WNW)    329 mstly clr    none
     05:00    44    24      9   324   (NW)    418 mstly cldy   none
     06:00    44    24      5   333  (NNW)    399 mstly cldy   none
                             TELESCOPE STATUS
     Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.11.1
     Current TUI version:  TUI 1.6.2