Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:05:33 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20091004
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Sunday, October 4, 2009
                                                        ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T. Yan		T. Yan			TSPEC	      --:--   --:--
J. Greene       J. Greene               TSPEC         --:--   --:--
B. Ketzeback    B. Ketzeback            ECHELLE       --:--   --:--
  INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU05/R     18:52  01:00    0   6.1   0    0    0    0    0    0
PU06/R     01:00  05:40    0   5.0   0    0    0    0    0    0
NM10/O     05:58  06:52    0   0.9   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: B. Ketzeback, J.Huehnerhoff
Another foggy night with high humidity.
Could not connect to Echelle during instrument checkout.  Could not take
images or control lamps.  A problem report was filed (1056).
At UT 07:15  the Azimuth controller lost connection with a
ControllerError.  Restarting the ICC did not help.  Power cycling the
controller fixed the problem.  To exercise the drives and make sure they
are operating correctly an In-Dome pointing model was performed (UT
08:02).  While running the pointing model there was a 'Servo error too
large' on altitude at 25.2 degrees (UT 08:46).  At UT 08:56 the altitude
errored again with a 'ControllerErr' (alt=62.9 deg); the control reset
itself and worked after initializing.
                     ------- 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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            ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                  Wind                      Precip.or
    Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    51    46     21   223   (SW)    237 mstly cldy  humid
     17:00    53    48     17   217   (SW)    263 mstly cldy  humid
     18:00    50    47     17   218   (SW)    325 mstly cldy  humid
     19:00    48    48     24   231   (SW)   1594   cloudy     fog
     20:00    48    47     25   221   (SW)   4454   cloudy     fog
     21:00    48    48     21   208  (SSW)   6209   cloudy     fog
     22:00    50    49     25   211  (SSW)   2922   cloudy     fog
     23:00    49    49     27   216   (SW)   3487   cloudy     fog
     00:00    49    49     34   211  (SSW)   3349   cloudy     fog
     01:00    49    49     29   227   (SW)   3491   cloudy     fog
     02:00    48    48     24   220   (SW)   4667   cloudy     fog
     03:00    47    47     19   246  (WSW)  42103   cloudy     fog
     04:00    47    47     19   256  (WSW)   2674   cloudy     fog
     05:00    47    47     25   253  (WSW)  11993   cloudy     fog
                             TELESCOPE STATUS
     Telescope drives operational. Current TCC version: 2.10.0
     Current TUI version:  TUI 1.6