Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 11:17:06 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090515
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                         Friday, May 15th, 2009
                                                          ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT      START  FINISH
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 C.Churchill    C.Churchill            DIS             --:--  --:--
 F.Mullally     S.Thompson             AGILE           00:46  04:17
   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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 NM05/R     20:56  01:05   4.1   0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
 PU02/R     01:05  05:03    0   0.9   0    0   0.1  3.0   0    0    0
  note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: G.Saurage
AzVeloScale: 579.3, 577.5; 578.4
Local radar returns and virga just off the ridge kept us closed most of first half.
We  were able to open around 00:30, but first half couldn't use remaining time, so
we began second half a little early.
Just after 04:00 the wind increased and the dust levels shot up. There was a very
strong smoke smell outside.
Clicking Pause did not seem to stop the sequence. The Seq Status turned blue but
continued to integrate. When the sequence was aborted using Agile via TUI it seemed
to hang the agile expose. This needs to be tested further.
                       ------- 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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 01:01 AGILE    45(   41)  -4  57  14.0 14.0 14.2 13.5 13.8   BG40  0.90
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    71    30     16   270    (W)   2665  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    68    27      7   264    (W)   2763  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    70    26      8   228   (SW)   2603  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    64    23      1   233   (SW)   2969  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    58    31     13   123  (ESE)   2653  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    57    31     16   141   (SE)   2776  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    55    34     13   143   (SE)   2718  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    55    32      4   170    (S)   2933 mstly clr    none
     00:00    58    28      6   224   (SW)   2834    clear     none
     01:00    57    28     12   191    (S)   2834    clear     none
     02:00    56    28      9   185    (S)   2604    clear     none
     03:00    53    30      1   183    (S)   2395 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    52    28     23    75  (ENE)   3584 mstly cldy   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: 2.10.0
      Current TUI version: TUI 1.5.1