Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090611
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:39:58 +0000 (UTC)
From: bketzeba@apo.nmsu.edu
                        Apache Point Observatory
                        3.5m Telescope Night Log
                        Thursday, June 11, 2009
                                                         ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)         INSTRUMENT       START  FINISH
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 M.Gladders      E.Wuyts             Nicfps           19:45  23:45
 J.Rogers        J.Rogers            Nicfps           23:45  05:46
   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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 UC04/R     21:15  00:35    0    0    0    0   1.9  1.3   0    0    0
 JH01/O     00:35  04:51    0    0    0    0    0   4.3   0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
                ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: B.Ketzeback
 Az velocity scale was 573 measured 576.4, no change
 While my observer was taking afternoon darks with the instrument
 I opened the dome about 30 minutes before sunset for cooling.
 I was also able to slew to a few bright stars east of the meridian
 and check pointing with the NA2 guider. Earlier today Fritz had located
 a software bug in the altitude controller. This fixed the problem
 with the poor pointing and tracking we were seeing Wednesday evening.
 First half Fritz contacted me totell me he found another bug in the
 altitude controller software. He was able to correct the error and
 had me reboot the controller at midnight.
 No other problems, everything worked well. Seeing was excellent.
                       ------- 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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 21:04 NICFPS    48(  973)  158  80  14.3 14.9 14.8 14.2 14.1   Z     0.64
 21:17 NA2gdr  -931(42068)  173  81  14.3 14.6 14.6 13.9 14.0  R+nd2  0.88
                ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    63    29     21   254  (WSW)   1353  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    66    30     29   249  (WSW)   1933  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    63    28     21   242  (WSW)   1597 mstly clr    none
     19:00    62    28     23   259    (W)   2344 mstly clr    none
     20:00    59    26     24   257  (WSW)   2394 mstly clr    none
     21:00    58    25     20   266    (W)   1768    clear     none
     22:00    58    23     21   266    (W)   1110    clear     none
     23:00    57    24     22   269    (W)   1013    clear     none
     00:00    56    25     24   270    (W)    707    clear     none
     01:00    54    25     23   267    (W)    807    clear     none
     02:00    53    24     22   264    (W)   1062    clear     none
     03:00    52    25     20   262    (W)    885    clear     none
     04:00    51    25     19   264    (W)    824    clear     none
     05:00    50    24     18   261    (W)    736    clear     none
     06:00    50    24     22   264    (W)    624    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