Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 05:08:43 -0600
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20090603
From: Jeff Coughlin
                     Apache Point Observatory
                     3.5m Telescope Night Log
                     Wednesday, June 3, 2009
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER     OBSERVER(S)              INSTRUMENT  START  FINISH
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 A.Becker       G.Stringfellow             SPICAM    19:30  00:59
 J.Greene       J.Greene                   TSPEC     01:11  05:30
  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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 UW02/R     21:11  01:08    0    0    0    0    0   3.9  0    0    0
 PU06/R     01:08  04:53    0    0    0    0   1.4  2.4  0    0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
               ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist: J. Coughlin
 On checkout, during test slews around 18:15, the NA2 rotator showed a
 servo error and would not move. Further inspection revealed all
 communications were fine, and pointed to a hardware problem. After over
 an hour of troubleshooting, it was discovered the day crew had
 inadvertently unplugged a shorting cable while working on Agile, which
 when reconnected restored power and solved the problem at 19:30. The
 first half observer had extensive dome cals to take, and had logged on
 early to do so, but due to the delay he was not able to finish, and
 thus we were not able to open, until 21:45. Since he was technically
 able to perform observations by the start of observing time though, I
 did not count this as time lost.
 Had a few minor clouds pass through first half, then great skies the
 rest of the night with typically 1" seeing.
                      ------- 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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 21:55 SPICAM    10(  712) 275  63  14.4 17.3 15.1 15.8 14.8     1.00
 00:10 SPICAM   -54(  542) 258  35  14.1 14.4 14.0 12.9 13.6     1.20
 01:20 TSPEC    47(  619) 320  53  13.4 13.5 13.4 12.3 12.8     1.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                  Wind                      Precip.or
    Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    65    33     13   217   (SW)   1223  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    61    31      6   298  (WNW)   1186  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    66    32     10   251  (WSW)   1278  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    62    31     12   267    (W)   1306  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    57    32     11    17  (NNE)   1303 mstly clr    none
     21:00    56    29     11    27  (NNE)   2436 mstly clr    none
     22:00    58    29      1   243  (WSW)   1719 mstly clr    none
     23:00    58    31      3   209  (SSW)   1613 mstly clr    none
     00:00    58    32      3   214   (SW)   1503    clear     none
     01:00    56    33      4   135   (SE)   1434    clear     none
     02:00    51    35     13    80    (E)   1250    clear     none
     03:00    49    40     14    79    (E)   1167    clear     none
     04:00    47    41     14    79    (E)   1277    clear     none
     05:00    53    34      8   183    (S)   1289    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