Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:58:41 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101118
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Thursday, November 18, 2010
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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R.Mandelbaum      M.Hilton              NICFPS         16:55   22:55
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         23:00   00:00
J.Wisniewski      J.Wisniewski          Echelle        00:00   05:41
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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PU02/R     17:09   23:00    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.9   0    0
DD01/R     23:00   00:00    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
UW14/R     00:00   06:28    0    0    0    0   1.7  4.7   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J.Dembicky
Installed a cardboard blocking mask in the Agile filter wheel.  I ran some 60s darks tests with
various lighting and blocking configurations.
Data can be found in /export/images/Q4APO/UT101119/agile_dark/
Initial tests show blocking mask in wheel looks very promising.
My observer reported banding again in Echelle Biases.  I PR'ed 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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 17:51 NICFPS   116( 1114)  28  55   4.7  8.9  6.1  6.2  8.6   Ks  1.20
 18:18 NICFPS   103( 1066)  51  44   4.4  7.9  5.9  6.0  6.5   Ks  0.77
 18:20 NA2gdr -4499(38500)  50  44   5.5  7.9  5.8  6.0  6.4   clear  1.30
 19:29 NICFPS    17(  892)  28  53   5.9  6.4  5.9  5.1  5.8   Ks  0.56
 19:30 NA2gdr -3210(39789)  27  54   5.8  6.3  5.9  5.1  5.8   clear  0.97
 00:19 ECHELLE   103( -775)  69  64   2.1  2.4  2.7  1.9  2.3   ND3  0.85
 02:36 ECHELLE    66( -834) 132  52   1.8  1.8  2.0  0.8  1.6   clear  1.50
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    46     3      9   219   (SW)    259    clear     none
     17:00    43     0      7   184    (S)     75    clear     none
     18:00    43    -1      9   233   (SW)    149    clear     none
     19:00    43     0      8   230   (SW)     55    clear     none
     20:00    40     0      8   215   (SW)    366    clear     none
     21:00    38     5     11   183    (S)    387    clear     none
     22:00    37    14      5   182    (S)    973    clear     none
     23:00    37    16     16   202  (SSW)   1095    clear     none
     00:00    37    16     13   193  (SSW)   1218    clear     none
     01:00    37    17     11   186    (S)   1250    clear     none
     02:00    34    16      8   196  (SSW)   1149    clear     none
     03:00    37    17      6   193  (SSW)   1185    clear     none
     04:00    37    15      8   228   (SW)   1157    clear     none
     05:00    37    15      7   271    (W)   1097    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: 2.13.0
    Current TUI version: 1.8.4