Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:11:01 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101125
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, November 25, 2010
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)           INSTRUMENT       START  FINISH
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 J.Bally         G.Stringfellow        TSPEC            17:15  22:40
 T.Murphy        R.McMillan            Apollo           --:--  --:--
 A.McKay         A.McKay               Echelle          01:20  06:00
    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     17:07   23:57    0    0    0   1.2  3.8  1.9   0    0
 DD01/O     23:57   01:00    0    0    0   1.0   0    0    0    0
 NM01/R     01:00   06:35    0    0    0   1.0   0   4.6   0    0
 note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
               ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
 Observing Specialist:  G.Saurage
Mostly clear and very cold.
22:40 noticed changing secondary values did not seem to be changing focus.
Discovered secondary commanded and actual position were not agreeing. Called Bill.
 Tried to home the secondary, several times. Always getting: ??GORLIM one or more
axes did not hit reverse limit:  1,  1,  1,  0,  0.
 Russet suggested changing MOFF back to "winter" settings. It was particularly cold
first half (-8 C) and then warmed up (-4 C) during second half.
 Luckily Joe was here and confirmed that the actuators were not physically moving
during a home. Called Nick. Ultimately, we found a sticky limit switch on B. Lost
2:40 to this.
04:30 ecam seemed to be locked up. Restarting nubs did nothing. Getting the
following error when trying exposures:
 11:31:46 NM01.adam.ecam 43539 ecamera f text="unexpected response (not 3 lines):
['doread 5.00 1 1 255.50 255.50 511.00 511.00', ' OK']"
 Could not connect via Timbuktu, but ping was successful. Flipped power switch on
intermediate level. Wasn't coming back so also rebooted terminal server. After
rebooting Slitty screen had loading error. Dismissed the error and restarted Glm
Ctrl 4.1b program. Restarted nubs and ecam came back. Lost 38 mins to this.
                     ------- FAILURE LOG -------
     PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
         (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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 CU05,DD01  T          T/H      22:40  01:20   Sticky limit switch
 NM01       E          I/S      04:30  05:08   ecam not responding
              ---------------- 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
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    21     4     19   339  (NNW)    330  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    20     0     14   353    (N)    260  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    18     1     23   360    (N)    191  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    18   -13     21    18  (NNE)    177    clear     none
     20:00    18   -13      9   355    (N)    113    clear     none
     21:00    17   -12     25    25  (NNE)    127    clear     none
     22:00    18   -17      8    52   (NE)    121    clear     none
     23:00    22   -21     24    26  (NNE)    132    clear     none
     00:00    20   -23     20    35   (NE)    119    clear     none
     01:00    24   -19     23    16  (NNE)    221    clear     none
     02:00    24   -19     19     8    (N)    134    clear     none
     03:00    24   -20     23    18  (NNE)    133    clear     none
     04:00    24   -19     16    40   (NE)    152    clear     none
     05:00    25   -19      7    18  (NNE)    130    clear     none
     06:00    29   -15     16     3    (N)    222    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: 2.14.0
    Current TUI version: 1.8.4