Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:07:17 -0700 (MST)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110120
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Thursday, January 20, 2011
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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R.Hamilton        R.Hamilton            TSPEC          16:30   22:58
W.Ketzeback       J.Dembicky            TSPEC,ECHELLE  22:58   00:08
C.Blake           C.Blake               ECHELLE        00:08   06:40
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM03/R     17:33   23:10    0    0    0    0   1.1  4.5   0    0
NM05/R     23:10   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
PU03/R     00:10   06:55    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.8   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J.Dembicky
12:26 UT We had an Altitude Error during a slew.
12:26:03 .tcc.0 0 tcc I TCCStatus="SS-","NNN"; TCCPos=-131.178,74.601,NaN; AxePos=-136.481,74.623,NaN
12:26:03 .tcc.0 0 tcc I AzStat=-136.480784,1.254430,4802329630.95000,0x04000000; AzDTime=-0.2
12:26:03 .tcc.0 0 tcc W AltStat=74.622821,0.592160,4802329631.10000,0x00006001; BadAltStatus;
AltDTime=-0.2
An Axis stop and init and then me slewing to another position quickly fixed 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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 17:46 TSPEC     0( -610)  68  65  -5.0 -2.4 -3.4 -4.0 -3.9   Ks  1.15
 23:35 ECHELLE   105(-1823) -122  59  -3.2 -3.8 -3.3 -3.6 -3.5   ND3  0.92
 00:07 ECHELLE    88(-1824) -121  53  -3.0 -3.5 -3.1 -3.4 -3.3   ND3  0.95
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    30    17     16   276    (W)    807  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    26    12     16   294  (WNW)    508  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    23    12     12   341  (NNW)    465 mstly clr    none
     19:00    23    12      6   358    (N)    462 mstly clr    none
     20:00    25    14      5   356    (N)    464    clear     none
     21:00    25    11     20     5    (N)    283    clear     none
     22:00    26    10     11   338  (NNW)    293    clear     none
     23:00    26     9      5   338  (NNW)    387 mstly clr    none
     00:00    27    13     17   342  (NNW)    334 mstly clr    none
     01:00    26    14     14   357    (N)    383  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    26    14     13    24  (NNE)    379  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    28    12     17   330  (NNW)    318  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    27    10     11    15  (NNE)    313  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    26     8     15   344  (NNW)    228  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    30    -1     16     4    (N)    338  ptly cldy   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: 1.8.5