Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:52:55 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110128
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Friday, January 28, 2011
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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W.Ketzeback       G.Saurage             ECHELLE        18:00   18:46
A.Mukadam         A.Mukadam             Agile          18:49   07:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM05/R     17:41   18:41    0    0   1.0   0    0    0    0    0
UW03/R     18:41   06:52    0    0   1.0   0   7.8  3.4   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    G.Saurage
Many problems.
TSPEC: Tcam files are all zeros. PR #1229
No error messages, yet every tcam file is zero. NA2 was clearly seeing
stars, so nothing was restricting the light path. I could change Fowler samples and
slit position fine. Tried restarting the nubs (many times), tcamera initalize, array
power="on", but nothing made a difference... and time ran out needed to switch
programs. Later I tried to reset the Leech controller, but I could not seem to bring
things back.
Echelle: Cal mirror not moving. PR #1228
When trying to  switch between Sky and Lamps on the Echelle GUI I get the following
error: 00:40:18 APO.gabrelle 54 echelle f text="exceptions.RuntimeError:
[Calibration
Mirror Move Error! :: No OptiStep Error]"
Tried rebooting Slitty, check the ICC is running (it was), restarting nubs.
Everything seems to be fine UNLESS you try to switch between Sky and Lamps... I was
not successful in taking cals or data since the mirror seems to not be moving, or at
least the software does not believe it is.
Agile: Spontaneous abort, not coming back. PR #1128
Tonight I rebooted nimble before taking some test darks, that all worked. Then when
Anjum logged in to do cals, it spontaneously aborted. I tried to restart nubs and it
would abort again on the first test exposure. Rebooted. Over and over. Rebooted
again (3rd time). Finally it "stabilized" and we took data for the rest of the night
without an abort.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
 PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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 NM05    T       I/S        18:00 18:46  Tcam files all zeros
 NM05    E       I/H        18:00 18:46  Echelle cal mirror not moving
 UW03    P       I/S        18:50 19:50  Agile aborting
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 19:15 AGILE -1625(-2623) 124  43   1.1  2.5  1.9  1.0  1.6   BG40  1.48
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    39    -4      3   221   (SW)    432    clear     none
     17:00    36     3      5   341  (NNW)    805    clear     none
     18:00    35     0      8   359    (N)    758    clear     none
     19:00    34    -9      7   352    (N)    287    clear     none
     20:00    36    -8      3   351    (N)    192    clear     none
     21:00    36    -8      7   314   (NW)    225    clear     none
     22:00    35    -8      3   264    (W)    302    clear     none
     23:00    33    -5      2   240  (WSW)    293    clear     none
     00:00    33   -10      8   272    (W)    260    clear     none
     01:00    33   -10      5   240  (WSW)    279    clear     none
     02:00    31    -6      8   297  (WNW)    370    clear     none
     03:00    32    -4     11   278    (W)    399    clear     none
     04:00    32    -3     14   291  (WNW)    481    clear     none
     05:00    30     0      6   259    (W)    547  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    31    -1     10   275    (W)    504 mstly 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