Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111101
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed,  2 Nov 2011 13:30:37 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, November 01, 2011
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Marriage        M.Hilton              NICFPS         17:45   01:00
J.Holtzman        D.Feuillet            ECHELLE        01:00   06:11
W.Ketzeback       J.Dembicky            ECHELLE        06:13   08:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH04/R     18:21   01:00    0    0    0    0   0.9  5.7   0    0
NM04/R     01:00   06:13    0    0    0    0   5.2  0.0   0    0
NM05/W     06:13   07:13    0    0    0    0   1.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Saw Alt slips and motion errors, which halted the drive, in Alt.  I cleaned the Alt drive (which didn't look very dirty but did see some rust forming on the left side face of drive).  This seemed to clear the motion errors but still saw lots of Alt slips.
Alt axis slip @ approx 30.5, 65.6, 56.0, 46.4
Alt MS.DUMP done at 23:32:32 UT.
The lampswitch got stuck and would not accept commands from TUI/Hub.  I could control it via the web interface.  Fritz will reset it in the morning.
NICFPS focus script is broken (TUI 1.9.4a1).  Could not load script, requestor popped up with errors.
Seeing degraded at the end of the night to around 1.7 arc sec.
                    ------- 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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 18:46 NICFPS   244(  693)  38  54   9.9 12.4 12.2 12.3 10.3   Ks  0.87
 20:09 NICFPS   319(  632)  24  56   9.4  9.9 10.3  9.7  9.3   Ks  0.76
 01:11 ECHELLE   372( -900) -125  31   8.9  8.4  8.8  8.4  8.5   ND1  1.30
 06:14 ECHELLE   410(-1024) -116  54   5.9  6.0  6.5  5.9  5.7   ND2  1.60
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    56    21     16   217   (SW)    944    clear     none
     17:00    53    20     15   248  (WSW)   1111    clear     none
     18:00    51    21     18   222   (SW)   1107    clear     none
     19:00    50    20     18   201  (SSW)    996    clear     none
     20:00    50    19     14   206  (SSW)    846    clear     none
     21:00    50    18     17   209  (SSW)    940    clear     none
     22:00    49    18     17   217   (SW)   1046    clear     none
     23:00    49    18     21   233   (SW)   1117 mstly clr    none
     00:00    48    18     22   251  (WSW)    970 mstly clr    none
     01:00    48    18     21   254  (WSW)    884  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    47    17     17   269    (W)    855  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    46    17      8   269    (W)    872 mstly clr    none
     04:00    45    15     14   249  (WSW)   1116    clear     none
     05:00    44    16     20   257  (WSW)   1360    clear     none
     06:00    43    15     15   247  (WSW)   1095    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: 2.15.0
    Current TUI version: 1.9.3