Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120219
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:33:53 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, February 19, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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W.Ketzeback       J.Dembicky            ECHELLE/TSPEC  --:--   --:--
M.Strauss         M.Strauss             TSPEC          --:--   --:--
M.Strauss         M.Strauss             TSPEC
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD04/R     18:00   19:00   1.0   0    0    0    0   0.0   0    0
PU06/R     19:00   06:33  10.6  1.0   0    0    0   0.0   0    0
PU06/R     00:10   06:33    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Ecamera would not connect at checkout (disconnected).  I reconnected and restarted the nubs.
When the checkout script got to the Echelle I got this error (It actually completed an echelle image, then gave an error).
23:42:58 APO.Jack-Obs1 18 echelle f text="error from motor controller: '\x15[Invalid Command]\r>'"
The second attempt to take an Echelle image (no other intervention on my part) worked fine.
The EchelleCals script put the data in the root directory /export/images/Q1APO/UT120220 instead of an echelle sub-directory.  I don't recall it doing this before for the eAur program. Did something change?
Low clouds and wind just above limit delayed us getting on the sky at the start of the night.
We opened around 18:50 just long enough to get focused and then the clouds came back with a vengance.
The clouds never left for the remainder of the night.  My observer threw in the towel at 04:35.
                    ------- 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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 19:05 TSPEC   553(  122)  70  52  -0.9  1.0  0.9  0.9 -0.6   Ks  1.20
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    36    12     29   232   (SW)   1828 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    35    15     28   250  (WSW)   1116 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    32    13     32   258  (WSW)   1249 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    31    15     23   270    (W)   1217 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    31    18     23   259    (W)   1157   cloudy     none
     21:00    30    18     20   269    (W)   1078   cloudy     none
     22:00    29    17     16   255  (WSW)   1155   cloudy     none
     23:00    29    17     17   265    (W)   1291   cloudy     none
     00:00    28    15     25   278    (W)   3070   cloudy     dust
     01:00    27    15     29   274    (W)   2825   cloudy     dust
     02:00    25    15     20   263    (W)   4465   cloudy     dust
     03:00    24    17     19   270    (W)   2128   cloudy     none
     04:00    23    14     22   270    (W)   1161   cloudy     none
     05:00    23    12     16   271    (W)   1122  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: 2.15.0
    Current TUI version: 1.9.4