Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 12:58:39 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131101
From: "Alysha Shugart"
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, November 01, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Holtzman       G.MacDonald,           SPICAM         18:21  18:56
                 K.Steateley,           ECHELLE        18:57  21:57
                 L.Mayorga,             SPICAM         21:57  01:00
                 S.Hasselquist
D.Jones          D.Jones                DIS            01:20  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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NM01/R     18:21   01:10    0    0   1.0   0   5.8  0.0   0    0
JH04/R     01:10   07:14    0    0    0    0   5.2  0.9   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shugart
We opened and slewed on time, and began exposing at 19:10. At 19:55,
dunring the last minute of a 1200s exposure, the echelle guider kicked the
guide star out of the mask and made a jump 20-30". See proc-e0370 and
proc-e0371.
Called Russet to help investigation of guiding issue. We noticed a very
low S/N in the first two objects observed. After confirming pointing, and
reslewing to previous targets with much improved results and S/N, we were
unable to find an explanation for the guider's behavior, or any indication
that the pointing was off from the beginning of the night. We continued
with observations when the guider behavaed happily after the pointing
check.
The rest of the night went well, with seeing between 0.8 and 1.8".
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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NM01 ECHELLE      T/H     19:10  20:10   Pointing errors
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 19:08 ecamera    699( -482) 230  77   4.4  4.3  4.5  4.2  3.8   clear   1.11
 22:15 SPIcam     590(  620)  39  49   5.1  4.2  4.7  4.3  4.3   SDSSr  0.86
 01:33 dcamera    459(  284) -20  51   4.1  3.1  3.5  3.2  3.5   --  1.96
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    40    20     10   357    (N)    392    clear     none
     17:00    41    19      0   218   (SW)    266    clear     none
     18:00    38    18     11    30  (NNE)    283    clear     none
     19:00    40     9     18    35   (NE)    209    clear     none
     20:00    41     3     19    16  (NNE)    228    clear     none
     21:00    41     4     13    12  (NNE)    245    clear     none
     22:00    41     3     13    17  (NNE)    197    clear     none
     23:00    41     3      8     3    (N)    161    clear     none
     00:00    39     2      1    10    (N)    185    clear     none
     01:00    39     2      1   278    (W)    167    clear     none
     02:00    39     4      5   202  (SSW)    210    clear     none
     03:00    36    12      6   228   (SW)    191    clear     none
     04:00    36    14      5   186    (S)    207    clear     none
     05:00    36    16      6   184    (S)    242    clear     none
     06:00    35    16      7   146   (SE)    265    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: 2.1.0