Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131120
From: pgaulme@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:38:10 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, November 20, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Klaene          R.McMillan, P.Gaulme  X              --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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EN01/W     17:08   06:30    2.6 10.8  0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: P.Gaulme
Engineering Night
1) Zeroing the NA2 axis. Done at 17:52. Angle for perfect horizontality is 0.394 (as checked on status, I ordered 0.392)
2) Reset axis controllers. Done at 18:28. No change to do.
Then we could not open because of cloud coverage and radar features. Dome opening at 20:50 but still cloudy. First slew at 21:08 but with no result: too many clouds.
We attempted to run the focus loop (with Russet online). Could not work because of clouds but we also had issues with the control+click in this beta version of the guiding. Russet tested the ecam, tcam and gcam and found other issues with guiding in this beta version. She will report that.
I decide to close again at 21:28 because cloud coverage is uniform and don't feel that safe wrt rain possibility.
We kept close all the rest of the night.
                    ------- 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    42    22     12   245  (WSW)    318 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    41    25     20   234   (SW)    314 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    40    25     16   224   (SW)    322 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    42    26     15   246  (WSW)    264   cloudy     none
     20:00    42    27     16   243  (WSW)    306   cloudy     none
     21:00    42    27     15   266    (W)    289   cloudy     none
     22:00    42    28     13   229   (SW)    359   cloudy     none
     23:00    41    31     23   223   (SW)    440   cloudy     none
     00:00    41    31     17   244  (WSW)    466   cloudy     none
     01:00    40    29     16   253  (WSW)    408   cloudy     none
     02:00    39    28     13   246  (WSW)    509   cloudy     none
     03:00    39    28     14   283  (WNW)    567   cloudy     none
     04:00    39    28     12   270    (W)    494   cloudy     none
     05:00    38    29      9   269    (W)    532   cloudy     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