Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140109
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:39:39 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, January 09, 2014
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Schmidt         C.Schmidt, A.Woodson  DIS            --:--   --:--
Z.Tsvetanov       Z.Tsvetanov           ECHELLE        00:45   06:25
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UV04/R     17:23   00:10    0   6.8   0    0    0    0    0    0
JH04/R     00:10   06:58    0    0    0   0.6   4.6  1.6   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Clouds first half of the night.
I opened at 00:07.
07:13:48UT Secondary mirror problem.
07:21:08 .tcc.0 0 tcc F Modu="mir_o_MoveOneGalil"; Text=" Sec returned an error message"
07:21:08 .tcc.0 0 tcc I Received="?CORRPOS pos. error -000094078,  001699449, -000095098, -000002229, -000001623 too large for axes  0,  1,  0,  0,  0"
I called Russet to consult on homing the secondary, she homed it remotely.  We lost about 35 mins of on sky time which I counted as Engineering time.
No problems otherwise 2nd half.
                    ------- 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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 17:41 dcamera    870(  687) -94  56   1.4  3.1  2.7  2.8  1.8   --  1.20
 18:13 dcamera    616(  410)  28  49   0.9  2.5  2.2  1.9  1.1   --  1.80
 00:47 ecamera    548( -889)  71  59  -1.7 -0.8 -0.1 -0.8 -1.5   ND3  1.80
 02:39 ecamera    817( -653) -75  50  -1.7 -1.7 -1.2 -1.5 -1.7   ND2  1.40
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    35     3      8   259    (W)    405   cloudy     none
     17:00    35    -1     19   255  (WSW)    405   cloudy     none
     18:00    33     2      5   209  (SSW)    405   cloudy     none
     19:00    31     7      9   190    (S)    405   cloudy     none
     20:00    31     8     14   223   (SW)    405   cloudy     none
     21:00    32     8     15   256  (WSW)    405   cloudy   lt snow
     22:00    31    12     17   232   (SW)    405   cloudy     none
     23:00    30    12     17   227   (SW)    405   cloudy     none
     00:00    29    12     22   248  (WSW)    405  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    30    11     21   247  (WSW)    405  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    29    10     17   262    (W)    405    clear     none
     03:00    28     9     14   269    (W)    405    clear     none
     04:00    28     9     15   270    (W)    405    clear     none
     05:00    26     9     20   272    (W)    405    clear     none
     06:00    25     9     11   304   (NW)    405    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