Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140527
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 28 May 2014 12:05:30 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, May 27, 2014
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Bentz           M.Bentz               DIS            20:00   21:06
C.Grady           see below             GIFS           21:19   05:50
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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GS04/R     20:12   21:12    0    0    0    0   1.0  0.0   0    0
DD03/R     21:12   05:49    0    0    0    0   8.6  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
GIFS training all night (except for GS04)
GIFS observers: Carol Grady, Ashlee Wilkins, James Bubeck, Lorrie Straka, John Bally, Mike McElwain, Russet McMillan, Bill Ketzeback, Alaina Bradley
Night was clear, with variable seeing.  Observing with GIFS was very successful, and we took lots of notes on how to operate it.
We were faked out by SWIFT, and almost observed a non-GRB in Andromeda.  Boo, SWIFT!
On the very first slew of the day, Az had a motion error.  It happened almost immediately (104.8 degrees, started from 104).  The error plots had enormous oscillations, and the CSS reported current spikes of +/- 10.  All of this happened immediately after starting the slew (00:57).  Cleared easily with the stop button.
                    ------- 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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 19:31 dcamera    708( 1269)  57  77  15.1 17.9 18.1 17.8 15.6   --  1.95
 21:54 GIFS       550( 1035) -111  79  12.8 13.5 14.1 13.1 12.8   green_ifs  1.63
 22:17 GIFS       525(  994) -107  75  12.5 13.1 13.7 12.8 12.5   6724  1.29
 01:38 GIFS       525( 1046)   8  44  15.1 13.7 14.3 13.8 14.2   red_ifs  0.99
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    65    25     12   353    (N)    520    clear     none
     17:00    67    24     10   311   (NW)    601    clear     none
     18:00    67    22     13   325   (NW)    350    clear     none
     19:00    67    27      7    83    (E)   1000    clear     none
     20:00    62    30     14    77  (ENE)    437    clear     none
     21:00    58    31     13    85    (E)    548    clear     none
     22:00    56    31     16    87    (E)    596    clear     none
     23:00    55    31     17    71  (ENE)    645    clear     none
     00:00    55    31     18    78  (ENE)    628    clear     none
     01:00    56    31     11    91    (E)    554    clear     none
     02:00    59    28      7    45   (NE)    564    clear     none
     03:00    59    26      1   338  (NNW)    482    clear     none
     04:00    55    29      8    68  (ENE)    614    clear     none
     05:00    55    30      9    65  (ENE)    700    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: 2.2.0