Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2014 11:41:58 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140605
From: "Alysha Shugart"
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, June 05, 2014
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Bentz           M.Bentz               DIS            20:00   21:12
A.Mukadam         A.Mukadam             AGILE          21:15   01:13
D.Gies            Z.Guo                 ECHELLE        01:15   05:40
   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     20:17   21:17    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
UW04/R     21:17   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  3.9   0    0
GS06/R     01:10   05:46    0    0    0    0   4.2  0.3   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shugart
While running Agile, we first received an error at 03:32:10 .tcc.0 0 tcc W
RotStat=121.327351,0.000000,4908742329.85000,0x00006001; BadRotStatus;
RotDTime=-0.1; RotID=2,0.
Although Agile checked out this afternoon, the rotator failed at ~120
degrees in mount coordinates. We followed the object without rotation
tracking until 22:10, when we could pause the exposures. I inspected for
physical impairments, and found nothing. I stopped and started the axes,
and ran Agile through a few more slews in a talk2boxes session. That
seemed to clear it up. Slewed back to target, and began tracking as normal
at 22:30.
No more problems with 3.5-m. See email for 0.5-m.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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UW04  Agile       I/H     22:10  22:30    Agile rotator failed in tracking.
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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20:33 dcamera    393( 1268)  17  82  21.3 24.0 23.6 22.9 22.0   --  1.48
21:29 AGILE   443( -822) 170  74  21.2 22.3 22.4 21.6 21.0   BG40  1.77
01:43 ecamera    666(  269) 122  65  19.8 19.6 20.2 19.5 19.4   ND2  0.90
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    81    41     18   239  (WSW)    919    clear     none
     17:00    82    38      9   256  (WSW)    738    clear     none
     18:00    79    39     12   222   (SW)    682    clear     none
     19:00    76    36     12   215   (SW)    735    clear     none
     20:00    72    31      4   205  (SSW)    652    clear     none
     21:00    71    30      8   224   (SW)    690    clear     none
     22:00    69    29      7   283  (WNW)    990    clear     none
     23:00    68    29      6   308   (NW)    905    clear     none
     00:00    68    29      7   344  (NNW)    949    clear     none
     01:00    68    29      1   343  (NNW)   1029    clear     none
     02:00    67    27      6   348  (NNW)   1044    clear     none
     03:00    66    27      5    20  (NNE)   1043    clear     none
     04:00    65    25      7   124   (SE)   1052    clear     none
     05:00    65    25      5   183    (S)   1262    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