Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20241208
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon,  9 Dec 2024 13:03:53 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, December 08, 2024
PROG  PI ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)
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OU02  M.Kilic           G.Jewett
NM08  D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev
                         ON-SKY
PROG  INSTRUMENT     START   FINISH
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OU02  ARCTIC         17:06   00:04
NM08  KOSMOS         00:22   05:45
   PROG       SCHEDULED      WEATH     EQUIP     OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DTN  START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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OU02/R      17:06  00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  7.1   0    0
NM08/R      00:10  06:46    0    0    0    0   6.2  0.4   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
On the first rotation during checkout I got a cannot compute error and a halt/stop button for the rotator.  I am going to reset the axis controller to try to resolve the issue.  It did seem to rotate a couple of degrees before it faulted.  I rotated it back to 0.0 (I believe it rotated) before doing the reset.  No further issues after reset.
At 17:53 the Dataq hung with a command line window popping up and giving a repeated message about 'Timed out while connecting, retrying..."
I dismounted NICFPS on it's cart wrong.  The cart is a little too far back but the instrument is stable.  I will fix it after I put it on the cart correctly after Mondays usage.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
              FAILURE MODE     TIME
PROG   INSTR     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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 17:44 arctic   362(  906)  22  61   2.9  2.0  3.1  2.7  2.8   BG40  0.93
 17:48 NA2gdr -2293(35706)  20  62   2.9  2.0  3.1  2.7  2.8   Clear  1.06
 00:28 kosmos   362(  727) 193  69   3.6  1.5  2.8  2.0  3.0   --  0.77
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    38    14      9   333  (NNW)    363    clear     none
     17:00    37    13     15   323   (NW)    358    clear     none
     18:00    37    13      9   345  (NNW)    443    clear     none
     19:00    37    16     12   331  (NNW)    726    clear     none
     20:00    37    18     14   328  (NNW)    869    clear     none
     21:00    36    17      7   356    (N)    772  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    36    17      2   341  (NNW)    593  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    39    14     15   308   (NW)    486  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    40    14     13   307   (NW)    438  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    37    15     12   319   (NW)    483  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    36    17     13   305   (NW)    587  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    37    10     13   303  (WNW)    475 mstly clr    none
     04:00    39     8     13   277    (W)    331 mstly clr    none
     05:00    37     9      8   288  (WNW)    349 mstly clr    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.
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