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ENR CTIO Blanco 4-m 2015-05-21

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Date: 
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Telescope: 
CTIO Blanco 4-m
Submitter: 
David Herrera
Submitter Email: 
herrera@noao.edu
Observer Support: 
Manuel Hernandez
Night Assistant: 
Alberto Alvarez
Also Present: 
Leonardo Paredes
Problems: 

LOCAL TIME

19:56 - Telescope's air support failed (time lost: 16mins)

20:30 - Interlock error in SISPI - Configure SISPI and got back fine

21:00 - Enviromental web page weather data went down… No info on wind, temperature, humidity, etc.

22:10 - They brought it back (no observing time lost)

22:18 - Although no actual problems seem to happened, DOME & MOUNT are showing flashing status in the TCS. Support decided to halt and investigate and try to solve it but it stayed the same. Decided to keep going despite that issue.

00:01 - We resume. Time lost: 1h42m

 

01:10 - Interlock error in SISPI - Click "Configure" and got back fine

 

03:30 - Interlock error in SISPI - Click "Configure" and got back fine

For 2 nights, when trying the "Safe Mode" at the end of the night, the Vsub turns off just fine, but the block DOES NOT moves and the SISPI goes in a interlock error, which is fix by configure.

I started filling up this report early on, and when ready to submit at the end of the night, got persistent a persistent

Error

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...... needed to restart filling it up all over again.............

Does this thing times out?

Comments: 

None.

Conditions: 
General Conditions
Temperature Max: 
16.00
Temperature Min: 
13.00
Humidity Max: 
21
Humidity Min: 
19
Wind Speed Max: 
20.00
Wind Speed Min: 
10.00
Comment: 
None.
1st Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Wind: 
Low
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky : 
2
2nd Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Seeing Value: 
1.30
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
1
3rd Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Wind: 
Medium
Seeing Value: 
1.00
Seeing Variability: 
0
Seeing Source: 
CTIO Seeing monitor
Sky: 
0
4th Quarter
Clouds: 
Thin Clouds
Seeing Value: 
1.50
Seeing Variability: 
0.2
Seeing Source: 
The Telescope I used
Sky: 
0
Program: 
Proposal: 
2013B-0536
Target of Oportunity: 
No
Time Observed: 
9.0
Time Engineering: 
0.0
Time lost technical: 
2.0
Time lost weather: 
0.0
Time lost other: 
0.0
Description: 
DECam NEO Survey
Primary Investigator: 
Lori Allen
Email: 
lallen@noao.edu
Institution: 
NOAO
Instrument: 
CTIO 4m DECam
Organization: 
NOAO
Total Program Time: 
11
Total Times Time Observed Time Engineering Time lost technical Time lost weather Time lost other Total Program Time
2015-05-21 9.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 11