Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 06:40:21 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101012
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Tuesday, October 12, 2010
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Murphy        R.McMillan, T.Gasaway   APOLLO        18:35    19:35
A.Brown         A.Brown                 DIS           19:39    01:00
J.Frieman       D.Tucker, S.Allam       DIS           01:00    06:20
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD01/O     18:42   19:42    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
CU03/R     19:42   01:00    0    0    0    0   2.4  2.9   0    0
UC05/R     01:00   06:57    0    0    0    0   5.9  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J.Huehnerhoff
Cloudy start to the night with scattered clouds clearing out by the start
of the second observing program.  Very poor, variable seeing from the end
of first half till morning twilight.
Continue to have the control click problem described in PR1188.
The temp dropped to 4C, it appeared to cause the DIS guider shutter to
stick intermittently.
                    ------- 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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 18:43 APOLLO    50( 1227)  26  64   9.3 12.8 11.3 11.7 12.1   clear  1.80
 19:39 dis-slit   116(  365) -134  71   8.7 10.2  9.7  9.5  9.1   clear  1.08
 22:28 dis-slit   120(  259) -131  52   7.7  7.7  7.9  7.2  7.5   clear  1.60
 01:20 dis-slit   191(  236) 135  49   5.6  5.7  5.9  5.5  5.5   clear  2.90
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    56    30      7   189    (S)    373  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    52    32     13    87    (E)    534  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    50    33     10    82    (E)    603  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    49    34     18    79    (E)    663  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    47    34     22    77  (ENE)    874    clear     none
     21:00    46    34     16    85    (E)    889    clear     none
     22:00    46    34     13    85    (E)    725    clear     none
     23:00    46    33     18    84    (E)    784    clear     none
     00:00    43    35     24    69  (ENE)    957    clear     none
     01:00    42    34     18    68  (ENE)   1017    clear     none
     02:00    42    32     26    73  (ENE)    914 mstly clr    none
     03:00    41    32     15    86    (E)    996 mstly clr    none
     04:00    41    32     20    75  (ENE)    907    clear     none
     05:00    40    31     14    77  (ENE)    933    clear     none
     06:00    41    31     13    92    (E)    941    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: 2.13.0
    Current TUI version: 1.8.2