Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:09:57 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101016
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Saturday, October 16, 2010
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)          INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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 J.Wisniewski    B.Tofflemire         NICFPS, ECH    19:00    01:00
 D.York          Y.Barentine          ECH            01:02    06:15
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW13/R     18:37   01:00    0    0    0   1.0   0   5.4   0    0
UC02/R     01:00   07:00    0    0    0    0   4.6  1.4   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    G.Saurage
Clouds on and off. Decent seeing.
First half: Repeat problem with NICFPS, PR 1180. NICFPS is still not usable.
Choose to switch to a backup program on Echelle.
No problems second half.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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 UW13   N         I/H      20:00  21:00   NICFPS bad files
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 20:02 ECHELLE   171( -483)  81  72   9.7 11.2 10.2  9.6  9.9   ND2  0.66
 21:25 ECHELLE   125( -576) 150  44   8.9  9.6  9.1  8.5  8.7   ND2  1.13
 01:09 ECHELLE   188( -593)  78  63   8.4  8.5  8.9  8.1  8.6   ND2  0.87
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    56    34     10   208  (SSW)    466  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    56    34      3   198  (SSW)    451  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    53    34      9   184    (S)    444  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    49    31      9   214   (SW)    471  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    48    31      9   189    (S)    582  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    50    31      6   201  (SSW)    547  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    48    30      9   216   (SW)    534  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    48    26      8   251  (WSW)    346  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    48    29      9   211  (SSW)    376  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    49    30      8   240  (WSW)    408  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    49    31      8   226   (SW)    426  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    48    31      7   228   (SW)    409  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    48    30      7   246  (WSW)    271  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    48    31      8   228   (SW)    463  ptly cldy   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