Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:06:51 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101017
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Sunday, October 17, 2010
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)        INSTRUMENT       START  FINISH
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J.Bally        A.Ginsburg           TrippleSpec       18:39    23:55
T.Murphy       P.Russet             APOLLO            00:00    00:59
W.Ketzeback    G.Saurage            ARCES / Tspec     00:02    02:06
A.McKay        A.McKay              ARCES             02:10    05:45
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU05/R     18:36   00:00    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.4   0    0
DD01/R     00:00   01:00    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
DD02/R     01:00   02:00    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
NM01/R     02:00   07:01    0   1.0   0    0   2.7  1.3   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    G.Saurage
Thin clouds around all night, overcast in last hour of the night; very productive
nontheless.
Apollo reports close to record returns.
eAur files in normal place; both TSPEC and Echelle.
                    ------- 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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 18:50 TSPEC   335( 1082) -20  38  10.5 13.5 11.7 12.2 12.2        1.80
 01:08 TSPEC   154(  667) 121  53   8.6  9.2  9.3  8.8  9.1        0.96
 01:41 ECHELLE 137( -624) 122  58   8.8  8.8  8.9  8.1  8.5   ND3  1.11
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    60    32     16   243  (WSW)    417 mstly clr    none
     17:00    60    34     11   210  (SSW)    556 mstly clr    none
     18:00    53    31      9   237  (WSW)    438 mstly clr    none
     19:00    51    32      8   257  (WSW)    499 mstly clr    none
     20:00    51    31      9   217   (SW)    556 mstly clr    none
     21:00    50    32      9   191    (S)    563 mstly clr    none
     22:00    50    33     10   203  (SSW)    907 mstly clr    none
     23:00    50    33      6   186    (S)    807 mstly clr    none
     00:00    50    33      7   195  (SSW)    771 mstly clr    none
     01:00    49    34      9   193  (SSW)    680 mstly clr    none
     02:00    48    33      8   248  (WSW)    552 mstly clr    none
     03:00    46    33      7   221   (SW)    574  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    48    33      6   260    (W)    546  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    49    33      8   288  (WNW)    505   cloudy     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