Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 06:42:16 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101025
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Monday, October 25, 2010
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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S.Schmidt        S.Schmidt              TSPEC          18:25    20:00
                                                       22:40    00:56
W.Ketzeback      J.Huehnerhoff          TSPEC/ECHELLE  00:58    01:53
A.McKay          A.McKay                ECHELLE        01:53    06:05
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW11/R     18:28   01:00    0   2.7   0    0   1.5  2.3   0    0
DD02/R     01:00   02:00    0    0    0    0    0   1.0   0    0
NM01/R     02:00   07:08    0   1.0   0    0    0   4.1   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J.Huehnerhoff
Moderately high wind at start of night.  Wind increasing well above
closure limit after 20:00MT.  Opened again after winded died down.
Humidity borderline the entire night finally spiking shortly before
twilight.
No instrument problems during the night.  NICFPS mounted at end of the
night to continue testing.
                    ------- 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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 18:37 TSPEC   276(  912) 212  71   7.2  7.9  7.3  7.5  7.3   --  1.63
 01:27 ECHELLE    27( -869) 122  61   2.2  2.0  2.3  1.7  1.9   ND3  1.64
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    46    32     29   255  (WSW)   3568 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    46    31     30   267    (W)   3342 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    45    31     34   269    (W)   3019  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    45    31     35   272    (W)   2580 mstly clr    none
     20:00    44    32     38   281    (W)   2434    clear     none
     21:00    42    33     30   280    (W)   2636    clear     none
     22:00    40    34     36   291  (WNW)   2640 mstly clr    none
     23:00    37    31     24   309   (NW)    736    clear     none
     00:00    37    31     17   288  (WNW)    481    clear    humid
     01:00    36    32     21   318   (NW)    342    clear    humid
     02:00    36    32     26   297  (WNW)    325    clear    humid
     03:00    36    31     18   325   (NW)    351    clear    humid
     04:00    35    31     18   321   (NW)    412    clear    humid
     05:00    34    31     13   302  (WNW)    377    clear    humid
     06:00    35    32     19   298  (WNW)    421    clear    humid
     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: 1.8.4