Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:02:00 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101026
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Tuesday, October 26, 2010
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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A.Kowalski        A.Kowalski, A.Brown   DIS/ECHELLE    18:30   01:05
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         01:15   02:00
R.Mandelbaum      M.Hilton              NICFPS         02:02   07:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW12/O     18:27   01:00    0    0    0    0   2.4  4.1   0    0
DD01/O     01:00   02:00    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
PU02/R     02:00   07:08    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.1   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J.Huehnerhoff
Clear photometric start to the night with wind picking up around 2000MT.
Intermittent clouds starting at the end of first half lasting till
morning.  High humidity much of second half.
No problems with NICFPS, but the rotation angle needed for the users field
was around 0 degrees.
                    ------- 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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 18:39 ECHELLE   272( -360) 195  73   6.1  7.6  6.5  6.9  6.6   clear  1.42
 00:34 dis-slit    -3(  221) 238  52   5.4  5.3  5.6  5.3  5.4   --  1.80
 01:17 APOLLO    -3( 1005)  95  53   5.3  5.0  5.2  4.8  4.9   --  2.00
 02:14 NICFPS   -53(  740) -24  56   5.0  4.8  5.1  4.7  4.8   MK-Ks  1.10
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    48    35     20   249  (WSW)    519    clear     none
     17:00    47    35     23   238  (WSW)    556    clear     none
     18:00    45    33     26   251  (WSW)    670    clear     none
     19:00    43    34     24   257  (WSW)    562    clear     none
     20:00    44    33     31   266    (W)    463    clear     none
     21:00    43    34     32   266    (W)    553    clear     none
     22:00    43    33     17   273    (W)    584    clear     none
     23:00    42    33     26   305   (NW)    535    clear     none
     00:00    42    33     22   274    (W)    423 mstly clr    none
     01:00    41    34     13   274    (W)    510 mstly clr    none
     02:00    41    34     18   269    (W)    517  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    40    35     18   268    (W)    543 mstly clr    none
     04:00    39    35     15   275    (W)    587 mstly clr   humid
     05:00    38    34     14   315   (NW)    502 mstly clr   humid
     06:00    38    33     19   322   (NW)    485 mstly clr    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: 1.8.4