Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 06:39:44 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20101027
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Wednesday, October 27, 2010
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Coughlin        J.Coughlin            DIS            18:10   20:00
D.York            D.York                ECHELLE        20:05   00:55
R.Mandelbaum      M.Hilton              NICFPS         01:01   06:35
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM06/R     18:26   19:56    0    0    0    0   1.5  0.0   0    0
UC02/R     19:56   01:00    0    0    0    0   1.9  3.1   0    0
PU02/R     01:00   07:09    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.1   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J.Huehnerhoff
Photometric night with variable seeing at start of night stabilizing after
midnight.
One instance of NICFPS readout problem.  User was able to rotate field 180
deg to prevent from occurring again.  No problems the remainder of the
night.
                    ------- 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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 18:49 dis-slit     5(  321) 192  74   7.1  7.5  7.2  7.0  7.1   --  2.02
 20:19 ECHELLE    50( -661)  30  86   4.7  5.9  5.6  5.2  5.2   clear  1.37
 01:12 NICFPS   -89(  664) 150  65   4.3  4.1  4.5  3.7  4.0   MK-Ks  0.84
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    45    26     13   341  (NNW)    539    clear     none
     17:00    44    24     10   353    (N)    518    clear     none
     18:00    43    22     12    33  (NNE)    496    clear     none
     19:00    45    10     19    43   (NE)    325    clear     none
     20:00    42    27     16    64  (ENE)    550    clear     none
     21:00    40    29     13    81    (E)    647    clear     none
     22:00    39    29     11    91    (E)    688    clear     none
     23:00    40    27      6    91    (E)    678    clear     none
     00:00    41    25      5   168  (SSE)    661    clear     none
     01:00    40    26      8   141   (SE)    597    clear     none
     02:00    39    25     13   126   (SE)    631    clear     none
     03:00    39    25     17   129   (SE)    580    clear     none
     04:00    38    24      9   126   (SE)    589    clear     none
     05:00    35    18     10    92    (E)    497    clear     none
     06:00    35    19     11   101    (E)    473    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: 1.8.4