Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:03:29 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100212
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Friday, February 12, 2010
                                                       ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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W. Ketzeback    J. Huehnerhoff         ECHELLE       18:00    18:50
R. Reyes        R. Reyes               DIS           19:00    00:11
C. Churchill    C. Churchill           DIS           00:13    02:25
  INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD04/O    17:55   18:55    0    0    0    0   1.0   0    0    0
PU02/R    18:55   00:10    0    0    0    0   5.2   0    0    0
NM05/R    00:10   06:40   3.6  0.3   0    0   2.6   0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J. Huehnerhoff
Nice clear night with decent seeing.  Major problem was the wind.
Closed at 02:25 MT due to wind gusts greater than 25mph (wind limit set to
25mph for tonight).  Noticeable snow blowing on cloudcam after closing.
The wind continued to get worse with gusts up to 35 and sustained winds of
20 to 30 mph.
                    ------- 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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 18:11 ECHELLE    69(-1071) 131  71  -2.1 -0.8 -1.6 -1.4 -1.5   ND3  1.00
 19:05 dis-slit   240( -233)  -9  52  -2.1 -1.8 -1.9 -2.6 -2.2   clear  1.16
 00:23 dis-slit   180( -357) 117  71  -2.9 -2.8 -2.6 -3.2 -3.0   clear  1.14
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    30    11      4   351    (N)    166    clear     none
     17:00    29    11     12    25  (NNE)    125    clear     none
     18:00    28    12      7   340  (NNW)    153    clear     none
     19:00    28    14     15   355    (N)    162    clear     none
     20:00    29    15     12   351    (N)    198    clear     none
     21:00    29    15     14   357    (N)    192    clear     none
     22:00    29    15     11    20  (NNE)    234    clear     none
     23:00    28    15     10   305   (NW)    263    clear     none
     00:00    28    15     10    21  (NNE)    211    clear     none
     01:00    27    16     19    11    (N)    190    clear     none
     02:00    26    15     14   359    (N)    199    clear     none
     03:00    25    16     28    33  (NNE)    205    clear     none
     04:00    25    13     24    30  (NNE)    260    clear     none
     05:00    26     0     28    20  (NNE)    117    clear     none
     06:00    27     1     24    26  (NNE)    193    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: 2.11.1
    Current TUI version: 1.7.0