Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 06:03:56 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100522
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Saturday, May 22, 2010
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T. Murphy       R. McMillan, T. Murphy  APOLLO        19:25    21:00
F. Mullally     F. Mullally             DIS           21:04    00:00
A. Kowalski     A. Kowalski             DIS           00:00    02:24
J. Coughlin     J. Coughlin             TSPEC         02:31    05:40
  INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD02/O    20:09   21:00     0    0    0    0    0   0.8   0    0
PU09/R    21:00   00:00     0    0    0    0    0   3.0   0    0
UW01/R    00:00   02:30     0    0    0    0    0   2.5   0    0
NM01/R    02:30   05:51     0    0    0    0   3.0  0.4   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J. Huehnerhoff
A few minor problems throughout the night but an otherwise very successful
night of observing.
While opening mirror covers, the TR2 mirror cover again failed to open.
This occurred at an altitude of 80 degrees, see PR 1129.
Motion Errors
02:00UT az/alt 38.5/50.7
06:26UT az/alt 291/50.2  (multiple tries)
Spicam
1700MT  172.7K
0600MT  168.9K
                    ------- 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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 19:47 APOLLO   300( 1517)  42  67  14.9 16.7 15.6 15.8 15.8   clear  1.20
 21:08 dis-slit   159(  464) 107  74  12.8 14.4 14.2 13.4 13.6   clear  0.98
 00:06 dis-slit    96(  335) 295  48  13.4 12.7 13.3 12.3 13.0   clear  1.11
 02:38 TSPEC   149(  619)  81  57  11.1 11.4 11.5 10.6 11.0   clear  0.98
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    67    22     22   228   (SW)   1471    clear     none
     17:00    66    20     28   236   (SW)   1910    clear     none
     18:00    66    20     25   221   (SW)   2110    clear     none
     19:00    63    17     17   218   (SW)   1840    clear     none
     20:00    58    12     16   237  (WSW)   2013    clear     none
     21:00    57    11     18   235   (SW)   1909    clear     none
     22:00    56    10     18   239  (WSW)   1963    clear     none
     23:00    54     8     16   239  (WSW)   1752    clear     none
     00:00    57    10     14   264    (W)   1703    clear     none
     01:00    55     9     16   281    (W)   1986    clear     none
     02:00    53    11     15   269    (W)   2074    clear     none
     03:00    52    10     12   270    (W)   1950    clear     none
     04:00    50    15      9   261    (W)   1805    clear     none
     05:00    50    18     13   259    (W)   1762    clear     none
     06:00    49    24     12   261    (W)   1936    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: 1.7.2