Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:24:26 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20100930
From: jwhueh@apo.nmsu.edu
                       Apache Point Observatory
                       3.5m Telescope Night Log
                       Thursday, September 30, 2010
                                                        ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Coughlin       J.Coughlin             DIS            18:35    19:57
A.McKay          A.McKay                ECHELLE        20:03    05:40
T.Murphy         R.McMillan             APOLLO         05:45    06:55
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM03/R      18:58  19:58    0    0    0    0   1.0   0    0    0
NM01/R      19:58  05:49    0    0    0    0   4.0  5.9   0    0
UW14/O      05:49  06:49    0    0    0    0    0   1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist:    J.Huehnerhoff
Photometric night with variable seeing.
Tested NICFPS for odd image behavior.  Could not reproduce errors seen on
9/27.  Also checked the stop sequence button for NICFPS, it will stop the
sequence after the current exposure is complete.
During APOLLO it was evident that there might be a secondary tilt due to
coma seen in the reference star.  In the morning the secondary was homed.
There where moderately bad errors on A and B.
Spicam
1700 176.1K
0700 165.4K
                    ------- 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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 19:15 dis-slit   240(  624) 158  80  12.4 16.1 14.5 14.5 13.9   --  1.76
 20:04 ECHELLE  -107( -360) 141  43  11.3 13.6 12.8 12.5 12.2   clear  1.68
 23:48 ECHELLE   -68( -451) 155  64  11.5 11.5 11.8 11.1 11.4   clear  1.70
 05:59 APOLLO   150( 1132)  64  70  12.3 11.9 12.2 10.7 11.7   clear  1.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    63    43      7   314   (NW)   1328    clear     none
     17:00    62    45      3    29  (NNE)   1354    clear     none
     18:00    60    46      7    29  (NNE)   1554    clear     none
     19:00    55    45     11    71  (ENE)   1547    clear     none
     20:00    53    44     14    83    (E)   1596    clear     none
     21:00    54    42     14    79    (E)   1579    clear     none
     22:00    54    41     10    82    (E)   1290    clear     none
     23:00    54    40     11    91    (E)   1201    clear     none
     00:00    55    35     15    80    (E)    929    clear     none
     01:00    55    32     11    86    (E)    538    clear     none
     02:00    58    33      2   252  (WSW)    584    clear     none
     03:00    57    34      1   209  (SSW)    779    clear     none
     04:00    57    20      5   170    (S)    138    clear     none
     05:00    55    24      5   195  (SSW)    167    clear     none
     06:00    55    26      2   196  (SSW)    230    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: 1.8.1