Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111025
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:09:48 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, October 25, 2011
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.York            C.Grady, B.Woodgate   DIS            18:15   00:55
J.Holtzman        M.Hayden              ECHELLE        01:00   05:57
W.Ketzeback       A.Shelden             ECHELLE/TSPEC  05:57   07:12
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UC03/R     18:28   01:00    0    0    0    0   6.5  0.0   0    0
NM04/R     01:00   06:07    0    0    0    0   5.1  0.0   0    0
NM05/R     06:07   07:07    0    0    0    0   0.9  0.1   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden, R.McMillan (remote)
Night was partly cloudy all night, with a few hours of solid (but non threatening) clouds.
After being empty this afternoon, echelle was well behaved all night.
GFP has cooled to 170K, I filled in the afternoon, when I opened, at midnight, and in the morning.  Monitored temps all night.  The heater is on low and it is stable.
Turned spicam heater on low.
Tspec vacuum is good.
Got an alarm on the orange wall panel deanr the printer.  Trouble in system Telco Line 1   French was notified.
                    ------- 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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 18:43 dis-slit   408(  323)  89  65  10.6 12.0 12.1 11.6 10.7   --  1.10
 01:05 ECHELLE   391( -881) 234  34   9.0  8.6  8.9  8.7  8.8   ND3  1.38
 06:01 ECHELLE   452( -881) 237  62   8.3  8.1  8.5  8.2  8.0   ND3  1.01
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    59    30     22   247  (WSW)    580  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    56    30     27   249  (WSW)    458  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    53    30     27   265    (W)    412  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    51    31     16   263    (W)    556  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    50    30     13   261    (W)    614  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    50    31     20   269    (W)    653  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    49    30     19   280    (W)    719  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    48    30     15   287  (WNW)    648  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    48    30     18   291  (WNW)    679  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    48    28     16   287  (WNW)    493  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    48    27     18   282  (WNW)    434   cloudy     none
     03:00    48    27     19   296  (WNW)    414   cloudy     none
     04:00    48    27     19   297  (WNW)    382   cloudy     none
     05:00    48    27     14   281    (W)    348 mstly cldy   none
     06:00    47    27     16   283  (WNW)    388  ptly cldy   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: 2.15.0
    Current TUI version: 1.9.3