Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111005
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu,  6 Oct 2011 12:58:00 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, October 05, 2011
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         18:44   19:48
A.Brown           A.Brown               DIS            19:54   00:55
J.Holtzman        J.Holtzman            ECHELLE        01:02   06:43
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD01/R     18:51   19:51    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
CU02/R     19:51   01:00    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.2   0    0
NM04/R     01:00   06:52    0    0    0    0   4.7  1.2   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Cirrus to start the night.
My 2nd observer (who had file transfer issues last night) reported that files transfered fine tonight using an older version of TUI (1.8.6) on his XP machine.  PR submitted
I pushed the humidity closure limit this mornign.  The humidity sensor went nuts around 02:45 reading 580% humidity!!!  I take it was recalibrating itself or else the site was submerged under very wet water.
No problems tonight.
                    ------- 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 APOLLO   550( 1145)  40  61   9.9 11.6 11.1 12.0 10.5   --  1.50
 20:00 dis-slit   273(   85) 177  78   9.9 10.1 10.2 10.0  9.4   --  0.89
 01:11 ECHELLE   323( -933) -131  41   9.2  9.1  9.6  9.2  8.9   ND2  1.14
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    51    38     24   226   (SW)    611 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    54    37     20   207  (SSW)    578 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    52    37     11   212  (SSW)    492 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    50    34     16   239  (WSW)    479  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    50    34     18   235   (SW)    489  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    51    35     17   226   (SW)    535  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    50    34     17   237  (WSW)    569  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    50    34     19   219   (SW)    625 mstly clr    none
     00:00    50    34     19   244  (WSW)    559    clear     none
     01:00    49    34     19   242  (WSW)    567    clear     none
     02:00    48    34     15   240  (WSW)    683    clear     none
     03:00    47    36     15   257  (WSW)    656    clear     none
     04:00    46    39     15   202  (SSW)    822    clear     none
     05:00    45    38     18   210  (SSW)    672    clear     none
     06:00    46    36     24   209  (SSW)    617    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: 2.15.0
    Current TUI version: 1.9.2