Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111117
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:46:19 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, November 17, 2011
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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S.Majewski      S.Majewski, M.Skrutskie DIS, SPIcam,  17:00   07:00
                A.Verbiscer, L.Barcos,  TSPEC
                J. Borish, B. Breslauer,
                C. Charness, J. Corby,
                C. Huang, C. Irwin,
                A. Kingery, C. Lee,
                B. Prager, K. Sokal,
                G. Damke
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UV01/O     17:10   06:27    0    0    0    0   6.1  7.2   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
UVa class training tonight:
Loreto Barcos Munoz
Jake Borish
Benjamin Breslauer
Cameron Charness
Joanna Corby
Chenliang Huang
Christopher Irwin
Aaron Kingery
Cheoljong Lee
Brian Prager
Kimberly Sokal
Guillermo Damke
I apparently forgot to record the SPIcam focus,  I also forgot to log the TSPEC
 focus when Iswitched to that instrument.  I still had the TSPEC focus on my screen
when I discovered they didn't record, 1.1 arc sec in Ks.
Very good seeing for the first part of the night
                    ------- 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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 19:03 dis-slit   385(  -73)  25  56   2.4  4.5  3.8  4.3  2.6   --  0.89
 19:05 NA2gdr  1653(23653)  25  56   2.4  4.4  3.7  4.2  2.6   clear  0.96
 23:10 NA2gdr  -536(29464)  21  61   2.7  1.9  2.3  1.9  2.1   clear  0.83
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    42    24     14   234   (SW)    625    clear     none
     17:00    37    24      9   199  (SSW)    660    clear     none
     18:00    36    24     13   212  (SSW)    573    clear     none
     19:00    36    24     11   216   (SW)    492    clear     none
     20:00    35    24     14   202  (SSW)    876    clear     none
     21:00    35    24     15   205  (SSW)    903    clear     none
     22:00    37    25     13   197  (SSW)    838    clear     none
     23:00    37    24     20   209  (SSW)    851    clear     none
     00:00    37    25     19   211  (SSW)    821  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    37    27     21   227   (SW)    721  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    36    25     19   237  (WSW)    674  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    36    24     18   254  (WSW)    608  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    37    25     19   254  (WSW)    511  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    37    25     23   275    (W)    456  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    37    26     26   268    (W)    489  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