Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111105
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun,  6 Nov 2011 12:55:31 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, November 05, 2011
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Marriage        M.Hilton              NICFPS         18:35   23:54
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         23:54   01:00
J.Prieto          J.Prieto              DIS            01:05   02:20
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH04/R     18:18   00:00    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.7   0    0
DD02/R     00:00   01:00    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
PU05/R     01:00   06:17   3.5  0.4   0    0   0.0  2.2   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden R.McMillan (remote)
All instruments well behaved at checkout except Dis.  Dis (science) shutter is needing to be homed before every exposure.  Bill will check it out tomorrow.
Night was plagued with wet looking clouds, high winds, high humidity, and bad seeing.  Humidity forced me to close in the second half.
Nicfps focus loop did not work for me on TUI 1.9.3b1, but woked for Russet on 1.9.3.  Edited PR 1299
Closed at 05:30
Daylight savings--hope everyone turned their clocks back!
                    ------- 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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 18:59 NICFPS   562(  422)  27  57  -2.2  1.0  3.4 -0.2 -1.8   MK-J  2.12
 23:59 APOLLO   500(  346) -59  61  -3.1 -3.1 -2.6 -3.1 -3.3   --  2.00
 01:19 dis-slit   371( -455) -20  44  -2.7 -2.9 -2.5 -2.7 -2.9   --  1.56
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    33    25     30   256  (WSW)   2747 mstly cldy   dust
     17:00    32    24     17   264    (W)   3532 mstly cldy   dust
     18:00    30    22     27   266    (W)   1768 mstly clr   humid
     19:00    28    20     11   270    (W)   1373 mstly clr    none
     20:00    27    18     19   280    (W)   1425 mstly clr    dust
     21:00    28    17     18   291  (WNW)   2413    clear    humid
     22:00    28    17      9   293  (WNW)   1227    clear    humid
     23:00    28    18     14   300  (WNW)    636    clear    humid
     00:00    27    19     13   316   (NW)    653    clear    humid
     01:00    28    20     14   271    (W)    598    clear    humid
     01:00    27    22     16   298  (WNW)    545    clear    humid
     02:00    28    23     17   264    (W)    632   cloudy    humid
     03:00    29    26     22   247  (WSW)   1173   cloudy    humid
     04:00    30    27     18   294  (WNW)   1468   cloudy    humid
     05:00    30    27     20   275    (W)   1439   cloudy    humid
     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