Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20111213
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:02:03 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, December 13, 2011
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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W.Bhatti          W.Bhatti              SPICAM         --:--   --:--
K.Covey           K.Covey               TripleSpec     --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH01/R     17:07   00:00   3.0  3.9   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
DD06/R     00:00   06:49    0   6.8   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Rain, snow, fog, wind, humidity...
Snow started around 01:30.
Windy, humid and foggy at 03:00.  Radar shows no improvement so I called it a 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    37    37     27   197  (SSW)  29540   cloudy     rain
     17:00    37    37     34   220   (SW)  98421   cloudy     fog
     18:00    36    36     31   212  (SSW)   9846   cloudy   lt rain
     19:00    35    35     26   234   (SW)   5239   cloudy     rain
     20:00    35    34     21   257  (WSW)   2354   cloudy     rain
     21:00    34    34     21   260    (W)   1308   cloudy     none
     22:00    33    33     17   253  (WSW)   1390   cloudy   lt snow
     23:00    32    32     29   258  (WSW)   3507   cloudy     fog
     00:00    31    31     25   238  (WSW)   5403   cloudy     fog
     01:00    30    29     26   240  (WSW)   2255   cloudy   lt snow
     02:00    29    28     22   251  (WSW)    662   cloudy    humid
     03:00    28    27     27   262    (W)    287   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