Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 05:48:44 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20110827
From: "Jack Dembicky"
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, August 27, 2011
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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A.McKay           A.McKay               ECHELLE        18:35   01:05
C.Wu              C.Wu                  DIS            01:15   05:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM01/R     19:43   01:10    0    0    0    0   5.5  0.0   0    0
NM02/O     01:10   06:27   1.1  0.4   0    0   3.7   0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Some clouds rolled in around 04:30 this moring.  We observed thru them for a while but they killed
observations around 05:00.  We closed at 05:35.
No problems with the telescope.
                    ------- 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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 20:11 ECHELLE   510( -203)  54  63  18.5 20.2 20.1 19.7 19.0   ND3  0.93
 21:28 ECHELLE   417( -387)  39  75  17.7 18.6 19.0 18.4 18.2   ND2  1.20
 01:21 dis-slit   194(  321) -67  64  16.3 16.2 16.6 16.1 15.9   --  1.00
 01:23 NA2gdr  1755(23755) -68  64  16.3 16.1 16.6 16.1 15.9   R  1.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     18:00    70    40      1   153  (SSE)    972  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    68    41      6    93    (E)   1124 mstly clr    none
     20:00    66    38     10    85    (E)   1015 mstly clr    none
     21:00    65    36     11   107  (ESE)    897    clear     none
     22:00    64    36     11   122  (ESE)    787    clear     none
     23:00    63    36     19   125   (SE)    949    clear     none
     00:00    62    36     17   126   (SE)   1008    clear     none
     01:00    62    33     13   116  (ESE)    612    clear     none
     02:00    61    32     15   127   (SE)    527    clear     none
     03:00    61    33     11   165  (SSE)    502    clear     none
     04:00    61    33      9   183    (S)    510  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    60    34      5   193  (SSW)    559 mstly 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: 2.14.0
    Current TUI version: 1.9.1