Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 13:28:57 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120102
From: "Gabrelle Saurage"
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, January 02, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Greene          J.Greene              NIC/FPS        17:25   06:20
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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PU03/R     17:17   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.9   0    0
PU03/R     00:10   06:57    0    0    0    0   4.8  2.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: G.Saurage
Clear skies, decent seeing.
NICFPS struggled with failed exposures. Requiring an expose init to clear.
Repeatedly at some objects, areas, or rotations the failures seemed to be more
problematic than others.
                    ------- 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 NICFPS   350(  431) 110  70   5.6  5.5  5.1  4.9  4.3   MK-Ks  0.69
 03:14 NICFPS   377(  301) -28  59   3.3  2.3  2.7  2.2  2.6   MK-Ks  0.90
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    42    20      5   259    (W)    598    clear     none
     17:00    42     6      1   215   (SW)    253    clear     none
     18:00    41     1      2   268    (W)    101    clear     none
     19:00    42     1      3   254  (WSW)     93    clear     none
     20:00    42     0      2   254  (WSW)     92    clear     none
     21:00    41     0      4   258  (WSW)    100    clear     none
     22:00    41     0      5   263    (W)     98    clear     none
     23:00    41     2      3   249  (WSW)    113    clear     none
     00:00    39     8      3   237  (WSW)    296    clear     none
     01:00    37    14      5   253  (WSW)    492    clear     none
     02:00    37    14      7   262    (W)    534    clear     none
     03:00    36    14      8   263    (W)    489    clear     none
     04:00    37    14      4   257  (WSW)    593    clear     none
     05:00    37    14      7   256  (WSW)    608    clear     none
     06:00    36    14      8   258  (WSW)    642    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: 1.9.4