Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120124
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:27:31 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, January 24, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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snowing and       A.Verbiscer           SPICam         --:--   --:--
A.McKay           A.McKay               ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
   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/R     17:37   00:10   4.9  1.7  0    0    0    0    0    0
NM03/R     00:10   06:54   6.7   0   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
started snow program around 21:50 as the snow started coming down a bit heavier, only light snow flurries earlier before this.
Gave up at 04:15 with high winds and high humidity.
I left the dome parked due South to help melt things off the enclosure.  Only stop button in control room is depressed in case somebody wants to run the snow program during the daytime.
We got about 2 inches of snew now on site (from the hood of my car), but lots of blowing with the strong winds tonight.
                    ------- 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    29    28      6   280    (W)  24491   cloudy     fog
     17:00    28    28      4   255  (WSW)  13062   cloudy   lt snow
     18:00    26    25      2    16  (NNE)    371   cloudy   lt snow
     19:00    26    26      2    59  (ENE)    154   cloudy   lt snow
     20:00    25    24     14    62  (ENE)    720  ptly cldy  humid
     21:00    26    24      7    80    (E)    711   cloudy     snow
     22:00    27    25     11    77  (ENE)    576   cloudy     snow
     23:00    25    23     37    66  (ENE)   6266 mstly cldy  humid
     00:00    22    21     33    69  (ENE)   2447 mstly cldy  humid
     01:00    21    20     35    67  (ENE)   2159 mstly cldy  humid
     02:00    21    20     29    68  (ENE)   1998  ptly cldy  humid
     03:00    23    20     29    69  (ENE)   1149  ptly cldy  humid
     04:00    21    20     42    63  (ENE)    992  ptly cldy  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: 1.9.4