Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120131
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed,  1 Feb 2012 13:32:54 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, January 31, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         17:43   18:42
G.Bakos           J.Hartman             ECHELLE        18:43   00:10
G.Bakos           J.Hartman             ECHELLE        00:10   06:17
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD01/R     17:43   18:43    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
PU02/R     18:43   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.5   0    0
PU02/R     00:10   06:50    0    0    0    0   5.1  1.6   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden
Skies started cloudy, but cleared right around sunset.  Seeing was terrible, but improved shortly after sunset. Apollo was able to get the optics aligned when the seeing improved halfway through their time.  After the alignemnet, the run went extremely well.
First half was plagued by some light clouds which were thick for about a half hour.  At about 22:30 they cleared, and stayed clear the rest of the night.  Seeing was decent to mediocre.
No other problems.
                    ------- 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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 17:37 APOLLO   600(  759)  71  55   1.3  2.9  2.8  2.5  1.7   --  2.50
 18:50 ECHELLE   527(-1146) -115  56   1.0  1.3  1.6  1.1  1.0   ND2  0.97
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    38    16     11   261    (W)    858  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    36    16     12   258  (WSW)   1105 mstly clr    none
     18:00    33    16     12   263    (W)    974    clear     none
     19:00    34    14     10   265    (W)    964  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    35    12     12   278    (W)    859  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    35    12     13   279    (W)    753 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    34     9     12   276    (W)    707 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    34     9     14   277    (W)    531  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    33    10     11   290  (WNW)    506    clear     none
     01:00    33    11     11   329  (NNW)    580    clear     none
     02:00    32    12      9   324   (NW)    589    clear     none
     03:00    31    12     15   351    (N)    641    clear     none
     04:00    32    12     20   317   (NW)    766    clear     none
     05:00    31    12      8   323   (NW)    713    clear     none
     06:00    30    14     10   359    (N)    747    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