Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121001
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue,  2 Oct 2012 13:01:19 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, October 01, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Froning         C.Froning,            SPICAM, NICFPS
                  G.Stringfellow        Echelle, DIS
                                        TSPEC          17:30   01:22
D.Whelan          D.Whelan, J.Borrish,
                  K.Jones               TSpec          01:22   07:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU01/R     18:56   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.6  5.7   0    0
UV04/R     01:10   06:50    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.7   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Busy night tonight with 5 instruments changes.  Rather poor seeing with wind out of the East.
We noticed a glow on the left side of the NICFPS images in Ks.  This was not visible in the H images I used for focusing.  Nothing in J either.  Private email sent to engineers.
Seeing improved later in the night as the wind direction changed.  I manually tweaked TSPEC focus during 2nd half.
                    ------- 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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 19:37 SPICAM   514(  597) -34  50   9.9 12.1 11.3 12.1 10.0   V  1.48
 19:39 NA2gdr  3000(33000) -35  50   9.7 12.0 11.2 12.4 10.0   R  1.30
 20:54 NICFPS   293(  659) -56  39   9.9 10.4 10.3 10.2  9.5   H  0.92
 20:57 NA2gdr -1826(41173) -57  38   9.9 10.4 10.2 10.2  9.6   R  1.13
 22:17 ECHELLE   402( -879) -109  75   8.9  9.2  9.6  9.2  8.8   ND5  1.48
 00:02 dis-slit   321(    8) -89  66   7.2  7.6  8.1  7.6  7.1   --  2.30
 00:45 TSPEC   366(  234) -120  77   7.5  7.3  7.8  7.3  7.0   Ks  1.20
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    55    30      1   193  (SSW)    530 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    53    34      3    73  (ENE)    563  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    53    35      5    46   (NE)    608  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    50    35     11    55   (NE)    588 mstly clr    none
     20:00    50    33      4    12  (NNE)    607 mstly clr    none
     21:00    50    33     12    52   (NE)    621    clear     none
     22:00    49    31     15    60  (ENE)    568    clear     none
     23:00    47    32     19    72  (ENE)    632    clear     none
     00:00    45    21      9    81    (E)    757    clear     none
     01:00    46    31      8    74  (ENE)    791    clear     none
     02:00    48    32      4   272    (W)    595    clear     none
     03:00    47    32      6   220   (SW)    612    clear     none
     04:00    48    31      9   225   (SW)    686    clear     none
     05:00    46    32      8   219   (SW)    730    clear     none
     06:00    46    32      9   228   (SW)    760    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: 1.9.5