Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121010
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:08:29 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, October 10, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Blake           J.Prieto              ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
M.Kasliwal        M.Kasliwal            DIS            20:16   21:45
L.Hebb            L.Hebb                DIS            21:45   05:51
T.Murphey         R.McMillan            APOLLO         05:54   07:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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PU01/R     18:44   19:44   1.0   0    0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
PU02/R     19:44   21:44   0.5   0    0    0   1.5  0.0   0    0
UW04/R     21:44   05:56    0    0    0    0   5.2  3.0   0    0
UW12/R     05:56   06:56    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Night was clear for the most part, clouds at the beginning and very end of the night.  Seeing was decent but a bit variable until the end, when the clouds rolled in for Apollo.  No other problems to report.
                    ------- 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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 20:22 dis-slit   167(  191)  81  74  11.9 14.2 14.5 14.7 12.4   --  1.23
 21:52 dis-slit   336(  258)  89  51  11.4 11.9 12.3 11.9 11.4   --  1.73
 01:01 dis-slit   361(  253) 161  63  12.1 11.5 12.0 11.7 11.8   --  1.02
 05:57 APOLLO   450(  992)  83  33  10.4  9.8 10.0  9.9 10.1   --  2.50
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    62    28     14   203  (SSW)    290   cloudy     none
     17:00    60    29      9   176    (S)    294   cloudy     none
     18:00    56    31     15   137   (SE)    358 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    55    33     14   165  (SSE)    381  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    55    34     14   179    (S)    408 mstly clr    none
     21:00    53    34     19   158  (SSE)    378 mstly clr    none
     22:00    54    35     19   177    (S)    469    clear     none
     23:00    54    37     20   169    (S)    496    clear     none
     00:00    53    38     20   181    (S)    532    clear     none
     01:00    54    38     18   179    (S)    607    clear     none
     02:00    54    37     12   189    (S)    540    clear     none
     03:00    53    38     22   196  (SSW)    566  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    52    38     17   178    (S)    704  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    49    41     18   159  (SSE)    857   cloudy     none
     06:00    51    40     19   195  (SSW)    769   cloudy     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