Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121011
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:22:42 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, October 11, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev             TSPEC          18:43   21:30
A.Mukadam         A.Mukadam             Agile          --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM04/R     18:43   01:10   3.7   0    0    0   2.8  0.0   0    0
UW05/R     01:10   06:57   2.8  3.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Beginning of the night looked promising, and we opened for the first few hours.  Seeing was variable, and not terribly good.  Clouds rolled in and got very thick, and we closed at 21:30.  Then a huge thunderstorm hit, and the night was very humid and windy after that.  Sky was clear for a little while during the second half, but more storms built on top of us.  Called it a night at 05:00
                    ------- 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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 19:01 TSPEC   514(  776)  -5  62  13.1 14.9 14.5 15.3 13.6   --  2.06
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    55    37      8   286  (WNW)    222  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    54    38      6    85    (E)    386  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    59    33      5   214   (SW)    167 mstly clr    none
     19:00    56    33     18   135   (SE)    311 mstly clr    none
     20:00    53    40     13   116  (ESE)    632  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    51    41     12   103  (ESE)    615   cloudy     none
     22:00    50    41     19    84    (E)    632   cloudy     none
     23:00    50    44     21    91    (E)    973   cloudy     rain
     00:00    45    44      2   241  (WSW)    390   cloudy     rain
     01:00    45    43     20   208  (SSW)    312   cloudy     rain
     02:00    51    44     25   141   (SE)    398  ptly cldy  humid
     03:00    52    49     32   161  (SSE)    587 mstly clr   humid
     04:00    51    48     17   156  (SSE)    539 mstly clr   humid
     05:00    50    47     25   177    (S)    455 mstly clr   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: 1.9.5