Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121012
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:05:27 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, October 12, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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A.Mukadam         A.Mukadam             Agile          18:42   06:44
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW05/R     18:42   06:58    0    0    0    0  10.3  2.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Windy during the evening, but calmed down quickly.  Some threatening clouds formed over us right when we first opened, but they blew over quickly with no bad things happening.  The rest of the night was productive with decent seeing and clear skies.
We did have one problem during first half.  The Agile rotator stopped responding.  Stopping the axes, hitting a stop button, and restarting the axes brought it back.  It had no more problems after this.
                    ------- 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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 19:30 AGILE -1125(-1612) 115  46  12.4 12.6 12.8 12.7 12.2   BG40  1.60
 23:10 AGILE -1200(-1872) 183  83  10.0  9.4  9.9  9.3  9.3   BG40  1.40
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    57    43     25   186    (S)    436  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    57    39     23   191    (S)    542 mstly clr    none
     18:00    56    38     18   204  (SSW)    569  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    54    36     21   228   (SW)    648  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    53    35     20   235   (SW)   1155 mstly clr    none
     21:00    52    28     29   239  (WSW)    702    clear     none
     22:00    50    28     10   259    (W)    541    clear     none
     23:00    50    24     17   254  (WSW)    348    clear     none
     00:00    49    21     13   257  (WSW)    321    clear     none
     01:00    48    21     15   275    (W)    272    clear     none
     02:00    47    22     13   258  (WSW)    245    clear     none
     03:00    45    20     10   285  (WNW)    208    clear     none
     04:00    44    21     17   268    (W)    278    clear     none
     05:00    43    22     13   272    (W)    261    clear     none
     06:00    42    24     27   270    (W)    239    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