Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121015
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 09:22:20 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, October 15, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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B.Balick          K.Kwitter             DIS            21:30   23:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW08/R     18:38   07:00   10.3  0    0    0   2.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Clouds to start the night.  We got on the sky around 21:30 with clouds coming back in around 22:00.  We observed thru them but not a whole lot of productive science, especially after 23:30.
We stayed open until 03:00, when the observer called it quits due to the weather.  Things weren't looking to improve from the satellite and she needed long periods of clear sky, as she exhausted all her backups. due to clouds, last night and earlier in the evening tonight.
GFP was mounted this morning (counter weights still set for DIS since I will be using TSPEC first thing tomorrow and the weight setting is closer at DIS than GFP).
                    ------- 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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 21:36 dis-slit   510(  399)  14  58   9.6 11.3 10.2 11.2  9.7   --  1.57
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    54    25      8   264    (W)    184 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    53    28      7   248  (WSW)    190   cloudy     none
     18:00    50    28     10   283  (WNW)    305   cloudy     none
     19:00    50    28      7   262    (W)    276   cloudy     none
     20:00    49    28      7   231   (SW)    309 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    49    28      6   261    (W)    357  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    50    28     13   268    (W)    300 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    49    31     11   247  (WSW)    291 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    49    31     12   225   (SW)    495   cloudy     none
     01:00    48    32     11   231   (SW)    671   cloudy     none
     02:00    48    32     12   210  (SSW)    672   cloudy     none
     03:00    47    31     12   224   (SW)    397   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