Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121016
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:52:58 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, October 16, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev             TSPEC          18:00   01:10
W.Wester          W.Wester, S.Allam     DIS            01:18   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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NM04/R     18:37   01:10    0    0    0    0   5.7  0.8   0    0
UC02/R     01:10   07:01    0    0    0    0   5.8  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Pesky clouds at the start of the night hampered IR observations.   Better sky for 2nd half.
No problems tonight.
                    ------- 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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 18:58 TSPEC   505(  671) 218  57  11.2 12.9 12.1 13.2 11.2   Ks  0.93
 01:26 dis-slit   336(  175) 249  58  10.9 10.4 10.8 10.7 10.8   --  1.50
 01:28 NA2gdr  3400(25400) 249  58  10.8 10.4 10.8 10.7 10.8   R  1.40
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    57    19     16   300  (WNW)    179  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    56    17      7   268    (W)    169  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    53    15      9   274    (W)    177  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    52    17     11   268    (W)    155  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    52    17     13   266    (W)    179  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    50    19     15   255  (WSW)    203  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    50    18     17   247  (WSW)    211  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    51    19     14   262    (W)    245 mstly clr    none
     00:00    51    15     14   270    (W)    248 mstly clr    none
     01:00    52    15     22   293  (WNW)    250 mstly clr    none
     02:00    51    14     15   275    (W)    244 mstly clr    none
     03:00    51    15     14   290  (WNW)    284    clear     none
     04:00    51    17     19   314   (NW)    371    clear     none
     05:00    51    18     15   315   (NW)    403    clear     none
     06:00    49    18      8   359    (N)    334    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