Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121017
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:26:27 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, October 17, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev             TSPEC          18:00   01:04
B.Woodgate        C.Grady               GFP            01:16   06:02
   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     18:36   01:10    0    0    0    0   4.8  1.8   0    0
DD02/R     01:10   07:02    0    0    0    0   5.9  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Moderate cirrus all night getting worse at the end.
                    ------- 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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 18:49 TSPEC   684(  884)  40  58  12.0 13.5 12.5 14.0 12.1   Ks  0.89
 01:35 GFP   359(  348) 137  54  10.3 10.4 10.9 10.4 10.0   6645  1.20
 01:35 NA2gdr  -751(29248) 137  54  10.2 10.4 10.9 10.4 10.0   R  1.20
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    56    20     11   281    (W)    338  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    56    22     17   327  (NNW)    222  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    54    24      9   355    (N)    225  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    54    24     10   305   (NW)    214  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    53    25     12   276    (W)    305 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    53    25     13   266    (W)    273 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    53    24     13   263    (W)    235 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    53    24     14   284  (WNW)    300 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    53    25     13   312   (NW)    346 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    51    24     14     8    (N)    289 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    51    14      4     2    (N)    335 mstly cldy   none
     03:00    50    13     21     5    (N)    420 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    50     4     12     3    (N)    305 mstly cldy   none
     05:00    49     1      3    35   (NE)    259 mstly cldy   none
     06:00    48     5     19   358    (N)    334   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