Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121023
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:19:17 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, October 23, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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K.Kinemuchi      K.Kinemuchi, F.Mullally Echelle       18:29   23:59
A.Elia           J.Wisniewski           Echelle       23:59   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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NM03/R     18:29   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.7   0    0
UV02/R     01:10   07:06    0    0    0    0   4.6  1.3   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Night was completely cloudy, although non-threatening.  We stayed open the whole night, although data was spotty for most of it.  No other problems to report.
                    ------- 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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 18:45 ECHELLE   510( -547) 206  79  11.8 13.6 12.9 13.6 12.0   ND1  1.06
 02:21 ECHELLE   417( -695) 263  30  12.4 11.6 12.0 11.6 11.6   Clear  1.01
 04:08 ECHELLE   387( -724)  80  26  11.4 11.4 11.8 11.5 11.4   ND2  1.28
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    62    21     15   241  (WSW)    105 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    59    21     12   240  (WSW)    125 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    55    25     11   210  (SSW)    406 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    54    25     11   211  (SSW)    376 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    53    27      9   186    (S)    361   cloudy     none
     21:00    56    23     12   200  (SSW)    160   cloudy     none
     22:00    57    20     17   194  (SSW)    103   cloudy     none
     23:00    55    19     17   204  (SSW)     83   cloudy     none
     00:00    55    21     18   197  (SSW)    105   cloudy     none
     01:00    54    23     17   217   (SW)    126   cloudy     none
     02:00    54    24     13   218   (SW)    155   cloudy     none
     03:00    54    24     14   210  (SSW)    227   cloudy     none
     04:00    53    24     10   224   (SW)    218   cloudy     none
     05:00    52    25     11   228   (SW)    297   cloudy     none
     06:00    52    25     13   210  (SSW)    248  ptly cldy   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