Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121024
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:45:55 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, October 24, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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K.Kinemuchi       K.Kinemuchi           ECHELLE        17:45   00:05
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         00:06   01:05
D.York            D.York                DIS            01:08   05:00
N.Chanover        N.Chanover, C.Grady   GFP            05:13   06:18
   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     18:28   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.7   0    0
UW12/R     00:10   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
UC01/R     01:10   05:07    0    0    0    0   1.6  2.3   0    0
NM01/R     05:07   07:07    0    0    0    0   2.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley (with help from R.McMillan on GFP)
Night was productive, clear with decent to poor seeing based on wind speed.  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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 18:43 ECHELLE   502( -572) 208  78  11.2 13.3 13.2 13.3 11.2   ND2  1.00
 22:25 ECHELLE   518( -702) 246  39  10.3  9.8 10.3  9.9  9.9   Clear  2.09
 00:12 APOLLO   450(  977) 304  36   9.9  9.6 10.1  9.8  9.9   --  2.00
 02:00 dis-slit   403(  171)  16  55   9.1  9.0  9.5  9.0  8.7   --  1.30
 05:30 GFP   340(  258)  83  17   8.2  7.7  8.1  7.8  7.7   R  1.60
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    57    21     18   268    (W)    165    clear     none
     17:00    58    21     18   239  (WSW)    220    clear     none
     18:00    55    19     19   250  (WSW)    205    clear     none
     19:00    51    18     25   241  (WSW)    242    clear     none
     20:00    51    19     22   237  (WSW)    277    clear     none
     21:00    50    21     20   241  (WSW)    285    clear     none
     22:00    50    22     17   255  (WSW)    259    clear     none
     23:00    51    22     13   240  (WSW)    207    clear     none
     00:00    50    21     15   294  (WNW)    186    clear     none
     01:00    49    22     18   280    (W)    170    clear     none
     02:00    48    20     10   279    (W)    157    clear     none
     03:00    48    21     11   302  (WNW)    162    clear     none
     04:00    47    22     10   295  (WNW)    171    clear     none
     05:00    46    23     14   325   (NW)    182    clear     none
     06:00    49    17     17   339  (NNW)    113    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