Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121025
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:05:46 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, October 25, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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S.Hawley          J.Davenport           DIS            18:27   00:07
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         00:09   01:10
D.Feuillet        J.Holtzman            ECHELLE        01:11   06:45
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW10/R     18:27   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.7   0    0
DD01/R     00:10   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
NM07/R     01:10   07:08    0    0    0    0   2.7  3.3   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Night was productive.  Clear skies, with poor seeing to begin the night and excellent seeing for most of the night. Apollo was extremely productive!  :)
                    ------- 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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 22:18 dis-slit   300(  -30) 180  80   7.6  7.3  7.8  7.2  6.8   --  2.30
 22:26 ECHELLE   404( -955) 325  47   7.6  7.3  7.8  7.2  7.2   ND1  0.85
 00:12 APOLLO   500(  866) 311  66   7.5  7.2  7.7  7.4  7.4   --  1.00
 01:18 ECHELLE   451( -953) 218  55   6.7  6.6  7.1  6.6  6.2   ND3  0.60
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    52    11      7   204  (SSW)    317    clear     none
     17:00    50     9      4   243  (WSW)    278    clear     none
     18:00    49     9      3   188    (S)    281 mstly clr    none
     19:00    47     7     12   137   (SE)    257 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    47     5     15   162  (SSE)    363  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    47     2     11   185    (S)    316 mstly clr    none
     22:00    46     4      8   197  (SSW)    325    clear     none
     23:00    46     6      9   216   (SW)    562    clear     none
     00:00    46     6      6   255  (WSW)    762    clear     none
     01:00    44     8      6   259    (W)   1154    clear     none
     02:00    42     8      8   313   (NW)    543    clear     none
     03:00    41    14      8   316   (NW)    883    clear     none
     04:00    39    17      9   350    (N)    733    clear     none
     05:00    38    14     10   348  (NNW)    496    clear     none
     06:00    38    11     11   354    (N)    303    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