Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121026
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:38:09 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, October 26, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Blake           J.Prieto              ECHELLE        18:44   19:24
L.Hebb            L.Hebb                DIS            19:26   00:47
Z.Tsvetanov       Z.Tsvetanov           ECHELLE        00:49   06:23
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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PU01/R     18:26   19:26    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
UW04/R     19:26   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.7   0    0
JH03/R     01:10   07:09    0    0    0    0   1.8  4.2   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Night was productive, clear skies and moderate seeing.  Seeing improved drastically in second half.  Humidity was also moderate, but stayed below problem levels.  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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 18:50 ECHELLE   481(-1063) 193  72   0.3  4.1  3.9  2.8  1.1   Clear  2.80
 20:39 dis-slit   388( -244) 181  60  -0.1  1.2  1.6  0.9  0.2   --  1.65
 22:22 dis-slit   330( -400) 145  54  -1.6 -0.8 -0.4 -1.0 -1.7   --  1.50
 01:11 ECHELLE   510(-1294) 302  53  -0.7 -1.3 -0.6 -1.5 -1.2   ND1  0.77
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    43    25      7   256  (WSW)    502    clear     none
     17:00    39    24      1   206  (SSW)    438    clear     none
     18:00    37    24      1   195  (SSW)    467    clear     none
     19:00    32    19     12    72  (ENE)    373    clear     none
     20:00    34    21      3   110  (ESE)    329    clear     none
     21:00    31    20      6    94    (E)    384    clear     none
     22:00    31    18      7    70  (ENE)    371    clear     none
     23:00    31    20      6   184    (S)    412    clear     none
     00:00    32    22      2   220   (SW)    383    clear     none
     01:00    31    23      2   255  (WSW)    448    clear     none
     02:00    31    22      6   285  (WNW)    434    clear     none
     03:00    30    22      2   245  (WSW)    421    clear     none
     04:00    30    19      1   199  (SSW)    411    clear     none
     05:00    35    16      6   197  (SSW)    382    clear     none
     06:00    36    15      7   227   (SW)    366    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