Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121029
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:55:33 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, October 29, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Gladders        M.Gladders            NICFPS         18:23   01:07
G.Bakos           J.Dembicky            ECHELLE        01:10   06:25
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UC05/R     18:23   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.8   0    0
PU04/O     01:10   07:11    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Great first half with NICFPS, excellent seeing at 0.5 arc sec in Ks to start the evening!
Second half observer didn't show (probably due to that little storm called Hurricane Sandy ravaging the East coast tonight).  He sent me instructions and finder chartss yesterday to do the observations for him, just in case.  I took the data for the PU04 program tonight.
Echelle mirror gave me some problems moving but a few re-tries of the command eventually got it to move in place.  I checked each time to make sure it was in the correct position, which it was.
                    ------- 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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 18:54 NICFPS   375(  752)  87  65   8.7 11.3 10.7 11.9  9.0   Ks  0.65
 18:55 NA2gdr -1940(41059)  86  65   8.7 11.2 10.5 11.7  8.8   Clear  0.99
 19:44 NICFPS   265(  556)  76  75   8.8  9.6  9.3  9.4  8.3   Ks  0.50
 19:45 NA2gdr -2868(40132)  75  75   8.9  9.6  9.3  9.4  8.3   clear  0.76
 21:34 NICFPS   283(  525) -65  80   9.0  8.7  9.0  8.6  8.9   J  0.84
 01:14 ECHELLE   410( -893) 110  53   8.8  8.5  9.0  8.6  8.3   ND3  1.10
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    51    12     14   322   (NW)    273    clear     none
     17:00    50    14      6   358    (N)    629    clear     none
     18:00    49    13      5   349    (N)    607    clear     none
     19:00    48    13     10   322   (NW)    555    clear     none
     20:00    48    13     11   302  (WNW)    378    clear     none
     21:00    48    15     11   305   (NW)    297    clear     none
     22:00    49    16      9   274    (W)    416    clear     none
     23:00    49    13     13   288  (WNW)    292    clear     none
     00:00    49    13     11   266    (W)    390    clear     none
     01:00    48    14     12   274    (W)    381    clear     none
     02:00    49    13     19   307   (NW)    279    clear     none
     03:00    49    13     15   334  (NNW)    332    clear     none
     04:00    47    14     13   344  (NNW)    373    clear     none
     05:00    47    12     15     6    (N)    291    clear     none
     06:00    48     9     15   341  (NNW)    218    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