Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:05:58 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121111
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, November 11, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Davenport       J.Davenport           Agile          17:30   00:00
B.Woodgate        C.Grady               GIFS,DIS       00:12   05:45
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW03/R     17:13   00:10    0    0    0    0   7.0  0.0   0    0
DD02/R     00:10   06:23    0    0    0    0   4.8  1.4   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Clear all night.  Seeing was poor at initial focus but quickly settled to
sub-arcsecond levels, then degraded to moderateas a warm front came
through second half.
I had trouble with the Agile rotator during checkout, resolved by power
cycling the controller; later the filter wheel timed out on a few longer
moves but recovered easily when homed.
GIFS had a readout problem that rendered it unusable, causing stars to
trail across the image when the guider showed the telescope was tracking
properly.  After a couple of hours of trying to figure it out, we switched
to DIS.  I didn't list the time as lost to equipment problems since GIFS
is not yet a regular facility instrument.
                    ------- 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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 19:03 AGILE -1350(-2750)  59  38  -6.3 -5.6 -5.0 -5.7 -6.4   r  2.10
 03:14 dis-slit   459( -374) 139  55  -0.8 -2.8 -2.6 -2.4 -1.6   -  1.50
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    23     0     11   278    (W)    335    clear     none
     17:00    21     0     14   313   (NW)    377    clear     none
     18:00    20     0      6   356    (N)    442    clear     none
     19:00    21     0     19    16  (NNE)    551    clear     none
     20:00    22     0     16    29  (NNE)    546    clear     none
     21:00    21     0      9     5    (N)    561    clear     none
     22:00    22    -1     17    11    (N)    647    clear     none
     23:00    22    -7     11   358    (N)    913    clear     none
     00:00    22   -14      5   350    (N)    894    clear     none
     01:00    28   -10     18    11    (N)    460    clear     none
     02:00    29   -10     16    21  (NNE)    427    clear     none
     03:00    30    -8     21    32  (NNE)    206    clear     none
     04:00    32    -7     12    22  (NNE)    118    clear     none
     05:00    32    -6     12    28  (NNE)     65    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