Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121115
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 11:52:58 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, November 15, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.York            D.York, L.Straka      GIFS           16:40   19:40
M.Fumagalli       K.Lee                 DIS            03:30   04:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UC04/R     17:10   00:10   4.5   0    0    0   0.6  1.9   0    0
PU03/R     00:10   06:26   5.3   0    0    0   1.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
We got a little time on the telescope with GIFS, just enought to get focused, on target, and then the target centered when the clouds got too thick and we closed.
I re-opened at 03:30 and the clouds came back around 04:30.  We closed and gave up at this point.
                    ------- 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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 19:41 GFP   409(  127) -17  57   3.4  5.1  4.7  4.8  3.4   6563/120  1.00
 19:42 NA2gdr  -840(29159) -18  57   3.2  5.0  4.7  4.8  3.3   clear  1.20
 04:38 dis-slit   459(  -74) -140  59   4.3  3.1  3.4  3.5  4.0   --  1.16
 04:41 NA2gdr  2053(24053) -140  59   4.1  3.1  3.5  3.4  3.7   clear  0.83
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    46    15      3   218   (SW)    744  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    43    13     10   125   (SE)    553  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    38    10     13    81    (E)    838 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    38     7      9    94    (E)    355   cloudy     none
     20:00    37     7     12    80    (E)    413   cloudy     none
     21:00    35     8     12    90    (E)    699   cloudy     none
     22:00    36     7      9    98    (E)    525   cloudy     none
     23:00    35     8      6   108  (ESE)    571   cloudy     none
     00:00    37    11      6   123  (ESE)    630   cloudy     none
     01:00    39    10      2   152  (SSE)    558   cloudy     none
     02:00    41     8      6   187    (S)    385   cloudy     none
     03:00    40     9      5   180    (S)    451 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    39     9      1   153  (SSE)    438  ptly cldy   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