Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121118
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:04:44 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, November 18, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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W.Wester          W.Wester, H.Lin       DIS            --:--   --:--
A.Riess           V.Kostov              DIS            --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UC02/R     17:09   00:10   1.8  5.2   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
JH02/R     00:10   06:29   6.3   0    0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Night was completely lost to clouds and heavy fog and humidity.  We did not open.
Towards the end of the night the new optidew sensor seemed to calibrate itself every few minutes.  Perhaps it is frozen over?
                    ------- 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    37    37      6   261    (W)    953   cloudy     fog
     17:00    36    36     13   259    (W)   3020   cloudy     fog
     18:00    36    35     14   256  (WSW)     83 mstly cldy   fog
     19:00    35    34      9   257  (WSW)     63  ptly cldy   fog
     20:00    36    34     15   244  (WSW)     51  ptly cldy   fog
     21:00    36    35     11   256  (WSW)     66  ptly cldy   fog
     22:00    36    34     17   237  (WSW)     63 mstly clr    fog
     23:00    36    36     10   237  (WSW)  35714 mstly clr    fog
     00:00    36    31      9   262    (W)     61 mstly clr    fog
     01:00    35    34     11   237  (WSW)   1076 mstly clr    fog
     02:00    36    30      7   261    (W)     83  ptly cldy  humid
     03:00    36    27     10   278    (W)     84 mstly cldy   none
     04:00    36    29     11   299  (WNW)    103 mstly cldy   none
     05:00    36    28      3   353    (N)    125 mstly 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