Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121107
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu,  8 Nov 2012 12:32:06 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, November 07, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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B.Williams        B.Williams            DIS            17:35   00:04
D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev             TRIPLESPEC     00:19   05:15
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW02/R     17:15   00:10    0    0    0    0   6.9  0.0   0    0
NM06/R     00:10   06:19    0    0    0    0   0.5  5.6   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Second half was plagued by clouds, first thin and got thicker.  Signal was very low when at low altitudes, but we stayed open.  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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 18:44 dis-slit   280(  232)  77  77   9.4 12.8 12.4 13.2 10.2   --  1.05
 01:23 TSPEC   429(  398) 236  65   9.9  9.2  9.6  9.4  9.4   --  1.02
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    54    18     11   262    (W)    238    clear     none
     17:00    52    18     10   238  (WSW)    456    clear     none
     18:00    49    18     11   217   (SW)    420    clear     none
     19:00    49    19      8   224   (SW)    532    clear     none
     20:00    49    20     10   233   (SW)    454    clear     none
     21:00    49    19     13   233   (SW)    388    clear     none
     22:00    49    19      8   246  (WSW)    358    clear     none
     23:00    50    20      9   260    (W)    308    clear     none
     00:00    49    20      9   259    (W)    325    clear     none
     01:00    49    20     16   272    (W)    370  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    49    21     14   274    (W)    378  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    49    20     14   266    (W)    367  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    49    20     13   263    (W)    317  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    48    19     10   260    (W)    264  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