Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121213
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 10:54:00 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, December 13, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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B.Woodgate        C.Grady               GIFS           --:--   --:--
S.Johnson         C.Grady               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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DD02/R     17:07   00:10   6.4  0.7   0    0    0    0    0    0
UC03/R     00:10   06:49   6.6   0    0    0    0   0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Clouds during sunset. We had somewhat of a thinning overhead, around 19:20, so we attempted to get on sky with GIFS as radar returns were still fairly safely away.  By the time we got GIFS focused the clouds got much worse and we needed to close.
We never re-opened. 40MPH+ gusts for most of 2nd half with just a little precip (ice pellets) but no accumulation.
I gave up at 03:50 .
                    ------- 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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 20:02 GIFS   425(   59) -101  43   2.7  3.1  3.0  3.3  2.5   Red  1.10
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    37    12      8   186    (S)    391 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    36    10     17   182    (S)    180 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    35     8     13   195  (SSW)    127 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    35    11     13   205  (SSW)    209 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    37    15     15   188    (S)    179   cloudy     none
     21:00    38    20     21   181    (S)    239   cloudy     none
     22:00    36    15     25   144   (SE)    363   cloudy     none
     23:00    38    17     21   163  (SSE)    405   cloudy     none
     00:00    39    20     21   190    (S)    534   cloudy   lt rain
     01:00    37    23     13   186    (S)    492   cloudy   lt snow
     02:00    38    27     17   182    (S)    560   cloudy   lt snow
     03:00    36    28     28   165  (SSE)    370   cloudy     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