Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121226
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:43:29 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, December 26, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Wisniewski      J.Wisniewski          Echelle        17:13   00:00
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         00:45   01:00
D.York            D.York                Echelle        01:05   06:23
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW11/R     17:13   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  7.0   0    0
UW12/R     00:10   01:10    0    0    0   0.7  0.0  0.3   0    0
UC01/R     01:10   06:56    0    0    0    0   0.6  5.2   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
APOLLO had some power supply problems tonight, I switched to their back up supply for them just in time for cloud to start forming overhead.  They got a couple runs in what time they had left after the problems.
Pesky orographic cirrus clouds for the remainder of the night, which were not showing up on the satellite images until the very end of the night.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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UW/12    A        I/H       00:00  00:45  Power supply failure, switched
                                          to backup power supply
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 17:27 ECHELLE   767( -929) -20  34  -0.3  0.2 -0.2  0.5 -0.3   ND5  1.20
 17:46 ECHELLE   752( -962) -25  32  -0.7 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 -0.7   ND5  1.70
 20:16 ECHELLE   610(-1182) -75  58  -0.9 -1.0 -0.6 -0.8 -0.9   clear  1.40
 22:08 ECHELLE   585(-1239) -88  80  -1.3 -1.4 -1.0 -1.3 -1.5   ND2  1.20
 00:06 APOLLO   550(  428) 296  60  -2.1 -2.5 -2.1 -2.4 -2.5   --  1.70
 01:27 ECHELLE   602(-1267) 223  55  -2.3 -2.6 -2.1 -2.4 -2.5   --  1.60
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    35    -2     12   220   (SW)      0  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    31     0     17   238  (WSW)      0  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    31    -1     17   248  (WSW)      0  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    31     1     17   242  (WSW)      0  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    31     6     18   246  (WSW)      0 mstly clr    none
     21:00    31     6     20   227   (SW)      0 mstly clr    none
     22:00    29    10     22   209  (SSW)      0 mstly clr    none
     23:00    29     9     24   212  (SSW)      0 mstly clr    none
     00:00    28     9     24   209  (SSW)      0  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    28     6     24   244  (WSW)      0  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    27     6     20   268    (W)      0  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    26     6     18   254  (WSW)      0  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    25     6     12   296  (WNW)      0 mstly clr    none
     05:00    25     2     20   290  (WNW)      0  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    25     3     20   288  (WNW)      0  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