Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:51:09 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121229
From: "Alysha Shugart"
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, December 29, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Brandt          J.Wisniewski          ECHELLE        17:10   00:05
J.Bally           J.Bally               NICFPS         00:05   03:35
G.Wallerstein     G.Wallerstein         ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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PU05/R     17:15   00:10    0    0    0    0   1.3  5.6   0    0
CU05/R     00:10   05:30    0   1.8   0   1.0  0.0  2.5   0    0
UW13/R     05:30   06:57    0   1.4   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shugart
Night began fine. During PU05 program, we noticed a horizontal streak
across the echelle slitviewer, extending from the cetner of the star
outward. I would normally attribute this to a bright star, but this was
only V=10.5, and the filter was ND3. A good example is e1833.fits. Not
sure if this is abnormal, just thought it was worth mentioning.
Clouds began to roll in at 20:00, and became really thick by 23:00. CU05
could not push past the clouds with NICFPS, and gave up at 3:35. During
his program, NICFPS-ICC crashed, and several exposures were hung-up. Check
PR 1407 for details.
UW13 called in at 4:50, and was discouraged by the clouds, so opted not to
observer. Closed for the night then.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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CU05   NICFPS     I/S     02:45   03:47  nicfps exposures would not read out
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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17:40 ECHELLE   516(-1228) 273  34  -2.7 -0.8 -0.5 -0.5 -2.5   ND3  2.40
22:25 ECHELLE   574(-1293) 128  56  -3.6 -2.5 -2.1 -2.4 -3.3   ND2  1.30
00:20 NICFPS   483(  321) -29  48   1.6  0.4  0.3  0.4  1.6   H2-2.12  1.49
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    32     4     14   150  (SSE)      0    clear     none
     17:00    28     5     12   161  (SSE)      0    clear     none
     18:00    27    11     16   167  (SSE)      0    clear     none
     19:00    29    12     16   183    (S)      0    clear     none
     20:00    30     9      9   180    (S)      0 mstly clr    none
     21:00    32     8     12   168  (SSE)      0 mstly clr    none
     22:00    26     9     16   137   (SE)      0  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    30     8     20   196  (SSW)      0 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    30     8     17   155  (SSE)      0 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    36    12     24   183    (S)      0 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    31    13     18   176    (S)      0   cloudy     none
     03:00    35    12     18   199  (SSW)      0   cloudy     none
     04:00    37    13     18   196  (SSW)      0   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