Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20121206
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri,  7 Dec 2012 12:59:08 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, December 06, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev             SPICAM         17:00   00:05
S.Anderson        J.Andrews             DIS            00:16   05:00
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         05:01   05:36
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM04/R     17:06   00:10    0    0    0    0   7.1  0.0   0    0
UW06/R     00:10   05:44    0    0    0    0   0.3  5.2   0    0
DD01/R     05:44   06:44    0   0.5   0    0   0.0  0.5   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Night was productive with good seeing despite occasional cluds.  Second half was almost entirely cloudy.  We stayed open the whole time, but there were periods of sitting around trying to punch through.
Apollo switched time with UW06, and started an hour before twilight.  The clouds were still heavy, but we tried anyway.  The clouds forces us to give up after a half hour.
                    ------- 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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 18:04 SPICAM   560(  420) -48  47   7.4  7.7  7.8  7.2  7.1   MSSSO I  0.70
 00:16 dis-slit   510(  304) -58  39   6.2  6.1  6.4  6.2  6.3   MSSSO I  0.70
 05:04 APOLLO   550(  770)  58  61   4.2  4.2  4.7  4.3  4.0   --  1.50
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    49    14     11   241  (WSW)    198 mstly clr    none
     17:00    45    17     11   267    (W)    279 mstly clr    none
     18:00    45    18      9   261    (W)    332  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    45    18     11   237  (WSW)    352  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    44    17      8   253  (WSW)    319  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    45    15     14   252  (WSW)    266 mstly clr    none
     22:00    44    12     12   291  (WNW)    206    clear     none
     23:00    44    13     13   268    (W)    235  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    44    15     11   278    (W)    269  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    43    14     13   284  (WNW)    224   cloudy     none
     02:00    42    14     13   283  (WNW)    162   cloudy     none
     03:00    41    15      9   262    (W)    144   cloudy     none
     04:00    40    15     11   272    (W)    150   cloudy     none
     05:00    40    16     10   282  (WNW)    165   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