Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:00:49 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120210
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, February 10, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Blake           C.Blake               ECHELLE        18:15  00:10
Z.Tsvetanov-      Z.Tsvetanov           ECHELLE        00:11  01:05
M.Gladders        M.Gladders,           TripleSpec,    01:20  03:50
                  E.Wuyts               NICFPS         04:05  06:30
   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     17:52   00:10    0    0    0    0   3.2  3.1   0    0
DD05/R     00:00   01:30    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.5   0    0
DD06/R     01:30   06:42    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.2   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Photometric all night, with moderate seeing improving to good later in the
night.  The telescope worked well, as did the new echelle slitviewer.
We had a little difficulty getting a valid maskfile for Tspec (the
previous maskfile had problems due to the brighness of the new quartz
lamps).  However, this only took up time while the observer was waiting
for his target to reach an observable altitude, so I didn't count it as
lost.
There was one failure with NICFPS just after mounting, easily fixed with
"nicfps expose init."  As far as we could tell from inspection, the other
NICFPS images were all right.
                    ------- 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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 18:19 ECHELLE   633(-1055) 219  69   1.2  1.2  1.0  1.2  1.1   ND2  1.40
 04:22 NICFPS   401(  152) 253  55  -0.6 -1.2 -0.7 -1.3 -1.3   MK-H  0.99
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    33    15     10   316   (NW)    304    clear     none
     17:00    33    16      4   340  (NNW)    307    clear     none
     18:00    33    16      5   317   (NW)    329    clear     none
     19:00    34    17     12   346  (NNW)    310    clear     none
     20:00    34    17      4    20  (NNE)    321    clear     none
     21:00    34    18      9     1    (N)    490    clear     none
     22:00    35    18     14   342  (NNW)    473    clear     none
     23:00    34    18     13   301  (WNW)    528    clear     none
     00:00    34    18     14   315   (NW)    527    clear     none
     01:00    33    18      9   275    (W)    549    clear     none
     02:00    32    18      5   194  (SSW)    696    clear     none
     03:00    32    18      8   219   (SW)    705    clear     none
     04:00    31    18      9   210  (SSW)    673    clear     none
     05:00    31    18     11   204  (SSW)    645    clear     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: 1.9.4