Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120215
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:51:46 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, February 15, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Thuan           Y.Izotov              DIS            17:57   12:06
J.Davenport       J.Davenport           DIS            12:07   05:25
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         05:29   06:42
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UV02/R     17:57   00:10    0    0    0    0   6.2  0.0   0    0
UW11/R     00:10   05:37    0    0    0    0   2.3  3.1   0    0
DD01/R     05:37   06:37    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden
Productive night, with excellent conditions for the first half and decent conditions for the second half.
Apollo stayed after closing to do some tests.
                    ------- 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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 18:36 dis-slit   265( -331) 159  68  -2.0  2.0  1.5  1.8 -1.5   --  1.66
 18:36 dis-slit   265( -331) 159  68  -2.0  2.0  1.5  1.8 -1.5   --  1.66
 05:37 APOLLO   602(  560)  32  27  -1.3 -1.9 -1.7 -1.8 -1.5   --  1.80
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    31     6      9   271    (W)    436    clear     none
     17:00    34     6      9   222   (SW)    565    clear     none
     18:00    29     5      9   264    (W)    604    clear     none
     19:00    28     6      6   185    (S)    649    clear     none
     20:00    31     2     10   244  (WSW)    786    clear     none
     21:00    30     5      2   217   (SW)    917    clear     none
     22:00    29     8      8   232   (SW)    992    clear     none
     23:00    29     8      9   208  (SSW)   1034    clear     none
     00:00    27     8     14   143   (SE)   1034    clear     none
     01:00    28    13     12   181    (S)   1120    clear     none
     02:00    29    14     15   176    (S)   1344 mstly clr    none
     03:00    30    16     14   181    (S)   1309 mstly clr    none
     04:00    30    16     15   158  (SSE)   1284 mstly clr    none
     05:00    30    14     24   130   (SE)   1215    clear     none
     06:00    30    15     22   143   (SE)   1118    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