Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120315
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:23:56 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, March 15, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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B.Keeney          B.Keeney, J.Stocke    DIS            19:20   01:11
A.Mortazavi       A.Mortazavi, J.Lotz   DIS            01:11   06:01
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         06:04   07:06
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU03/R     19:20   01:10   0.6   0    0    0   5.2  0.0   0    0
JH04/R     01:10   06:03    0    0    0    0   2.0  2.9   0    0
UW15/R     06:03   07:03    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden
Very cloudy in the afternoon, cleared and allowed us to open 19:54.  The rest of the night was productive with no problems.  Seeing was excellent, sub arcsecond on DIS if the numbers are to be believed.
Checked a few things on APOLLO, got excellent signal and fixed the alignment issue from last run.
Trained two new observers, JH04   Jennifer Lotz, Alireza Mortazavi
                    ------- 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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 19:00 dis-slit   171(    7) 211  65   8.1 10.5 10.4 10.3  8.0   --  1.00
 00:24 dis-slit   372(   69)  73  47   6.4  7.4  7.9  7.3  7.1   --  1.30
 03:58 dis-slit   372(   70) -97  48   7.5  7.4  7.9  7.5  7.3   --  0.88
 05:06 APOLLO   550(  955)  72  40   7.5  7.3  7.7  7.5  7.4   --  1.20
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    58    12     10   225   (SW)   1146   cloudy     none
     17:00    52     9      7   248  (WSW)   1033   cloudy     none
     18:00    50     6      8   236   (SW)   1126   cloudy     none
     19:00    49     5      7   214   (SW)   1099 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    47     1     10   210  (SSW)   1183    clear     none
     21:00    46     2      8   184    (S)   1123    clear     none
     22:00    47     2      9   190    (S)   1011    clear     none
     23:00    47     3     13   195  (SSW)    702    clear     none
     00:00    47     3     14   203  (SSW)    717    clear     none
     01:00    46     2      9   193  (SSW)    884    clear     none
     02:00    44     0      9   234   (SW)   1095    clear     none
     03:00    47     1     12   269    (W)   1136    clear     none
     04:00    47     3     13   265    (W)   1314    clear     none
     05:00    46     2      9   263    (W)   1139    clear     none
     06:00    47     2     11   270    (W)   1038    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: 1.9.5