Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120317
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:17:55 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, March 17, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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S.Anderson        D.Syphers             DIS            --:--   --:--
Z.Tsvetanov       Z.Tsvetanov           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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UW10/R     19:22   01:10   5.8   0    0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
DD05/R     01:10   07:01   3.4  2.4   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden
Beginning of the night was lost to dust and high winds, which did not let up until heavy clouds rolled in.  The clouds stayed around all night, and we called it a night at 04:45.
                    ------- 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    55    14     25   257  (WSW)   1637    clear     dust
     17:00    53    13     23   232   (SW)   5579 mstly clr    dust
     18:00    52    15     25   209  (SSW)  20297 mstly clr    dust
     19:00    50    14     21   224   (SW)  19092  ptly cldy   dust
     20:00    48    14     15   220   (SW)  14428  ptly cldy   dust
     21:00    47    13     14   238  (WSW)   7246   cloudy     dust
     22:00    47    15     20   237  (WSW)   3873   cloudy     none
     23:00    47    15     22   216   (SW)   2138   cloudy     none
     00:00    46    17     16   218   (SW)   1202   cloudy     none
     01:00    44    17     19   225   (SW)   1947   cloudy     none
     02:00    44    20     15   214   (SW)   1208   cloudy     none
     03:00    43    20     15   216   (SW)   1315   cloudy     none
     04:00    42    22     21   212  (SSW)   1616   cloudy     none
     05:00    41    21     21   211  (SSW)   1653   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