Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120319
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:41:53 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, March 19, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Strauss         M.Strauss             Spicam         --:--   --:--
M.Kasliwal        Y.Cao                 DIS            --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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PU07/R     19:23   04:20   9.0   0    0    0    0    0    0    0
PU01/R     04:20   06:58   1.4  1.2   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Clouds, snow off and on, and humid.  I ran the snow program as well during the night.
We had an inch of new snow accumulation tonight.
Left telescope parked due South in the morning.
Only the control room stop button is active, in case the snow program needs to be run in the morning.
We gave up at 05:40 as it was still cloudy and we had light snow flurries again.
                    ------- 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    18    17     19   262    (W)     66   cloudy    humid
     17:00    18    17     23   255  (WSW)    618   cloudy    humid
     18:00    18    17     21   253  (WSW)    654   cloudy    humid
     19:00    17    12     19   269    (W)    940   cloudy    humid
     20:00    17    14     18   270    (W)    984   cloudy   lt snow
     21:00    17    15     18   267    (W)    716   cloudy    humid
     22:00    16    15     13   265    (W)   1219   cloudy    humid
     23:00    14    12     12   256  (WSW)    899   cloudy     snow
     00:00    14    12      2   226   (SW)   2102   cloudy     snow
     01:00    15    13     12   318   (NW)   3385   cloudy   lt snow
     02:00    17    14      1   291  (WNW)   3600   cloudy   lt snow
     03:00    17    13     13   317   (NW)   2606   cloudy   lt snow
     04:00    16    12     11     1    (N)   6370   cloudy    humid
     05:00    16    12     12   312   (NW)    563   cloudy   lt snow
     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