Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120306
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed,  7 Mar 2012 12:39:00 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, March 06, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Pearce          M.Pearce, A.Monson    NIIS           19:45   23:55
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         23:55   00:50
G.Bakos           J.Hartman             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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EN02/R     18:13   00:10   1.5   0    0    0   0.0  4.5   0    0
DD01/R     00:10   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
PU02/R     01:10   06:15   0.6  4.5   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
UWy folks got their software issues resolved this afternoon.  They then discovered a filter movement issue at sunset, although clouds rolled in right at twilight so we couldn't get on the sky anyhow.
When we opened at 19:45, We discovered that the instrument didn't like moving the filter wheel while it was mounted upright, but luckily it worked fine while it was upside-down.
We focused (1.36 arc sec seeing) and then moved to NGC1977 (Orion Nebula) for our first real field (and PR picture) before trying some science and calibration targets to help characterize the instrument.
Due to wind, APOLLO gave up a few minutes early for the PU02 program.  Unfotrunately as soon as I got focused, and we slewed to a std. star the clouds got too thick.  We tried a few more times but never really got much in the way of good science data.  We closed due to dust/wind at 01:53.  We never re-opened.
                    ------- 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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 21:13 NIIS  4450( 4227) 156  60   6.6  6.3  6.8  5.9  5.5   ?  1.36
 23:14 NIIS  4525( 4270) 321  48   5.2  5.4  5.9  5.5  5.4   J?  1.80
 00:01 APOLLO   650(  894) 328  66   4.6  4.7  5.2  4.8  4.8   --  1.80
 00:57 ECHELLE   584( -950) 105  61   3.6  4.1  4.7  4.2  3.6   ND3  1.50
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    51     8     27   264    (W)   3147    clear     none
     17:00    51     8     27   264    (W)   3361 mstly clr    none
     18:00    47     5     22   248  (WSW)   2837   cloudy     none
     19:00    46     4     20   247  (WSW)   3060 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    44     3     23   245  (WSW)   2130    clear     none
     21:00    44     5     25   212  (SSW)   2856    clear     none
     22:00    44     5     29   233   (SW)   4935    clear     dust
     23:00    42     7     26   222   (SW)   3166    clear     dust
     00:00    41     7     32   214   (SW)   3480  ptly cldy   dust
     01:00    39     9     33   225   (SW)   3508  ptly cldy   dust
     02:00    39     9     28   253  (WSW)   5068 mstly cldy   dust
     03:00    37     9     19   228   (SW)   7908   cloudy     dust
     04:00    38     6     27   244  (WSW)   5103   cloudy     dust
     05:00    37     9     24   216   (SW)   3528   cloudy     dust
     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