Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 12:53:12 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120308
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, March 08, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
--------------------------------------------------------------------
W.Ketzeback       R.McMillan            ECHELLE/TSPEC  --:--   --:--
M.Skrutskie       M.Skrutskie           TSPEC          --:--   --:--
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         --:--   --:--
S.Schmidt         S.Schmidt             DIS            --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
DD04/R     18:15   19:15   0.5  0.5   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
UV04/R     19:15   00:10    0   4.9   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
DD02/R     00:10   01:10    0   1.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
UW12/R     01:10   06:12    0   5.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Light snow at the start and end of the night, with high winds, high dust,
and high humidity in between.  I ran the snow program for part of the
night.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
----------------------------------------------------------------------
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    20    14     20    72  (ENE)  10276  ptly cldy lt snow
     17:00    19    14     19    71  (ENE)   7723  ptly cldy lt snow
     18:00    17    13     13    58  (ENE)   8441  ptly cldy   dust
     19:00    16    10     30    68  (ENE)   9255  ptly cldy   dust
     20:00    15     8     28    63  (ENE)   7816  ptly cldy   dust
     21:00    15    11     30    74  (ENE)   6230  ptly cldy   dust
     22:00    14    11     33    71  (ENE)   4890  ptly cldy  humid
     23:00    14    12     22    73  (ENE)   4224  ptly cldy  humid
     00:00    14    13     23    72  (ENE)   3031  ptly cldy  humid
     01:00    14    12     22    75  (ENE)   2230  ptly cldy  humid
     02:00    14    12     16    76  (ENE)   2513  ptly cldy  humid
     03:00    13    11     21    74  (ENE)   3590  ptly cldy lt snow
     04:00    13    11     21    70  (ENE)   3694  ptly cldy lt snow
     05:00    13    10     24    76  (ENE)   3660  ptly cldy 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: 1.9.4