Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120411
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:51:02 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, April 11, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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S.Bickerton       S.Bickerton           DIS            19:39   23:10
M.Kasliwal        M.Kasliwal            DIS            23:10   01:07
Z.Tsvetanov       Z.Tsvetanov           ECHELLE        01:08   05:49
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         05:50   06:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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PU03/R     19:39   23:10    0    0    0    0   3.5  0.0   0    0
PU02/R     23:10   01:10    0    0    0    0   1.9  0.1   0    0
JH01/R     01:10   05:43    0    0    0    0   0.0  4.6   0    0
DD01/R     05:43   06:28    0    0    0    0   0.0  0.8   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden
Night was productive, with decent seeing and clear skies most of the night.  The power guys must have fixed the problems before sunset, because we saw no power problems the entire night.
                    ------- 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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 19:21 dis-slit   360(  294)  82  51  10.9 12.2 12.4 12.1 11.2   --  1.35
 22:15 dis-slit   551(  305) -137  75   9.0  8.9  9.4  8.9  8.7   --  1.40
 00:39 ECHELLE   407( -960) 312  46   7.4  7.1  7.6  7.1  7.2   ND2  1.04
 03:57 dis-slit   472(   25) 128  60   4.7  4.8  5.4  4.9  4.4   --  1.50
 04:56 APOLLO   550(  790)   8  36   3.6  3.9  4.5  3.8  3.5   --  2.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    57    41     14   207  (SSW)   1436  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    55    40     20   214   (SW)   1306 mstly clr    none
     18:00    57    38     21   184    (S)   1424    clear     none
     19:00    54    32     21   215   (SW)   1597    clear     none
     20:00    52    30     21   221   (SW)   1349    clear     none
     21:00    51    17     20   246  (WSW)   2772    clear     none
     22:00    50    18     16   258  (WSW)   2534    clear     none
     23:00    48    18     13   262    (W)   1618    clear     none
     00:00    46    18     17   244  (WSW)   1434    clear     none
     01:00    45    17     11   263    (W)   1433    clear     none
     02:00    44    17     21   236   (SW)   1576    clear     none
     03:00    43    18     22   227   (SW)   1621    clear     none
     04:00    41    17     12   237  (WSW)   1668    clear     none
     05:00    40    17     14   299  (WNW)   1648    clear     none
     06:00    38    21     17   274    (W)   1970  ptly cldy   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