Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120417
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:15:03 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, April 17, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Gray           C.Gray                 TSPEC/ECHELLE  16:45   22:00
J.Holtzman       S.Courteau, N.Ouelette DIS            22:00   01:02
J.Darling        J.Darling              DIS            01:02   06:25
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM06/R     19:44   21:44    0    0    0    0   2.0  0.0   0    0
NM08/R     21:44   01:10    0    0    0    0   3.4  0.0   0    0
CU03/R     01:10   06:21    0    0    0    0   3.6  1.6   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Trained R.Corradi tonight for remote observations (Him and B.Balack have time in June 12).
No Problems tonight.  Good seeing all night.  Slight dust elevation (3400cts) during the 2nd half of the 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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 18:51 TSPEC   667(  775) 232  44   9.9 11.4 10.3 10.8  9.7   Ks  1.19
 19:32 ECHELLE   525( -687) 280  62   9.9 10.5 10.0  9.9  9.4   ND3  0.68
 21:24 dis-slit   428(  198) 206  79  10.2  9.3  9.7  9.2  9.2   --  0.90
 00:06 dis-slit   471(  249) -49  68   9.4  9.3  9.8  9.4  9.2   --  1.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    56    11     20   183    (S)   1625    clear     none
     17:00    55    12     15   182    (S)   1973    clear     none
     18:00    56    12     24   219   (SW)   2148    clear     none
     19:00    53     9     16   214   (SW)   2065    clear     none
     20:00    50     5     13   202  (SSW)   2387    clear     none
     21:00    50     5     14   209  (SSW)   2673    clear     none
     22:00    50     6     15   217   (SW)   2890    clear     none
     23:00    50     6     16   216   (SW)   2770    clear     none
     00:00    50     7     12   177    (S)   2603    clear     none
     01:00    49     8     12   206  (SSW)   2908    clear     none
     02:00    49    11     12   205  (SSW)   3133    clear     dust
     03:00    48    13     17   211  (SSW)   3209    clear     dust
     04:00    48    13     19   226   (SW)   3188    clear     dust
     05:00    48    13     15   236   (SW)   3351    clear     dust
     06:00    47    14     12   206  (SSW)   3494    clear     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: 1.9.5