Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120426
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:11:56 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, April 26, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Borish          J.Borish              TSpec          23:45   00:58
P.Szkody          A.Mukadam             Agile          01:01   01:36
P.Szkody          A.Mukadam             Agile          03:01   05:50
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UV06/R     19:50   01:10    0   4.0   0    0   0.7  0.7   0    0
UW09/R     01:10   06:11   1.5   0    0    0   3.5  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden
Plagued by dust and wind most of the night. Seeing was around 2" when we were able to be open. Agile dark slide is in.  No problems to report.
                    ------- 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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 22:54 TSPEC   304(  346) -77  36   8.3  9.8 11.1  9.4  8.2   --  1.70
 00:41 AGILE -1175(-1944) -18  66   7.3  7.5  8.1  7.5  7.2   BG40  2.18
 02:13 AGILE -1175(-1975) -59  52   6.5  6.6  7.4  6.8  6.3   BG40  1.77
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    64    22     31   238  (WSW)   2760    clear     dust
     17:00    64    22     28   240  (WSW)   3570    clear     dust
     18:00    63    21     40   224   (SW)  17602    clear     dust
     19:00    61    22     36   264    (W)  45685    clear     dust
     20:00    56    24     39   266    (W)  25125    clear     dust
     21:00    54    26     27   251  (WSW)   7464    clear     dust
     22:00    49    61     24   260    (W)  12645    clear     dust
     23:00    49    31     18   270    (W)   4540    clear     dust
     00:00    47    29     25   269    (W)   2058    clear     dust
     01:00    46    27     28   264    (W)   4426    clear     none
     02:00    44    25     18   262    (W)   8654    clear     dust
     03:00    44    20     24   267    (W)   3607    clear     none
     04:00    43    20     15   276    (W)   1986    clear     none
     05:00    42    20     17   283  (WNW)   1563    clear     none
     06:00    42    19     18   294  (WNW)   1287    clear     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