Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 12:53:35 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120405
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, April 05, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Gray            C.Gray                ECHELLE        19:45   22:03
W.Ketzeback       R.McMillan            ECHELLE/TSPEC  22:06   23:45
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         23:50   01:10
A.Verbiscer       P.Verbiscer           TRIPLESPEC     01:12   06:40
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM05/R     19:35   22:05    0    0    0    0   0.0  2.5   0    0
NM10/R     22:05   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  2.1   0    0
DD04/R     00:10   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
UV02/R     01:10   06:36    0    0    0    0   0.2  5.2   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Thin clouds first half, clear skies second half.  Good, stable seeing.  No
serious problems with telescope or instruments.  A very productive 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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 18:45 ECHELLE   460( -662) -66  56  10.6 12.1 11.9 11.5 10.7   ND2  0.76
 21:37 TSPEC   395(  440) -127  26  10.3  9.6 10.1  9.4  9.5   Ks  0.97
 00:25 TSPEC   455(  432)   8  49   8.8  9.0  9.5  8.9  8.4   Ks  1.15
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    61    17     14   232   (SW)   1599  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    60    18     18   201  (SSW)   1562  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    57    14     17   238  (WSW)   1588  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    53    11     18   224   (SW)   1830  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    51     8     13   210  (SSW)   1950  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    51     8     11   212  (SSW)   2287 mstly clr    none
     22:00    50     9     11   208  (SSW)   2247 mstly clr    none
     23:00    50     8     10   215   (SW)   2166 mstly clr    none
     00:00    50     9     17   206  (SSW)   2280    clear     none
     01:00    49     8     16   233   (SW)   2400    clear     none
     02:00    46     8     11   265    (W)   1829    clear     none
     03:00    45    10      7   264    (W)   2054    clear     none
     04:00    46    11      8   280    (W)   2082    clear     none
     05:00    45    11      8   271    (W)   1894    clear     none
     06:00    44    11      9   275    (W)   1915    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