Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120522
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 10:47:10 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, May 22, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Churchill       G.Kacprzak            DIS            20:09   01:00
M.S.              A.Mortazavi           DIS            01:01   02:25
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM07/R     20:09   01:10    0    0    0    0   3.4  1.6   0    0
JH03/R     01:10   05:51   3.3   0    0    0   1.4  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden
Most of the night was clear with no problems.  Around 02:00 the dust counts started to go up, and I realized it was smoke.  I closed, and we were not able to open the rest of the night, smoke thick in the air.  I was unable to find any evidence of a fire nearby, so I suspect it was blowing from the Gila fire.
                    ------- 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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 19:38 dis-slit   479(  710) 266  59  17.2 18.1 18.5 17.8 17.4   --  1.40
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    72    28     29   267    (W)   2959    clear     dust
     17:00    74    30     17   246  (WSW)   3716    clear     dust
     18:00    69    26     30   254  (WSW)   3468    clear     none
     19:00    67    24     17   250  (WSW)   1945    clear     none
     20:00    63    20     18   255  (WSW)   1882    clear     none
     21:00    63    21     16   264    (W)   2221    clear     none
     22:00    63    18     11   257  (WSW)   1874    clear     none
     23:00    62    18     12   267    (W)   1809    clear     none
     00:00    61    20     12   265    (W)   1791  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    61    22     16   298  (WNW)   2299  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    60    18     17   314   (NW)   6859    clear     dust
     03:00    59    17     16   271    (W)   5230    clear     dust
     04:00    59    17     13   308   (NW)   3934    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