Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120524
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 11:40:47 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, May 24, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         20:08   20:56
X.Huang           J.Hartman             ECHELLE        20:58   01:10
P.Gaulme          J.McKeever            ECHELLE        01:10   05:28
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD01/R     20:11   20:56    0    0    0    0   0.0  0.8   0    0
PU06/R     20:56   01:10    0    0    0    0   2.0  2.2   0    0
NM03/R     01:10   05:50    0    0    0    0   4.7  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden
Two sets of louvers are unresponsive.  PR sent.
The remote Apollo run went well.
The rest of the night was productive with good to decent seeing.  No other 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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 18:52 APOLLO   700( 1609)  34  69  16.7 17.8 17.4 17.5 16.9   --  1.30
 20:00 ECHELLE   525( -393) -136  53  15.7 16.1 16.5 16.0 15.6   ND3  0.98
 00:11 ECHELLE   383( -679) 104  52  12.8 13.2 13.7 13.1 12.6   ND3  1.30
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    68    25     22   264    (W)   2480    clear     none
     17:00    69    25     22   260    (W)   2488    clear     none
     18:00    66    23     15   270    (W)   2314    clear     none
     19:00    65    23     24   269    (W)   2651    clear     none
     20:00    62    21     22   243  (WSW)   2291    clear     none
     21:00    60    22     20   247  (WSW)   2122    clear     none
     22:00    60    22     13   245  (WSW)   2069    clear     none
     23:00    58    21     13   261    (W)   1727    clear     none
     00:00    57    20     18   230   (SW)   1729    clear     none
     01:00    55    19     21   228   (SW)   1750    clear     none
     02:00    54    19     19   236   (SW)   2047    clear     none
     03:00    54    20     19   233   (SW)   2147    clear     none
     04:00    53    20     18   235   (SW)   2380    clear     none
     05:00    53    20     11   258  (WSW)   2280    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