Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120526
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 11:51:08 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, May 26, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
--------------------------------------------------------------------
J.Holtzman        N.Oullette            DIS            20:50   01:10
D.York            D.York                ECHELLE        01:14   05:08
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
NM08/R     20:12   01:10    0   0.7   0    0   0.7  3.5   0    0
UC01/R     01:10   05:49    0    0    0    0   4.6  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden
22:55 for about 4 minutes:  HUB35M WENT DOWN!!!  It came back on its own, and I'm not at all sure why it restarted itself.  Sent an email to Joe/Bill/Fritz.  I would feel much better if I knew how to deal with this if it happens again.
Ecam shutter was well behaved tonight.  Joe signed on to check that it was ok still.  The shutter and the flat fielding were alright.
First part of the evening was lost to high dust and winds, but it calmed down shortly after sunset and the rest of the night was clear.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
----------------------------------------------------------------------
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 20:19 dis-slit   362(  495) -47  64  14.6 16.3 16.6 15.7 14.8   --  1.34
 00:19 ECHELLE   523( -589) -10  27  11.2 11.4 12.0 11.4 11.1   ND3  1.80
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    71    28     34   223   (SW)   4623  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    69    24     29   201  (SSW)   4746  ptly cldy   dust
     18:00    65    24     22   214   (SW)   4347    clear     dust
     19:00    65    17     14   263    (W)   6040    clear     dust
     20:00    60    12     12   257  (WSW)   6549    clear     dust
     21:00    58    10     14   260    (W)   2536    clear     dust
     22:00    57    12     17   272    (W)   1448    clear     none
     23:00    56    15     18   260    (W)   1235    clear     none
     00:00    54    15     15   265    (W)   1330    clear     none
     01:00    53    15     14   253  (WSW)   1430    clear     none
     02:00    51    16     13   276    (W)   1672    clear     none
     03:00    50    18     17   240  (WSW)   1908    clear     none
     04:00    49    18     10   268    (W)   1776    clear     none
     05:00    48    18     13   294  (WNW)   1984    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