Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120529
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 11:34:25 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, May 29, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Kasliwal        M.Kasliwal            DIS            18:52   22:10
G.Bakos           X.Huang               ECHELLE        22:10   05:12
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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PU02/R     20:14   22:14    0    0    0    0   0.0  2.0   0    0
PU04/R     22:14   05:48    0    0    0    0   3.6  3.9   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
No problems tonight.  Dust/smoke counts stayed below 3K all night, although I could smell some smoke in air in the morning.
                    ------- 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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 19:32 dis-slit   416(  662) 231  71  16.3 18.6 18.2 17.9 16.6   --  1.08
 21:20 ECHELLE   395( -538) 113  62  16.1 15.9 16.3 15.6 15.3   ND3  0.95
 01:08 ECHELLE   436( -586)  98  68  15.2 14.3 14.8 14.3 14.2   ND3  0.87
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    67    24      6   263    (W)   3854    clear     none
     17:00    70    26     13   246  (WSW)   4155    clear     none
     18:00    68    25     12   266    (W)   3087    clear     none
     19:00    66    22     15   264    (W)   1273    clear     none
     20:00    62    17     16   258  (WSW)    826    clear     none
     21:00    61    16     12   263    (W)    768    clear     none
     22:00    59    14     11   264    (W)    860    clear     none
     23:00    59    15     17   261    (W)    837    clear     none
     00:00    60    15     10   287  (WNW)    926    clear     none
     01:00    59    15     14   263    (W)    997    clear     none
     02:00    58    14     11   272    (W)   1112    clear     none
     03:00    58    13     13   298  (WNW)   1234    clear     none
     04:00    59    13     15   293  (WNW)   2165    clear     none
     05:00    56    12     17   297  (WNW)   2000    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