Date: Sat, 5 May 2012 12:15:11 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120504
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, May 04, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Gladders        E.Wuyts               NICFPS         20:15   00:15
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         00:20   01:10
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         01:10   02:00
A.Ginsburg        A.Ginsburg            TripleSpec     02:05   06:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UC04/R     19:56   00:25    0    0    0    0   0.0  4.5   0    0
DD04/R     00:25   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  0.8   0    0
DD01/R     01:10   01:55    0    0    0    0   0.0  0.8   0    0
CU05/R     01:55   06:03    0    0    0    0   0.4  3.7   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Clear first half with excellent seeing initially, but it degraded after a
few hours and some thin clouds moved in for second half.
Everything worked well.
                    ------- 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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 19:29 NICFPS   372(  929)  15  57  13.9 14.7 14.8 14.3 13.8   Ks  0.56
 01:12 TSPEC   392(  560)  51  35  12.6 12.3 12.8 12.2 12.2   Ks  1.20
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    70    22     21   214   (SW)   1220    clear     none
     17:00    66    23     20   257  (WSW)   1301    clear     none
     18:00    63    18     14   273    (W)  11313    clear     none
     19:00    61    16     18   240  (WSW)   1628    clear     none
     20:00    57    13     14   263    (W)   1338    clear     none
     21:00    58    14     15   258  (WSW)   1125    clear     none
     22:00    57    13     13   256  (WSW)   1150    clear     none
     23:00    56    12     16   266    (W)   1232    clear     none
     00:00    56    12     11   263    (W)   1277    clear     none
     01:00    56    12     12   277    (W)   1610 mstly clr    none
     02:00    55    12     10   300  (WNW)   1646 mstly clr    none
     03:00    55    10     11   302  (WNW)   2107 mstly clr    none
     04:00    53    10     10   300  (WNW)   2448  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    53     9      7   277    (W)   2216  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    53     9     12   271    (W)   2255  ptly cldy   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