Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120620
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:05:31 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, June 20, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Gladders        M.Gladders            DIS            20:23   00:06
G.Stringfellow    G.Stringfellow        ECHELLE        00:08   01:11
B.Balick          B.Balick, R.Corradi   DIS            01:13   04:42
G.Wallerstein     G.Wallerstein         ECHELLE        04:44   05:49
   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     20:23   00:10    0    0    0    0   3.0  0.8   0    0
CU06/R     00:10   01:10    0    0    0    0   1.0  0.0   0    0
UW02/R     01:10   04:47    0    0    0    0   3.6  0.0   0    0
UW16/R     04:47   05:47    0    0    0    0   1.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden
Productive night.  Good seeing to start with, getting variable (and sometimes awful) in the second half.  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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 19:46 dis-slit   128(  709) 272  66  22.4 25.1 24.7 24.7 22.0   --  1.00
 23:11 ECHELLE   289( -449) 135  59  19.3 19.7 20.1 19.3 19.0   ND3  1.30
 00:18 dis-slit   450(  672)  58  64  17.8 18.0 18.6 17.8 17.5   --  1.50
 03:45 ECHELLE   416( -471) 253  78  17.9 17.0 17.5 16.9 17.1   ND3  1.30
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    77    36     17   243  (WSW)   1123    clear     none
     17:00    80    36     10   251  (WSW)   1295    clear     none
     18:00    80    36     12   263    (W)   1154    clear     none
     19:00    75    33      1   210  (SSW)   1132    clear     none
     20:00    72    30      5   185    (S)   1206    clear     none
     21:00    71    27      7   180    (S)   1120    clear     none
     22:00    70    27     16   128   (SE)   1294    clear     none
     23:00    69    23     19   145   (SE)   1284    clear     none
     00:00    67    22     17   135   (SE)   1115    clear     none
     01:00    64    38     21   143   (SE)   1938    clear     none
     02:00    65    33     18   159  (SSE)   1727    clear     none
     03:00    64    35     18   151  (SSE)   1881    clear     none
     04:00    64    37     18   141   (SE)   1961    clear     none
     05:00    64    34     16   135   (SE)   1913 mstly clr    none
     06:00    64    31     19   137   (SE)   1490 mstly clr    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