Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120626
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:11:33 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, June 26, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         20:17   21:13
P.Gaulme          P.Gaulme,J.Jackiewicz Echelle        21:16   01:08
G.Stringfellow    G.Stringfellow        ECHELLE        01:08   02:08
C.Miller          C.Miller              TSPEC          02:10   06:25
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD04/R     20:24   21:09    0    0    0    0   0.0  0.8   0    0
NM03/R     21:09   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.4  3.6   0    0
DD02/R     01:10   02:10    0    0    0    0   1.0  0.0   0    0
NM01/R     02:10   05:49    0    0    0    0   3.6  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
The eyelids (BC1) didn't appear to open tonight after the mirror covers were opened.  I closed the mirror covers and re-opened then and then the eyelid opened.  Not sure if the other eyelids were affected or not (I couldn't actually visually see any of them open/close in the Visible light dome cam).  Perhaps the cam just didn't engage correctly for the eyelid?
Guy noted banding in the Echelle bias frames tonight.
I ran out of LN2 on the GFP at 04:10 (filled earlier in the evening at 18:10).  I topped it off again when I closed at 06:00.
                    ------- 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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 19:17 APOLLO   500( 1615)  35  74  20.6 21.9 22.0 21.6 20.6   --  1.40
 20:38 ECHELLE   369( -308) 118  39  20.1 20.4 20.8 20.1 19.8   ND3  1.14
 00:08 ECHELLE   388( -428) 132  77  18.2 18.4 18.8 18.2 17.8   clear  1.20
 01:12 TSPEC   418(  819) 207  71  17.6 17.7 18.2 17.6 17.3   Ks  1.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    80    36     15   181    (S)    625    clear     none
     17:00    79    35     15   224   (SW)    591    clear     none
     18:00    77    34     16   214   (SW)    509 mstly clr    none
     19:00    74    32     15   215   (SW)    498 mstly clr    none
     20:00    70    27      9   193  (SSW)    436    clear     none
     21:00    69    25     16   160  (SSE)    449    clear     none
     22:00    68    28     16   161  (SSE)    516    clear     none
     23:00    67    30     13   173    (S)    626    clear     none
     00:00    67    30     19   138   (SE)    763    clear     none
     01:00    65    30     23   131   (SE)   1154    clear     none
     02:00    64    30     23   143   (SE)   1176    clear     none
     03:00    64    30     19   133   (SE)   1108    clear     none
     04:00    64    27     17   150  (SSE)    869    clear     none
     05:00    64    27     13   168  (SSE)    868    clear     none
     06:00    64    30     17   179    (S)    893    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