Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120608
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat,  9 Jun 2012 11:48:47 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, June 08, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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S.Ballard         S.Ballard             TSPEC          19:50   01:10
A.Ginsburg        A.Ginsburg            TSPEC          01:10   04:36
G.Wallerstein     G.Wallerstein         ECHELLE        04:37   05:35
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW05/R     20:19   01:10    0    0    0    0   3.4  1.4   0    0
CU05/R     01:10   04:46    0    0    0    0   0.0  3.6   0    0
UW16/R     04:46   05:46    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden
Uneventful and productive night.  No problems to report, and tspec was very well behaved.  :)
Smoke from Ruidoso was not a problem, although I could see it to the north and east.
                    ------- 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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 19:40 TSPEC   245(  796)  25  66  18.8 20.6 20.7 19.8 18.9   --  1.40
 00:15 TSPEC   379(  745)  63  58  17.0 16.8 17.3 16.7 16.6   --  1.10
 03:51 ECHELLE   467( -486) 156  60  16.0 15.5 16.0 15.6 15.3   ND2  1.20
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    74    32     19   265    (W)    950    clear     none
     17:00    77    34     18   245  (WSW)   1307    clear     none
     18:00    75    31      8   259    (W)   1325    clear     none
     19:00    71    28     14   259    (W)   1220    clear     none
     20:00    68    24     11   264    (W)   1267    clear     none
     21:00    66    23     12   263    (W)   1174    clear     none
     22:00    66    22     14   257  (WSW)   1204    clear     none
     23:00    65    20     16   281    (W)   1001    clear     none
     00:00    64    20     12   268    (W)    911    clear     none
     01:00    64    19     13   265    (W)    859    clear     none
     02:00    62    18     10   262    (W)    708    clear     none
     03:00    61    18     12   265    (W)    812    clear     none
     04:00    61    18     16   293  (WNW)    816    clear     none
     05:00    61    17     12   273    (W)    960    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