Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120709
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:51:46 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, July 09, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Blake           J.Prieto              DIS            --:--   --:--
G.Stringfellow    u.Stringfellow        ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
V.Kostov          V.Kostov, Z.Tsvetanov DIS            --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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PU01/R     20:23   00:10  3.5   0.3   0    0    0    0    0    0
NM07/R     00:10   01:10    0   1.0   0    0   0.0   0    0    0
JH05/R     01:10   05:55    0   4.8   0    0   0.0   0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Problem with the DIS gratings tonight.  I managed to get the high gratings calibrated but when I switched to set 2 the robotics had problems moving.  I reset/power cycled the robotic electronics and then homed everything, per the wiki, which fixed the problem.
Clouds and humidity kept us closed all night.
We gave up around 04:20 as satallite was not looking promising and humidity was still above closure limits.
                    ------- 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    63    48      2   127   (SE)   1768 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    69    46      7   277    (W)   1795 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    63    50      8    88    (E)   1697 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    63    46     15    70  (ENE)   1462   cloudy     none
     20:00    58    49     15    65  (ENE)   1871   cloudy     none
     21:00    57    51     18    66  (ENE)   2167   cloudy     none
     22:00    56    51     16    77  (ENE)   2213   cloudy     none
     23:00    55    48     14    70  (ENE)   1269   cloudy     none
     00:00    54    49     23    74  (ENE)   1092   cloudy    humid
     01:00    52    50     25    71  (ENE)    617   cloudy    humid
     02:00    50    49     24    63  (ENE)    454   cloudy    humid
     03:00    50    48     20    71  (ENE)    169   cloudy    humid
     04:00    50    47     15    71  (ENE)    140   cloudy    humid
     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