Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:50:38 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120826
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, August 26, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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A.Ginsburg        A.Ginsburg            TripleSpec     19:45   20:40
P.Gaulme          J.McKeever,M.Rawls    Echelle        02:30   05:45
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU04/R     19:43   01:10    0   4.6   0    0   0.0  0.9   0    0
NM05/R     01:10   06:27    0   1.4   0    0   3.9  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
We had nice weather at sunset, then a storm skimmed past us followed by
some unstable weather.  When we were able to reopen, seeing was
considerably worse.
Everything worked perfectly.
                    ------- 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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 19:41 TSPEC   550(  981)  64  58  15.9 18.1 17.7 18.1 16.2   Ks  1.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    67    42     15    82    (E)    573  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    66    38     18    80    (E)    591  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    64    39     20    83    (E)    654  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    62    40     11    88    (E)    875 mstly clr    none
     20:00    60    45     19    77  (ENE)   1385 mstly clr    none
     21:00    59    48     20    75  (ENE)   1784  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    57    49     19    79    (E)   2079  ptly cldy lt rain
     23:00    57    51     19    77  (ENE)   3050  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    56    52     23    67  (ENE)   3011  ptly cldy  humid
     01:00    55    51     19    81    (E)   3084 mstly clr   humid
     02:00    54    51     15    84    (E)   3094 mstly clr   humid
     03:00    54    49      9    83    (E)   2808    clear     none
     04:00    54    49     16    78  (ENE)   2844    clear     none
     05:00    53    47     17    81    (E)   2759    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