Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:11:35 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120827
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, August 27, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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 T.Murphy        R.McMillan             Apollo         19:42  20:41
 D.Feuillet      D.Feuillet             Echelle        20:46  21:41
                                                       23:48  00:11
T.Murphy         R.McMillan             Apollo         00:12  01:22
C.Hill           M.Hilton               Nicfps         01:24  06:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD01/R     19:42   20:42    0     0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
NM08/R     20:42   00:10    0    2.1   0    0   0.0  1.4   0    0
DD01/R     00:10   01:10    0     0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
PU02/R     01:10   06:27    0     0    0    0   2.8  2.5   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shelden Bradley, A.Shugart
We were open most of the night, with a brief closure for some potentially
threatening clouds.  El Paso radar is stil down.  It was humid for a
decent part of the night, although not too humid to be open.  Seeing was
pretty awful first half, but Nicfps did pretty well.
                    ------- 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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 18:58 APOLLO   500( 1364)  35  30  14.5 16.0 16.0 15.5 14.8   --  2.00
 20:04 ECHELLE   300( -658) -93  33  14.3 14.7 15.1 14.5 14.1   ND5  2.80
 23:26 APOLLO   400( 1095) -37  30  12.0 12.7 13.2 12.7 12.0   --  3.00
 00:23 NICFPS   250(  668) -42  50  11.6 11.8 12.4 11.9 11.4   MK-Ks  1.05
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
      16:00    63    45      8    39   (NE)   1396    clear     none
      17:00    65    43      6    81    (E)   1371    clear     none
      18:00    64    41     16    80    (E)   1202    clear     none
      19:00    61    43      3    91    (E)   1514    clear     none
      20:00    58    42     14    79    (E)   1445    clear     none
      21:00    58    43     19    75  (ENE)   1895    clear     none
      22:00    57    46     25    75  (ENE)   2099    clear     none
      23:00    56    49     18    81    (E)   3050  ptly cldy  humid
      00:00    54    50     17    82    (E)   2537  ptly cldy  humid
      01:00    53    48     15    81    (E)   2537 mstly clr   humid
      02:00    52    48     19    82    (E)   2489    clear    humid
      03:00    52    47     21    77  (ENE)   2476    clear    humid
      04:00    54    39     24    71  (ENE)   1603    clear     none
      05:00    52    33      2   228   (SW)   1099    clear     none
      06:00    51    31      3   347  (NNW)    916    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