Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2012 10:26:37 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120804
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, August 04, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Klaene          R.McMillan            SPIcam, NA2    23:30   00:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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EN02/R     20:07   01:10   1.2  2.8   0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
EN02/R     01:10   06:12    0   5.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
In between bouts of delightful summer weather (rain, lightning, high
winds, high humidity), I was able to open for one hour and do some basic
functionality checks.
Pointing was reasonable on two stars in disparate parts of the sky, which
will make it easy to get full pointing models when the weather decides to
cooperate for more than one hour.
Collimation was not grossly off.  A proper collimation check will require
better seeing and enough time to cool the telescope to equilibrium, but
the focus donuts I saw were consistent with what I would expect for a warm
telescope.
Focus values for SPIcam and NA2guider were near the expected range,
confirming that everything went back together as it was.
I confirmed that the telescope still cannot see through clouds with
optical thickness >1, and also that clouds tend to precede or accompany
rain.
Much work still needs to be done, but we're in a good starting place.  Now
we wait for usable weather.
                    ------- 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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 23:21 SPICAM   267(  521) -146  49  14.0 15.4 15.9 15.3 14.2   R  1.70
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    65    45     15    77  (ENE)    928   cloudy     rain
     17:00    66    49      8   109  (ESE)    918   cloudy     none
     18:00    67    48      8    78  (ENE)   1073   cloudy     none
     19:00    70    46      6    90    (E)   1175   cloudy     none
     20:00    68    46      7    95    (E)   1293 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    66    46     15    80    (E)   1455 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    66    45     12    91    (E)   1736 mstly cldy lt rain
     23:00    60    47     15    88    (E)   2007  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    58    48     33    77  (ENE)   2541  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    56    50     32    74  (ENE)   2451  ptly cldy  humid
     02:00    54    50     23    73  (ENE)   2466 mstly cldy  humid
     03:00    54    50     24    81    (E)   2473   cloudy    humid
     04:00    53    50      7   121  (ESE)   2842   cloudy   lt rain
     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