Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120910
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:54:42 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, September 10, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Blake           J.Prieto              DIS           18:45   01:10
B.Keeney          B.Keeney              DIS           01:13   05:32
   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     19:24   01:10    0    0    0    0   5.8  0.0   0    0
CU02/R     01:10   06:36    0    0    0    0   1.1  4.4   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shugart, A.Bradley
Night was clear in the first half, and got cloudy in the second half.
Stayed open the whole night and attempted to punch through the clouds
with long guider exposures, which didn't work.
                    ------- 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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 19:38 ECHELLE   218( -686) 116  66  13.6 16.6 16.0 16.4 14.3   ND1  1.12
 21:57 ECHELLE   339( -710) 221  76  14.2 13.8 13.9 13.6 13.4   ND1  0.58
 01:23 dis-slit   306(  309) 324  41  13.8 13.2 13.7 13.4 13.7   --  1.14
   ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    64    42      3   218   (SW)        mstly clr    none
     17:00    64    42      8   268    (W)        mstly clr    none
     18:00    62    42      8   262    (W)        mstly clr    none
     19:00    59    42      9   234   (SW)           clear     none
     20:00    55    41      6   190    (S)           clear     none
     21:00    56    40      6   187    (S)           clear     none
     22:00    58    39      6   197  (SSW)           clear     none
     23:00    58    38     11   203  (SSW)           clear     none
     00:00    57    38     13   211  (SSW)           clear     none
     01:00    57    38     10   201  (SSW)           clear     none
     02:00    57    38      9   200  (SSW)         ptly cldy   none
     03:00    56    38      9   199  (SSW)          cloudy     none
     04:00    56    38      3   213  (SSW)          cloudy     none
     05:00    57    38      8   224   (SW)          cloudy     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