Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120920
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:36:43 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, September 20, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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P.Szkody          P.Szkody              Echelle        18:30   06:20
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW02/R     19:10   06:43    0    0    0    0   8.3  3.3   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Excellent night with great seeing to start the night.  Seeing stayed pretty good all night although it did get a little worse later in the night.  I manually kept the telescope focused.  No Problems.
                    ------- 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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 19:45 ECHELLE   461( -439) 123  71  15.3 16.7 15.8 16.4 14.8   ND2  0.56
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    65    21     11   284  (WNW)    365    clear     none
     17:00    62    21     19   319   (NW)    365    clear     none
     18:00    63    22      9   304   (NW)    298    clear     none
     19:00    60    21      3   347  (NNW)    316    clear     none
     20:00    59    21      0   244  (WSW)    330    clear     none
     21:00    61    21      2   288  (WNW)    298    clear     none
     22:00    59    21      4   238  (WSW)    340    clear     none
     23:00    58    23      6   201  (SSW)    349    clear     none
     00:00    58    24      8   188    (S)    341    clear     none
     01:00    58    24      7   182    (S)    325    clear     none
     02:00    58    23      8   184    (S)    322    clear     none
     03:00    58    22      6   185    (S)    300    clear     none
     04:00    56    22      6   207  (SSW)    333    clear     none
     05:00    56    22      5   231   (SW)    314    clear     none
     06:00    55    22      5   226   (SW)    349 mstly clr    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