Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:40:35 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5 m Nightlog 20120921
From: ashugart@apo.nmsu.edu
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, September 21, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         --:--   --:--
K.Jones           M.Lacy                ripleSpec      21:00   23:58
J.Darling         J.Darling             DIS            23:58   06:45
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD01/R     19:09   20:09   0   1.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
UV05/R     20:09   01:10   1.0  0   0.1   0   0.7  3.3   0    0
CU01/R     01:10   06:43   0    0   0.2   0   5.4  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shugart
During J.Darling's observations, some of the DIS slitviewer images looked
wonky, so Russet and I spent some time adjusting the focus and
troubleshooting. It could be the slitviewer optics or some wonky pointing.
Fingers crossed for a successful engineering night.
Forgot to use the nightlog focus script to record the focus for TSpec.
Seeing was 0.93 at 21:34.
Summary: Night began cloudy and cleared up after 00:00- productive night.
                    ------- 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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 02:42 NA2gdr   518(30518) -75  25  10.8 10.0 10.3  9.9 10.3   clear  1.50
 03:46 dis-slit   332(  339) -96  44  14.0 13.4 13.9 13.4 13.5   --  1.24
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    67    24     12   288  (WNW)    307    clear     none
     17:00    69    25     11   266    (W)    284    clear     none
     18:00    65    23     10   272    (W)    284 mstly clr    none
     19:00    62    20      6   346  (NNW)    291  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    60    21      6    88    (E)    321  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    59    26     11    84    (E)    502  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    58    25     14    88    (E)    555 mstly clr    none
     23:00    59    24     12   111  (ESE)    591  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    58    27     15   120  (ESE)    620  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    57    24     18   132   (SE)    475 mstly clr    none
     02:00    58    25     18   144   (SE)    454 mstly clr    none
     03:00    58    26     15   143   (SE)    406    clear     none
     04:00    57    27     14   137   (SE)    410    clear     none
     05:00    56    27     17   157  (SSE)    381    clear     none
     06:00    57    26     10   165  (SSE)    344    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