Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120926
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:03:54 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, September 26, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.York            D.York                ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
D.Christian       D.Christian, J.HodgsonECHELLE        --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UC06/R     19:02   01:10    0   6.1   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
UW04/R     01:10   06:47   2.2  3.4   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Night was cloudy with nearby radar returns and occasional rain.  We did not open.  Gave up at about 05:00.
Started training new observers, Damian Christian and John Hodgson.  Maybe the weather will work out for them later this week...
Don York noted that even though cal mirror and filter wheel were verified and moved by hand, but still had low counts in blue filtered images.  Not sure what was going on here, as everything was fine as far as I could tell.
                    ------- 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    65    34     20   246  (WSW)    353 mstly clr    none
     17:00    62    33     10   220   (SW)    339 mstly clr    none
     18:00    63    27     20   234   (SW)    368  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    57    30     17   216   (SW)    336  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    57    31      9   208  (SSW)    300   cloudy   lt rain
     21:00    56    23     11   209  (SSW)    416   cloudy     none
     22:00    56    25      9   210  (SSW)    418   cloudy     none
     23:00    55    27      9   182    (S)    476   cloudy     none
     00:00    54    24     16   144   (SE)    478   cloudy     none
     01:00    52    22     15   153  (SSE)    787   cloudy   lt rain
     02:00    49    20     14   182    (S)    616   cloudy   lt rain
     03:00    49    20      6   219   (SW)    816   cloudy   lt rain
     04:00    50    21      1   216   (SW)    397   cloudy   lt rain
     05:00    49    22      7   214   (SW)    345   cloudy   lt rain
     06:00    50    20      8   181    (S)    316   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