Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20120905
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu,  6 Sep 2012 12:44:10 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, September 05, 2012
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Kaiser          M.Kaiser, M.Morris    TSPEC          --:--   --:--
N.Silvestri       T.Oswalt              DIS            03:25   06:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH04/R     19:30   01:10  2.7   3.0  0    0    0     0    0    0
UW09/R     01:10   06:33    0   2.3  0    0   3.1    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Cloudy most of the night.  Skies started clearing around 02:15 but there
was a storm just to our West that had me concerned.  Humidity also rose
to over 70% when the clouds parted, plus lightning 30KM away.  I held off
opening until I thought it safe.
I finally opened around 03:25, humidity was aroudn 80% but steady and the
storms seemed to have moved farther to the SW (75KM)
                    ------- 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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 03:38 dis-slit   475(  560)  20  59  13.0 15.2 16.8 15.2 13.2   --  1.68
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    66    45     15    52   (NE)    373  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    68    45      1   181    (S)    473  ptly cldy   rain
     18:00    61    48      5     7    (N)    845  ptly cldy   rain
     19:00    65    44      4   279    (W)    515 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    64    45      2   250  (WSW)    655   cloudy     none
     21:00    65    44      1   225   (SW)    684   cloudy     none
     22:00    63    43      6   174    (S)    689   cloudy     none
     23:00    64    42      7    81    (E)    663   cloudy     none
     00:00    63    41      5    90    (E)    632   cloudy     none
     01:00    61    44      6   186    (S)    667   cloudy     none
     02:00    59    46     10   218   (SW)   1083 mstly clr    none
     03:00    55    48     16   152  (SSE)    965  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    55    48     17   151  (SSE)    913  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    56    47     14   183    (S)    842 mstly clr    none
     06:00    53    48      9   165  (SSE)   1129 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