Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130110
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:25:58 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, January 10, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Darling         J.Darling             SPIcam         17:25   22:35
N.Hunt-Walker     N.Hunt-Walker,        DIS            --:--   --:--
                  J.Davenport
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU02/R     17:25   00:10   1.6   0    0    0   5.2  0.0   0    0
UW09/R     00:10   06:58   6.5  0.3   0    0    0    0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Held off openeing  for a few minutes (during twilight) while we waited on the clouds to thin.
We closed at 22:35 due to clouds and then the high winds came in a little while later.  We never re-opened and gave up at 05:00.
                    ------- 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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 18:13 SPICAM   650(  174) -75  70   0.9  1.5  1.2  1.8  1.0   R  0.90
 18:14 NA2gdr  1743(31743) -76  69   0.8  1.4  1.1  1.7  0.9   clear  0.80
 18:52 SPICAM   555(   48) -84  61   0.5  0.8  1.0  0.9  0.6   R  1.25
 18:53 NA2gdr  1743(31743) -84  61   0.7  0.8  1.0  0.9  0.6   clear  1.50
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    34     4     22   259    (W)    113   cloudy     none
     17:00    35     5     21   264    (W)     97 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    33     7     20   243  (WSW)    128  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    35    10     24   249  (WSW)    129  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    33    13     20   242  (WSW)    113  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    32    19     20   222   (SW)    190 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    32    20     25   230   (SW)    218   cloudy     none
     23:00    31    19     26   205  (SSW)    188   cloudy     none
     00:00    32    18     31   216   (SW)    226   cloudy     none
     01:00    33    17     29   236   (SW)    147   cloudy     none
     02:00    32    17     23   222   (SW)    146   cloudy     none
     03:00    32    17     28   210  (SSW)    174   cloudy     none
     04:00    31    18     23   221   (SW)    247   cloudy     none
     05:00    30    17     39   231   (SW)    542   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: 2.0.0