Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131029
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 13:13:35 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, October 29, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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L.Straka          L.Straka, C.Grady     DIS            --:--   --:--
M.de Val-Borro    M.de Val-Borro        DIS            05:11   07:11
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UC02/R     18:23   05:11   9.8  1.9   0    0    0    0    0    0
PU03/R     05:11   07:11    0    0    0    0   0.0  2.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
I swapped DIS gratings back to their original bays.  Gratings set 1 how has the B1200/R1200 and Set 2 has the B400/R300.  Obs specs should take note of this but I think we are all aware we were going to change back to the original configuration after testing the gratings in the other bays for a few months.
New DIS slitmasks created for all slits.
DIS slitviewer rotation test (0.9 arc sec slit)
dcam image    Rotation
0008           -180
0009           -135
0010           -90
0011           -45
0012             0
0013            45
0014            90
0015           135
0016           180
The sky cleared at just a little before 5AM and the 2nd program of the night was able to get some useful spectra.
I mounted GIFS in the morning for the UC folks to work on the instrument during the daytime.
                    ------- 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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 05:17 dcamera    516(  421) 120  44   2.8  4.4  6.0  4.8  2.9   --  2.00
 05:18 NA2gdr   967(22967) 120  44   3.0  4.3  6.0  4.8  2.9   clear  1.60
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    47    20     15   217   (SW)    271   cloudy     none
     17:00    46    13     23   219   (SW)    159   cloudy     none
     18:00    45    14     19   195  (SSW)    219   cloudy     none
     19:00    48    10     23   187    (S)     62   cloudy     none
     20:00    49     8     26   199  (SSW)    335   cloudy     none
     21:00    48    12     31   209  (SSW)    242   cloudy     none
     22:00    48    16     27   215   (SW)    305   cloudy     none
     23:00    46    19     29   212  (SSW)    364   cloudy     none
     00:00    45    22     25   201  (SSW)    542   cloudy     none
     01:00    44    26     27   215   (SW)    402   cloudy     none
     02:00    42    27     17   199  (SSW)   1052   cloudy     none
     03:00    40    30     14   231   (SW)    875   cloudy     none
     04:00    39    29     14   246  (WSW)    364   cloudy     none
     05:00    37    30     19   238  (WSW)    286    clear     none
     06:00    37    30     17   225   (SW)    283    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: 2.1.0