Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131008
From: pgaulme@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed,  9 Oct 2013 12:46:57 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, October 08, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         18:47   19:31
P.Gaulme          P.Gaulme              ECHELLE        19:34   01:09
K.Pan             K.Pan                 DIS            01:12   04:07
J.Darling         J.Darling             DIS            04:10   06:32
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW11/R     18:47   19:32    0    0    0    0   0.0  0.8   0    0
NM03/R     19:32   01:10    0    0    0    0   3.6  2.0   0    0
DD02/R     01:10   04:10    0    0    0    0   3.0  0.0   0    0
CU09/R     04:10   06:55    0    0    0    0   2.8  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: P.Gaulme
Apollo sequence: no data on the Moon despite good weather conditions.
Echelle sequence was productive. Good conditions with seeing from 1 arcsec to 1.4 after midnight.
Thin clouds in the second half up to 03:30, but still productive data were acquired. Then clear sky, good conditions up to morning and good data.
                    ------- 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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 17:47 APOLLO   700( 1772) -35  22  10.8 12.6 12.4 12.6 11.1   530  1.70
 18:45 ecamera    763(  -78) 178  76  10.8 11.0 11.2 10.7 10.2   ND1  0.99
 20:48 ecamera    713( -145) 235  62  11.4 10.6 11.0 10.7 10.8   ND1  0.84
 22:18 ecamera    763(  -77) 240  46  11.2 10.6 11.0 10.6 10.7   Clear  1.40
 00:29 dcamera    550(  705)  36  53   9.9  9.7 10.2  9.7  9.4   --  1.40
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    58    25     20   214   (SW)    908    clear     none
     17:00    59    30     20   230   (SW)    985    clear     none
     18:00    55    29     21   239  (WSW)   1103    clear     none
     19:00    52    27     14   205  (SSW)   1355    clear     none
     20:00    52    27     11   192  (SSW)   1348    clear     none
     21:00    53    25     20   203  (SSW)   1016    clear     none
     22:00    53    25     21   213  (SSW)    989    clear     none
     23:00    52    26     21   216   (SW)    924    clear     none
     00:00    51    27     16   240  (WSW)   1013    clear     none
     01:00    50    27     15   261    (W)    872 mstly clr    none
     02:00    48    28     14   260    (W)    873 mstly clr    none
     03:00    48    27     15   244  (WSW)    742 mstly clr    none
     04:00    48    26     13   258  (WSW)    625    clear     none
     05:00    47    26     15   265    (W)    679    clear     none
     06:00    45    27     15   265    (W)    662    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