Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131009
From: pgaulme@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 13:13:46 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, October 09, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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S.Hawley          L.Hebb                DIS            23:58   01:14
A.Riess           D.Jones               DIS            01:15   04:09
K.Pan             K.Pan                 DIS            04:11   06:45
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW02/R     18:46   01:10   1.5  3.8   0    0   1.2   0    0    0
JH05/R     01:10   04:10    0    0    0    0   3.0  0.0   0    0
DD02/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
Cloud coverage that starts at sunset and lasts up to midnight. We open at 23:58 with wind of about 20 mph all night. However seeing is good by keeping staying below 1.4.
Wind increases at 05:30 up to 32 mph.
Productive night from midnight to dawn.
                    ------- 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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 23:06 dcamera    461(  718) 232  38  10.7 11.2 11.7 11.3 10.4   --  1.44
 00:52 dcamera    572(  729) 136  52   9.5  9.6 10.3  9.7  9.2   --  1.20
 03:17 dcamera    530(  606) 322  52   8.3  8.1  8.6  8.1  8.0   --  1.25
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    57    30     18   211  (SSW)    597    clear     none
     17:00    56    31     19   207  (SSW)    807    clear     none
     18:00    55    32     21   203  (SSW)    996  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    52    32     15   180    (S)    857  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    53    28     19   188    (S)    556 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    54    28     16   153  (SSE)    479   cloudy     none
     22:00    55    26     23   181    (S)    387   cloudy     none
     23:00    54    24     15   179    (S)    349   cloudy     none
     00:00    51    24     23   198  (SSW)    338    clear     none
     01:00    51    31     18   193  (SSW)    696    clear     none
     02:00    49    32     24   207  (SSW)    587    clear     none
     03:00    48    34     29   206  (SSW)    652    clear     none
     04:00    47    35     26   225   (SW)    735    clear     none
     05:00    46    35     24   211  (SSW)    813    clear     none
     06:00    46    37     27   208  (SSW)    756    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