Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:24:44 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131117
From: "Alysha Shugart"
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, November 17, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Gray            C.Gray                ECHELLE        17:05   20:06
J.Bally           A.Youngblood          TSPEC          20:19   23:10
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         23:16   23:46
M.Fumagalli       M.Fumagalli           TripleSpec     23:48   04:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM07/R     17:09   20:17    0    0    0    0   0.1  3.0   0    0
CU03/R     20:17   23:25    0    0    0    0   0.0  3.1   0    0
UW11/R     23:25   00:10    0   0.4   0    0   0.0  0.4   0    0
PU09/R     00:10   06:28    0   6.6   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shugart
Thick clouds rolled in during APOLLO, and we gave up early because of poor
sky conditions. We closed at midnight because the clouds were too thick
for triplespec. Took cals until we could open again. The clouds got
thicker throughout the night, and the moon flooded any chance to push
through them. We gave up at 04:30.
                    ------- 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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 18:17 ecamera    698( -264) -27  20   4.4  7.2  6.4  6.6  5.0   ND3  1.46
 20:25 tcamera    658(  758) 109  33   3.2  4.1  4.4  3.8  3.4   --  1.19
 00:18 APOLLO   700( 1229)  58  64   3.7  3.5  3.8  3.4  3.5   530nm  1.20
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    45    24      8   300  (WNW)    713    clear     none
     17:00    41    25      2   304   (NW)    789    clear     none
     18:00    40    27      7   266    (W)    895    clear     none
     19:00    39    28      6   238  (WSW)    956    clear     none
     20:00    43    20      5   264    (W)    418  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    41    19      5   264    (W)    447  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    38    24      8   267    (W)    797  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    38    26      7   214   (SW)    510 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    40    21      6   322   (NW)    499 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    41    17      6   318   (NW)    345   cloudy     none
     02:00    42    17      7   346  (NNW)    285   cloudy     none
     03:00    42    20      1    37   (NE)    458   cloudy     none
     04:00    43    20      1   264    (W)    432   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: 2.1.0