Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131219
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:00:46 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, December 19, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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A.Ritchey         A.Ritchey             Echelle        17:09   23:25
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         23:25   00:56
J.Bally           J.Bally               TSPEC          --:--   --:--
A.McKay           A.McKay               ECHELLE        --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW09/R     17:09   23:25    0    0    0    0   2.2  4.1   0    0
UW11/R     23:25   00:10    0   0.3   0    0   0.0  0.5   0    0
CU03/R     00:10   02:10    0   2.0   0    0   0.0   0    0    0
NM04/R     02:10   06:53    0   4.7   0    0   0.0   0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Productive night until the clouds rolled in at 23:30.  APOLLO gave up a little early because of thick clouds.  I closed shortly thereafter and we never re-opened for the rest of the night.
                    ------- 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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 17:54 ecamera    703( -524)  42  73   2.9  3.4  3.6  3.2  2.8   ND3  1.30
 23:37 APOLLO   753( 1177)  73  50   0.7  1.2  1.6  1.3  1.0   --  1.70
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    42     9     16   259    (W)    405 mstly clr    none
     17:00    37     9     16   256  (WSW)    405    clear     none
     18:00    36     8     18   233   (SW)    405    clear     none
     19:00    37     7     23   235   (SW)    405    clear     none
     20:00    35     6     24   243  (WSW)    405    clear     none
     21:00    34     8     21   242  (WSW)    405    clear     none
     22:00    35    13     18   258  (WSW)    405    clear     none
     23:00    35    15     16   265    (W)    405  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    34    15     21   243  (WSW)    405   cloudy     none
     01:00    34    15     20   260    (W)    405   cloudy     none
     02:00    34    14     12   262    (W)    405   cloudy     none
     03:00    34    15     20   233   (SW)    405   cloudy     none
     04:00    33    15     11   243  (WSW)    405   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