Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130226
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:05:36 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, February 26, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Klaene          A.Bradley, R.McMillan NA2gdr         18:07   00:20
                                                       02:30   05:40
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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EN01/R     18:07   06:25    0   1.8   0    0   1.0  9.5   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Night was VERY windy.  Delayed opening due to high winds and a lot of dust.  Winds stayed borderline high while I did a regular NA2 pointing model.  During a NA1 pointing model, I was forced closed.  Once I gave up on hoping the wind would die down, I mounted nicfps for in-dome testing.  Of course, as soon as I got finished with this, the wind was safe again.  So I went up and opend for a reverse NA2 pointing model.  Before I could do that, I had to move the telescope off of the enclosure (thanks to Moses and Kaike for helping me!!) Then I was able to do the last pointing model, even though seeing was atrocious.
The wind blew off a piece of siding from the Apollo box.  I propped it up against the box, but it needs to be put back on.
                    ------- 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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 20:03 NA2gdr  -459(29540) 109  84  -4.3 -1.8 -1.6 -1.8 -4.0   Clear  2.27
 03:01 NA2gdr  -459(29540) 198  75  -8.7 -9.0 -8.7 -8.8 -8.8   Clear  3.50
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    38     5     23   264    (W)    954    clear     dust
     17:00    37     0     31   253  (WSW)  13692    clear     dust
     18:00    34    -1     23   295  (WNW)   5478    clear     wind
     19:00    26     0     29     0    (N)   1351    clear     wind
     20:00    24    -2     15   336  (NNW)    774    clear     wind
     21:00    22    -1     30    33  (NNE)    507    clear     wind
     22:00    20     0      5    14  (NNE)    356    clear     wind
     23:00    18    -2     16    51   (NE)    808    clear     wind
     00:00    17    -6     30    32  (NNE)    723    clear     wind
     01:00    16   -10     37    23  (NNE)    874    clear     wind
     02:00    15   -10     18    51   (NE)    803    clear     wind
     03:00    17   -18     24    28  (NNE)    307    clear     none
     04:00    17   -22     20    42   (NE)    251    clear     none
     05:00    19   -23      9    28  (NNE)    314    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: 2.0.0