Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130207
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri,  8 Feb 2013 13:27:50 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, February 07, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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N.Chanover        A.Verbiscer           SPICam         17:20   02:45
                  N.Chanover            DIS            02:45   07:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM01/R     17:50   06:44    0    0    0    0  11.4  1.5   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
No problems tonight.
We had to stop down the telescope (using the main shutter doors) to reduce the light into DIS for observing Saturn.  It worked well.
                    ------- 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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 18:31 SPICAM   548(  182)   7  57   1.0  3.4  1.6  3.6  1.4   SDSS r  0.89
 18:32 NA2gdr   918(30918)   6  57   1.0  3.4  1.6  3.6  1.4   clear  0.91
 03:06 NA2gdr   918(30918) -125  68  -2.1 -2.4 -1.9 -2.2 -2.3   --  1.60
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    41    21      4   252  (WSW)    215    clear     none
     17:00    37    20      7   221   (SW)    191    clear     none
     18:00    34    19      1   237  (WSW)    204    clear     none
     19:00    31    18      7    88    (E)    231    clear     none
     20:00    29    19      8    92    (E)    418    clear     none
     21:00    28    19     12    86    (E)    416    clear     none
     22:00    28    19     13    89    (E)    395    clear     none
     23:00    28    19     13   108  (ESE)    561    clear     none
     00:00    28    19     19   125   (SE)    589    clear     none
     01:00    30    18     19   151  (SSE)    751 mstly clr    none
     02:00    30    18     19   141   (SE)    673    clear     none
     03:00    29    18     21   128   (SE)   1165  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    30    15     19   145   (SE)    798  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    28    18     20   136   (SE)   1768  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    30    15     24   158  (SSE)   1205  ptly cldy   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