Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130315
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:42:27 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, March 15, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         17:50   20:16
N.Hunt-Walker     N.Hunt-Walker         DIS            20:18   01:08
D.Syphers         D.Syphers             DIS            01:09   06:20
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW14/R     19:20   20:20    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
UW09/R     20:20   01:10    0    0    0    0   1.9  3.0   0    0
CU03/R     01:10   07:03    0    0    0    0   5.9  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Night started out with good seeing and light clouds, but the clouds got thicker as the night progressed.
The echelle shutter is stuck shut again.  Bill was notified, and will come in to work on it sometime this weekend.
                    ------- 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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 18:15 APOLLO   450( 1130)  38  70  10.9 13.4 13.1 12.9 11.5   --  1.00
 19:23 dis-slit   407(  318) -143  47  11.4 11.6 12.0 11.5 11.2   --  1.24
 00:23 dis-slit   476(  275) -60  66  10.2  9.8 10.1  9.9 10.2   --  0.95
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    57    13      5   254  (WSW)   1279    clear     none
     17:00    59    13     14   258  (WSW)    775 mstly clr    none
     18:00    56    10     15   313   (NW)    528 mstly clr    none
     19:00    53     8      6   271    (W)    584  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    53     7      9   266    (W)    609  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    52     6     14   235   (SW)    707 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    52     7     14   215   (SW)    804  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    50     5     16   221   (SW)    809 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    50     5     12   232   (SW)    742 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    51     5     10   244  (WSW)    688  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    50     5      8   263    (W)    656  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    50     7      6   303  (WNW)    642  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    49     8      7   320   (NW)    532 mstly clr    none
     05:00    49     7      8   307   (NW)    571    clear     none
     06:00    49     6      9   291  (WNW)    481 mstly clr    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