Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130327
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:18:30 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, March 27, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Klaene         A.Bradley, R.McMillan NA2gdr, SPIcam, 19:10   03:53
                                       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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EN01/R     19:29   06:50    0   3.0   0    0   0.5  7.8   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley, R.McMillan
The first half we did a successful NA2 pointing model, which agreed wiht the current model and was not implemented.  Second half was plagued by heavy clouds and nearby radar returns.  When it wasn't cloudy, the seeing was spectacular.  The radar eventually closed us, and we called it a night at 3:50--the clouds showed no sign of clearing by morning.
We also did some pickup science in preparation for a program next quarter.
                    ------- 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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 19:57 GUIDER   153(   15) 104  61   6.2  8.0  8.0  7.5  6.5   Clear  0.98
 19:59 NA2gdr  2530(24530) 104  62   6.2  8.0  8.0  7.5  6.6   Clear  1.07
 23:17 SPICAM   468(  311) 255  40   7.3  7.1  7.5  7.3  7.3   MSSSO R  1.94
 00:51 ECHELLE   574( -813) 249  58   7.3  7.0  7.5  7.1  7.1   Clear  0.58
 01:16 GUIDER   619(  430) 274  59   7.3  7.0  7.4  7.2  7.1   Clear  0.64
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    50    13     15   252  (WSW)   2053   cloudy     none
     17:00    49    14     11   263    (W)   2352 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    50    13     14   260    (W)   2036 mstly clr    none
     19:00    46    12     15   264    (W)   1654  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    43    11      8   248  (WSW)   1811  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    45    11     17   260    (W)   1806  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    46    14     10   266    (W)   1766 mstly clr    none
     23:00    46    14     11   284  (WNW)   1742 mstly clr    none
     00:00    46    14     11   271    (W)   1698 mstly clr    none
     01:00    46    14      9   263    (W)   1762  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    46    14     10   261    (W)   1713   cloudy     none
     03:00    45    15      9   259    (W)   1784   cloudy     none
     04:00    45    14     10   267    (W)   1790   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: 2.0.0