Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130328
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:35:02 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, March 28, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Bally           J.Bally               Tspec          23:20   01:09
D.Feuillet        M.Hayden              ECHELLE        01:10   06:15
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU07/R     19:29   01:10   1.6  2.3   0    0   0.0  1.8   0    0
NM09/R     01:10   06:46    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.6   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Night was partially lost to heavy clouds and nearby radar returns.  When they cleared enough to take data, the seeing was excellent.
The IR monitor for the dome is having a lot of trouble, and the image keeps flip-flopping between normal and negative images.
                    ------- 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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 23:26 TSPEC   381(  326) 188  53   8.3  8.5  8.7  8.7  7.5   --  1.70
 01:15 ECHELLE   503( -817) 244  30   8.2  7.5  7.8  7.5  7.5   Clear  0.70
 02:31 ECHELLE   575( -795) 248  73   7.8  7.5  7.9  7.6  7.7   Clear  0.60
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    53    16     15   265    (W)   1214 mstly clr    none
     17:00    55    20     20   289  (WNW)   1565 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    53    17     13   257  (WSW)   1459   cloudy     none
     19:00    50    17     15   249  (WSW)   1069   cloudy     none
     20:00    46    17      8   239  (WSW)   1274  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    46    18     11   222   (SW)   1220 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    46    19     15   212  (SSW)   1027 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    46    20     10   228   (SW)   1088 mstly clr    none
     00:00    47    20      7   258  (WSW)    991  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    47    20     11   262    (W)   1149 mstly clr    none
     02:00    46    18      8   265    (W)   1038 mstly clr    none
     03:00    46    15     10   274    (W)    877  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    46    14     14   277    (W)    869 mstly clr    none
     05:00    45    14      9   266    (W)    850 mstly clr    none
     06:00    44    14      9   299  (WNW)    955  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