Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130305
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed,  6 Mar 2013 13:01:42 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, March 05, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Prieto          J.Prieto              DIS            18:12   00:00
C.Churchill       G.Kacprzak            DIS            00:06   01:30
                                                       03:40   04:00
                                                       04:15   05:24
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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PU04/R     18:12   00:10    0    0    0    0   6.0  0.0   0    0
NM06/R     00:10   06:16   0.8  1.7   0    0   1.3  2.2   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
R300 grating was giving me fits calibrating again tonight.  Suggested changes kept overshooting the correct value.  I eventually made an adjustment of just one step and it got it within 2.0 zerostep.
We closed due to clouds at 01:30.
We re-opened at 03:40, stopped due to clouds (but didn't close) at 04:00, the continued at 04:15 until twilight.
I mounted GIFS this morning for daytime cals.
                    ------- 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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 18:29 dis-slit   575(  190) 187  70   3.3  6.2  5.1  6.2  3.9   --  1.10
 00:05 dis-slit   501( -129)  77  67   1.4  1.4  1.8  1.5  1.4   --  1.10
 03:45 dis-slit   520(  -47) -67  60   3.2  2.5  2.5  2.7  2.9   --  1.24
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    43    18      6   194  (SSW)   2928  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    41    16      4   199  (SSW)   2415  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    39     8      6   177    (S)   2681  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    36     2      9   178    (S)   1468  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    37    -1     19   155  (SSE)    898  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    35     4     13   183    (S)    723  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    33     1      8   212  (SSW)    667  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    36    12     10   196  (SSW)   1979  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    35    17      8   196  (SSW)   2253  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    36    17     13   196  (SSW)   2182   cloudy     none
     02:00    37    18     19   193  (SSW)   3545   cloudy     dust
     03:00    37    21     21   188    (S)   4899 mstly cldy   dust
     04:00    38    20     16   189    (S)   3496  ptly cldy   dust
     05:00    38    20     10   187    (S)   4403  ptly cldy   dust
     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