Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130306
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu,  7 Mar 2013 12:44:34 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, March 06, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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A.Riess           V.Kostov              DIS            18:13   00:06
S.Anderson        J.Andrews             DIS            00:06   06:10
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH04/R     18:13   00:10    0    0    0    0   6.0  0.0   0    0
UW07/R     00:10   06:15    0    0    0    0   3.0  3.1   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Stars in DIS slitviewer were a bit mis-shapen for some reason tonight.  Looked like little triangles instead of round.  I didn't see anything obvious wrong with the mirror status or data.  See slit image 108 for an example.  We were at a relatively decent altitude (>60 deg)  These were for stars near the boresight.  Later I took an out of focus image (near boresight) Image 257 is 1000 steps (+) out of focus. 258 in focus. Stars looked rounder at this point.
No problems otherwise.
                    ------- 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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 18:30 dis-slit   813(  502) 189  70   6.6  7.6  6.4  7.9  6.5   --  0.93
 19:11 dis-slit   629(  276) 223  75   6.6  6.8  6.5  6.9  6.2   --  1.00
 21:34 dis-slit   462(   83) 241  50   6.7  6.0  6.4  6.1  6.1   --  1.30
 00:10 dis-slit   494(   91) 206  79   6.6  5.9  6.3  6.3  6.2   --  1.06
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    49    23     22   267    (W)    656 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    46    22     20   241  (WSW)    796  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    45    21     17   254  (WSW)   1112 mstly clr    none
     19:00    44    21     18   232   (SW)   1169    clear     none
     20:00    44    21     16   226   (SW)   1653    clear     none
     21:00    44    21     13   209  (SSW)   1812    clear     none
     22:00    44    21     11   207  (SSW)   1774    clear     none
     23:00    44    20     16   167  (SSE)   1972    clear     none
     00:00    45    20     20   203  (SSW)   4316    clear     dust
     01:00    44    20     14   180    (S)   4592    clear     dust
     02:00    44    20     18   200  (SSW)   3967    clear     dust
     03:00    44    20     11   187    (S)   3632    clear     dust
     04:00    43    20     10   215   (SW)   3827    clear     dust
     05:00    43    20      8   222   (SW)   3182 mstly clr    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