Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130416
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:55:17 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, April 16, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Churchill       G.Kacprzak            DIS            21:45   00:00
B.Fleming         B.Fleming, R.Redwine  DIS            00:30   06:22
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM07/R     19:43   01:10    0   1.0   0    0   0.0  4.5   0    0
JH01/R     01:10   06:22    0    0    0    0   5.2  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
First dust kept us closed, when it went down the clouds came in.  We managed to observe thru them until around midnight when on local thicker patch decided to park over the observatory.  My first half observer handed the telescope over to the second half around 00:30 when the clouds didn't appear the be improving to allow them to get some cals early.
Skies improved after 01:00, The seeing didn't.
No problems tonight.
                    ------- 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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 21:51 dis-slit   495(  385)  83  61   9.7 11.4 11.5 11.5  9.9   --  1.24
 21:55 NA2gdr  5019(27019)  82  62   9.4 11.3 11.4 11.4  9.8   clear  1.80
 00:46 dis-slit   550(  288) -34  72   8.8  8.6  9.1  8.8  8.5   --  1.77
 04:29 dis-slit   478(  163) -93  29   6.4  6.5  7.1  6.6  6.2   --  2.55
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    59    17     29   205  (SSW)   4157    clear     dust
     17:00    60    16     16   229   (SW)  14481    clear     dust
     18:00    57    15     25   223   (SW)   9212    clear     dust
     19:00    55    12     26   203  (SSW)   7712    clear     dust
     20:00    51     9     21   238  (WSW)   6177    clear     dust
     21:00    51     8     22   232   (SW)   6846  ptly cldy   dust
     22:00    50     8     17   252  (WSW)   2977  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    49     9     22   238  (WSW)   1456  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    49     9     16   236   (SW)    893  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    47     9     19   249  (WSW)    904 mstly clr    none
     02:00    45    11     14   240  (WSW)   1173    clear     none
     03:00    46     6     26   225   (SW)   1453    clear     none
     04:00    45     4     22   202  (SSW)   2215    clear     none
     05:00    43     5     22   207  (SSW)   1924    clear     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