Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130417
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:53:27 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, April 17, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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W.Ju              W.Ju, J.Greene        DIS            22:20   01:10
C.Churchill       G.Kacprzak            DIS            01:10   06:21
   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     19:44   01:10    0   2.6   0    0   0.0  2.8   0    0
NM07/R     01:10   06:21    0    0    0    0   4.5  0.7   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Dust and wind kept us closed until 22:15.
Terrible seeing once we did open, temperatures plumeted while we were closed waiting for the dust to settle.
                    ------- 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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 22:33 dis-slit  -238( -859)  72  70  -3.2  1.6  4.7  0.8 -2.3   --  2.70
 23:12 dis-slit   381( -390) 240  43  -3.4 -1.9 -0.2 -2.3 -3.3   --  3.60
 01:15 dis-slit   664( -246) 289  71  -3.9 -4.1 -3.2 -3.9 -4.2   --  2.46
 01:19 NA2gdr  3076(25076) 287  70  -4.1 -4.1 -3.2 -4.0 -4.2   clear  2.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    54    13     31   229   (SW)  23291    clear     dust
     17:00    50    14     49   266    (W)  54660    clear     dust
     18:00    46    18     29   245  (WSW) 127799    clear     dust
     19:00    40    18     31   269    (W)  62579    clear     dust
     20:00    36    15     15   272    (W)  61477  ptly cldy   dust
     21:00    31    15     20   332  (NNW)  21571  ptly cldy   dust
     22:00    27    19      8     4    (N)   4875  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    26    15     11   341  (NNW)   1654    clear     none
     00:00    24    15     11    14  (NNE)   1152    clear     none
     01:00    25    13     16    18  (NNE)    920    clear     none
     02:00    24    13     14     6    (N)   1066    clear     none
     03:00    23    14     25    12  (NNE)   1185    clear     none
     04:00    23    11     14     2    (N)   1032    clear     none
     05:00    24     5     24    15  (NNE)    884    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