Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130514
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 11:48:51 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, May 14, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.McElwain        C.Grady               DIS            20:04   23:10
                                                       23:40   01:10
L.Straka          L.Straka              GIFS           01:10   06:20
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD02/R     20:04   01:10    0    0    0   0.5  1.3  3.3   0    0
UC02/R     01:10   05:55    0    0    0    0   4.8  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
05:10:44 rot controller error, controller needed to be rebooted.  30 minutes loss diagnosing and fixing the problem.
No other problems other than pesky clouds.
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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DD02     D        T/H     05:10  05:40    Rotatoe controller error (rebooted)
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 20:16 dis-slit   514(  499)  80  64  10.5 13.3 12.8 13.1 11.5   --  1.11
 20:46 dis-slit   522(  468) -34  52  11.5 12.4 12.3 12.1 11.5   --  0.98
 01:35 GIFS   422(  362) -23  58   9.9  9.5 10.0  9.6  9.5   6811  0.79
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    60    21     15   243  (WSW)    753  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    55    22      8   203  (SSW)    789  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    59    19     10   255  (WSW)    667  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    57    18      6   200  (SSW)    754  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    52    20      8   243  (WSW)    803  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    52    20     15   216   (SW)    778  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    50    26      9   236   (SW)   1196  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    50    27     10   265    (W)   1058  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    50    26      7   263    (W)    964 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    50    26      7   297  (WNW)    894 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    50    27      6   353    (N)    746  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    50    29     11     6    (N)    696 mstly clr    none
     04:00    51    28     13   337  (NNW)    689 mstly clr    none
     05:00    50    28      5   336  (NNW)    635 mstly clr    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