Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130502
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri,  3 May 2013 11:57:35 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, May 02, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.McElwain        C.Grady               GIFS           19:55   01:10
J.Jackiewicz      J.Jackiewicz,         ECHELLE        01:10   05:42
                  D.Modzierski
   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     19:55   01:10    0    0    0    0   5.2  0.0   0    0
NM05/R     01:10   06:05    0    0    0    0   1.1  3.8   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Poor seeing (>4 arc sec) to start the night.  seeing improved over the next couple of hours to about 1 arc sec.
Elevated dust levels most of the night.  Please CO2 clean the primary again today.
                    ------- 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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 20:30 GIFS   440( -106) 153  78  -3.4  0.1  1.6 -0.4 -2.8   Ha  3.30
 21:26 GIFS   790(   74) 106  62  -4.2 -3.3 -2.3 -3.7 -4.2   Ha  4.00
 22:54 GIFS   565( -183) 112  80  -1.8 -3.8 -3.1 -3.8 -2.9   Ha  0.97
 22:55 NA2gdr -3945(26054) 112  80  -1.7 -3.8 -3.1 -3.8 -2.9   clear  0.98
 01:18 ECHELLE   625(-1229) 132  37   0.5 -2.8 -2.2 -2.5 -1.1   ND2  1.08
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    49    24      5   240  (WSW)  29322    clear     dust
     17:00    46    17     14   249  (WSW)   7678    clear     dust
     18:00    38    16      7    55   (NE)   2610    clear     dust
     19:00    32    15      1    94    (E)   3403    clear     dust
     20:00    27    14      8    69  (ENE)   3363    clear     none
     21:00    25    13     16    75  (ENE)   2818    clear     none
     22:00    25    13     15    72  (ENE)   2700    clear     none
     23:00    28    14      5    68  (ENE)   4564    clear     dust
     00:00    29    14      3   268    (W)   5652    clear     dust
     01:00    31    12      9     1    (N)   3926    clear     dust
     02:00    28    14      2   321   (NW)   5387    clear     dust
     03:00    28    14      5   343  (NNW)   5728    clear     dust
     04:00    27    13      7   344  (NNW)   5005    clear     dust
     05:00    26    13      5   291  (WNW)   3441 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