Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 11:48:34 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130525
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, May 25, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Heckman         L.Martins             TSPEC          20:20   01:10
A.Brown           A.Brown               ECHELLE        01:12   05:10
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH03/R     20:11   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.6  4.3   0    0
CU07/R     01:10   05:49    0    0    0    0   0.0  4.6   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Storms to the east before sunset cleared up nicely and allowed us to open
on time.  After that, the night was peaceful and productive, with good to
moderate seeing.
One minor anomaly cost no time: Alex Brown's connection dropped at 04:50,
the same time it dropped two nights ago.  Because he was watching for a
repeat, he caught it quickly and was reconnected without losing any
integration time. I had also experienced internet drops several nights in
a row at 5 am on our home line (which goes through Artesia, on the
opposite side of the mountain from APO's connection to Tularosa).  This
makes me wonder if it is some larger-scale reset occurring at the same
time every morning.
                    ------- 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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 19:40 TSPEC   592( 1036)  24  58  16.5 18.3 17.8 18.2 16.7   Ks  0.90
 00:19 ECHELLE   424( -646) 131  58  12.3 13.2 13.6 13.0 12.2   ND1  1.35
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
    ------------------------------------------------------------------
     16:00    71    32     27   224   (SW)   2325 mstly clr    none
     17:00    73    28     23   203  (SSW)   1878 mstly clr    none
     18:00    70    27     15   253  (WSW)   1633 mstly clr    none
     19:00    68    27     17   236   (SW)   1520 mstly clr    none
     20:00    63    21     15   254  (WSW)   1365    clear     none
     21:00    63    21     11   255  (WSW)   1366    clear     none
     22:00    62    21     12   231   (SW)   1550    clear     none
     23:00    62    20     12   233   (SW)   1465    clear     none
     00:00    57    32      8   134   (SE)   1902    clear     none
     01:00    55    32     17   132   (SE)   1655    clear     none
     02:00    53    32     16   129   (SE)   1594    clear     none
     03:00    51    31     17   145   (SE)   1634    clear     none
     04:00    53    31      7   181    (S)   1792    clear     none
     05:00    56    27      2   179    (S)   1393    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