Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130527
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 11:59:48 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, May 27, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Gladders        M.Gladders            NICFPS         00:10   01:10
N.Wehres          J.Bally               Echelle        01:10   05:36
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UC03/R     20:12   01:10   2.6  1.4   0    0    0   1.0   0    0
CU06/R     01:10   05:48    0    0    0    0   0.0  4.6   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Clouds kept us closed for most of the 1st half.  We opened at 00:00.
I found NICFPS ion pump pegged at high load this morning.  It was fine at the instrument change at 01:10.  Pressure in dewar this morning was 8.9e-6 torr.
                    ------- 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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 00:19 NICFPS   315(  902) 216  64  15.1 15.4 15.8 15.6 14.8   Ks  0.81
 01:27 ECHELLE   491( -499)  72  51  13.9 14.6 15.1 14.6 14.0   ND3  0.96
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    71    31     15   263    (W)    614 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    68    27     12   251  (WSW)    745 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    65    24     10   266    (W)    589 mstly clr    none
     19:00    65    23     11   267    (W)    665 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    61    19      7   213  (SSW)    729 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    59    18     13   244  (WSW)    823   cloudy     none
     22:00    59    17     10   250  (WSW)    764   cloudy     none
     23:00    60    18     16   253  (WSW)    615   cloudy     none
     00:00    59    18      9   265    (W)    615  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    58    16      8   263    (W)    517 mstly clr    none
     02:00    58    15      8   264    (W)    571 mstly clr    none
     03:00    57    16     11   274    (W)    549  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    57    16      9   274    (W)    562 mstly clr    none
     05:00    57    16      9   257  (WSW)    532 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