Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:39:54 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130611
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, June 11, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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P.Szkody          P.Szkody              DIS            20:40  01:05
G.Gyuk            G.Gyuk,M.Hammergren,  DIS            01:08  05:20
                  M.Solontoi
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW06/R     20:20   01:10    0    0    0    0   2.7  2.1   0    0
UC04/R     01:10   05:46    0    0    0    0   4.6  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Because of the higher than normal temperatures during the day, the DIS red
side dark current was pretty bad at the start of the night.  The observers
had been warned of this; the first half observer was more concerned with
the blue spectra, and by midnight the instrument had cooled more so that
the dark current was comparable to the past few weeks.
It was clear all night with poor but not awful seeing.  We were able to
open before sunset for cooling.  The first science slew of the night had a
magnesensor problem that took a while to catch since at first I just
thought the sky was too bright to see the target; by the time that was
cleared up and the telescope was focused, the sky was dark enough for
science.
Aside from those issues, everything worked well.
                    ------- 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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 20:07 dis-slit   392(  843) 240  56  19.7 22.4 21.9 22.0 20.0   -  1.80
 00:19 dis-slit   415(  614) -27  39  18.5 17.0 17.4 16.8 17.6   -  2.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    81    37     15   285  (WNW)   1290  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    79    38     13   289  (WNW)   1309  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    82    38     11   256  (WSW)   1277  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    75    34      6   260    (W)   1204 mstly clr    none
     20:00    72    32      5   250  (WSW)   1266 mstly clr    none
     21:00    67    34     15   114  (ESE)   1089    clear     none
     22:00    67    33     22   128   (SE)   1020    clear     none
     23:00    66    29     20   128   (SE)    947    clear     none
     00:00    63    33     17   135   (SE)    924    clear     none
     01:00    63    36     16   146   (SE)    902    clear     none
     02:00    65    33     13   188    (S)    778    clear     none
     03:00    67    31     11   186    (S)    598    clear     none
     04:00    63    34      5   184    (S)    701    clear     none
     05:00    65    30      6   204  (SSW)    624    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