Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130621
From: alaina.apo.nmsu.edu@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 11:18:25 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, June 21, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Gladders        M.Gladders            NICFPS         00:08   01:05
A.McKay           A.McKay               ECHELLE        01:07   05:07
   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     20:23   01:10    0   3.8   0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
NM01/R     01:10   05:47    0    0    0    0   0.6  4.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Most of first half was lost due to heavy clouds and nearby radar returns.  Once we were able to open, seeing was good but turned moderate/bad quickly.  Soon after the start of the second half, the dust increased and hovered around the closing limit.  It eventually dropped down, but had occasional upswings (although not worrisome).  These were not just dust, they smelled strongly of smoke.  I know that it's now the weekend, but the mirror should be checked/cleaned on Monday.
No other problems to report.  Echelle pointing was good, no motion errors.
                    ------- 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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 23:18 NICFPS   227(  953) -29  60  17.4 18.1 18.6 18.2 17.1   MK-Ks  0.99
 00:18 ECHELLE   484( -377) 100  44  15.9 16.9 17.4 16.8 16.2   Clear  1.72
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    73    32     21   244  (WSW)    820 mstly clr    none
     17:00    73    33     11   246  (WSW)    899  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    71    34     15   222   (SW)    917 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    69    33      9   262    (W)   1231 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    67    37     10   212  (SSW)   1246   cloudy     none
     21:00    67    37     15   205  (SSW)   1451   cloudy     none
     22:00    65    38     14   201  (SSW)   1688   cloudy     none
     23:00    64    39     20   232   (SW)   2681  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    62    38     12   210  (SSW)   2068 mstly clr    smoke
     01:00    62    39      5   177    (S)   5100  ptly cldy   smoke
     02:00    60    41      2   158  (SSE)   5882    clear     none
     03:00    63    27      7   258  (WSW)   2851    clear     none
     04:00    63    22      7   261    (W)   2850    clear     none
     05:00    63    20      7   264    (W)   3393    clear     smoke
     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