Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 09:03:29 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130701
From: "Alysha Shugart"
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, July 01, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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A.Ginsburg        A.Youngblood,J.Bally  TSPEC          23:36   00:56
L.Hebb            L.Hebb                DIS            --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU07/R     20:24   01:10    3.2  0    0    0   1.6  0.0   0    0
UW03/R     01:10   05:51    0.7 3.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0   1.0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shugart
Rain and storms kept us closed until 23:36. When humidity finally dropped,
I opened to cool for ~15 minutes before I contacted CU07 to get on sky.
Seeing was 2.1" when we opened, but the clouds soon retunred and we lost a
little more sky time when we lost the guide stars.
After CU07 quit, I waited 15 minutes for a UW03 observer to show up. I
used phone and email contact information to get a hold of Leslie. I called
Russet after 20 minutes of no response, and she sent an email to Suzanne
around 02:00. I closed at 2:16 and kept venting, although the clouds made
the night pretty useless anyways. At 3:00, with no email responses and
worse weather, I closed and did fills. I can top off GIFS and NICFPS at 9
am tomorrow so they last during the day.
During morning fills, I had to use a lot more pressure than necessary to
attach and detach GIFS hose. There may be something wrong with the snap
collar, but I could not see anything obvious. I used the heat gun, but ice
was not the problem.
                    ------- 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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 23:44 TSPEC   350(  501)   7  28   9.9 11.7 14.0 11.3 10.0   --  2.10
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    54    50      2   102  (ESE)    212  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    55    50     11    82    (E)    195 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    54    49     11    88    (E)    217   cloudy   lt rain
     19:00    55    49     10    80    (E)    198   cloudy   lt rain
     20:00    53    49     12    69  (ENE)    226   cloudy     none
     21:00    47    46     35    75  (ENE)    153   cloudy   lt rain
     22:00    48    46     30    78  (ENE)     61  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    49    42      5   355    (N)     75 mstly clr    none
     00:00    50    41      1   234   (SW)     87  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    48    41      2   252  (WSW)     73 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    49    42      7    45   (NE)     71   cloudy     none
     03:00    50    42     10    80    (E)     78   cloudy     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