Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130813
From: alaina.apo.nmsu.edu@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 12:18:30 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, August 13, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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A.Youngblood      A.Youngblood          TSPEC          20:25   01:08
P.Gaulme     J.Jackiewicz, D.Mozdierski Echelle        01:10   01:45
P.Gaulme     J.Jackiewicz, D.Mozdierski Echelle        04:45   06:05
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU06/R     19:59   01:10    0    0    0    0   1.2  4.0   0    0
NM04/R     01:10   06:18   3.0   0    0    0   2.1  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
In the afternoon I had some trouble with the NA2 rotator not slewing.  Called Fritz, and then found the small connector under the rotator (with the pink string) was disconnected.  All was well after that.  Allison then took her cals during twilight, and we opened after.
Radar returns hovered nearby for the first half of the night, although the cloudcam never looked threatening.  So we stayed open.  Eventually heavy clouds did roll in, and closed us.  We had about 20 minutes of heavy rain, and then we were left with clear skies and high humidity for the rest of the night.
                    ------- 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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 19:31 TSPEC   592( 1384)  70  53  16.5 18.2 17.4 18.2 16.5   --  1.36
 22:06 TSPEC   581( 1254) 130  75  16.5 16.2 16.3 15.9 16.2   --  0.92
 00:15 ECHELLE   609(  -21) 237  72  14.8 15.1 15.5 15.0 14.7   Clear  0.67
 03:50 ECHELLE   584(  -61) 239  32  14.6 13.9 14.7 13.9 13.8   Clear  1.03
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    65    51      1   261    (W)         ptly cldy   none
     17:00    65    50      4   188    (S)         ptly cldy lt rain
     18:00    63    49      5    90    (E)        mstly clr    none
     19:00    62    50      6    89    (E)        mstly clr    none
     20:00    60    49      8    82    (E)        mstly clr    none
     21:00    61    48      2    90    (E)           clear     none
     22:00    62    48      2    82    (E)        mstly clr    none
     23:00    61    47      7    85    (E)           clear     none
     00:00    61    45      7    86    (E)        mstly clr    none
     01:00    59    46      9   111  (ESE)        mstly cldy   none
     02:00    58    48     10    86    (E)          cloudy     none
     03:00    58    50     15    80    (E)          cloudy     rain
     04:00    56    48     11    72  (ENE)           clear    humid
     05:00    61    44      2   271    (W)        mstly clr   humid
     06:00    57    48      2   110  (ESE)        mstly clr   humid
     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