Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:00:56 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130817
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, August 17, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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G.Stringfellow    G.Stringfellow        Tspec          --:--   --:--
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         --:--   --:--
G.Bakos           J.Hartman             ECHELLE        04:10   05:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU08/R     19:54   00:10    0   4.3   0    0   0.0   0    0    0
DD01/R     00:10   01:10    0   1.0   0    0   0.0   0    0    0
PU02/R     01:10   06:20   0.3  2.7   0    0   2.2   0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Rain threatened at sunset, but took until nearly midnight to arrive.
Eventually the rain and clouds cleared off enough for a few exposures at
the end of second half.  Seeing was 0.9 arcsec but I didn't get the focus
data saved properly.  During the middle portion of the night, I was able
to get a set of DIS linearity tests up to saturation on the blue side, so
hopefully we can cross that task off our list.
SPIcam was having a problem with elevated dark current at the beginning of
the night, but it was pretty much resolved by morning.  The change was
more than either temperature or ion pump pressure can explain, so it's
unclear if this will be a recurring problem.  We will see how it looks
tomorrow and make plans for the following week based on that performance.
                    ------- 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    62    42      8    96    (E)         ptly cldy   none
     17:00    63    41     11   114  (ESE)         ptly cldy   none
     18:00    68    43      5   139   (SE)         ptly cldy   none
     19:00    68    43      3   233   (SW)         ptly cldy   none
     20:00    66    39      4   188    (S)         ptly cldy   none
     21:00    60    41     12    89    (E)        mstly cldy   none
     22:00    63    37     11    90    (E)          cloudy     none
     23:00    57    43     42    71  (ENE)          cloudy   lt rain
     00:00    54    44     24    74  (ENE)          cloudy   lt rain
     01:00    59    41      3   223   (SW)          cloudy   lt rain
     02:00    58    41      5   289  (WNW)        mstly cldy   none
     03:00    60    40      6   190    (S)         ptly cldy   none
     04:00    59    39      4   263    (W)        mstly clr    none
     05:00    60    38      7   339  (NNW)         ptly cldy   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