Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20130830
From: pgaulme.apo.nmsu.edu@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:17:37 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, August 30, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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N.Chanover        A.Verbiscer           SPICam         20:10  01:04
G. Stringfellow   G. Stringfellow       TSPEC          01:24  02:11
G. Stringfellow   G. Stringfellow       ECHELLE        02:27  02:44
G.Gyuk       M.Hammergren, M.Solontoi   DIS            02:49  05:50
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM01/R     19:39   01:10    0    0    0    0   5.5  0.0   0    0
UC03/R     01:10   06:29    0    0    0    0   1.1  4.2   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialists: A. Bradley, P.Gaulme
First half was good with clear sky. Seeing started out poor but improved.
We mounted TripleSpec for Guy Stringfellow to observe a nova.
We mounted DIS at 02:11 and Guy continued to observe the nova with the Echelle.
When he was done we finished the night with the planned program on DIS.
Overall the night was productive with a good seeing.
                    ------- 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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 19:43 SPICAM   312( 1133)  66  21  15.7 18.7 18.1 18.3 16.0   SDSS i  1.70
 19:47 NA2gdr   264(30264)  65  22  15.2 18.5 18.0 18.2 15.9   Clear  1.80
 22:04 SPICAM   412( 1074)  39  38  16.8 16.2 16.2 15.9 15.7   SDSS R  0.80
 00:42 TSPEC   484( 1121) 276  50  14.7 15.1 15.4 15.0 14.8   --  1.90
 01:31 ECHELLE   595(  -20) 269  39  15.1 14.8 15.2 14.7 14.6   ND2  0.74
 02:01 dis-slit   450(  856) 325  51  14.1 14.5 14.9 14.4 13.9   --  1.30
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
 Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    66    53      5   249  (WSW)         ptly cldy   none
     17:00    65    54     10   264    (W)         ptly cldy   none
     18:00    68    54      9   251  (WSW)        mstly clr    none
     19:00    64    50      5   273    (W)           clear     none
     20:00    61    50      2   304   (NW)           clear     none
     21:00    60    49      3   350    (N)           clear     none
     22:00    62    47      1   292  (WNW)           clear     none
     23:00    62    46      5   348  (NNW)           clear     none
     00:00    61    46      6   284  (WNW)           clear     none
     01:00    59    48      5   309   (NW)           clear     none
     02:00    60    50      6   350    (N)           clear     none
     03:00    57    50      7   350    (N)           clear     none
     04:00    59    51     11     2    (N)           clear     none
     05:00    58    49      6   357    (N)           clear     none
     06:00    61    44      7    33  (NNE)           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