Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140222
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 13:04:03 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, February 22, 2014
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Wang            P.Du, C.Hu            DIS            17:35   00:10
L.Straka          L.Straka              DIS            00:10   06:20
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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IH01/R     18:03   00:10    0    0    0    0   6.1  0.0   0    0
UC02/R     00:10   06:29    0    0    0    0   1.2  5.1   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Clouds made observing challenging for first half tonight.  Conditions improved , a little, for second half.  Clouds came back in the morning.
                    ------- 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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 18:30 dcamera    620(  631) 168  69   5.8  7.1  6.7  7.4  5.7   --  1.20
 00:27 GIFS       595(  578)  -2  78   3.7  3.6  4.1  3.6  3.6   6600  0.89
 00:28 NA2gdr  -618(29381)  -3  78   3.8  3.6  4.1  3.6  3.6   clear  1.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    46     5     10   257  (WSW)    691 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    45     4     18   255  (WSW)    691 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    42     3     14   245  (WSW)    691 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    42     4     16   265    (W)    691   cloudy     none
     20:00    41     7     18   266    (W)    691   cloudy     none
     21:00    42     8     19   264    (W)    691 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    40     9     17   279    (W)    691 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    40     9     18   298  (WNW)    691  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    39    10     20   299  (WNW)    691  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    40     9     16   288  (WNW)    691  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    40     8     17   306   (NW)    691 mstly clr    none
     03:00    38     8     20   327  (NNW)    691 mstly clr    none
     04:00    38     9     20   321   (NW)    691 mstly clr    none
     05:00    37    13     18   317   (NW)    691  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    38    13      7   317   (NW)    691  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: 2.1.0