Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 12:50:12 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140412
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
                     Apache Point Observatory
                     3.5m Telescope Night Log
                     Saturday, April 12, 2014
                                                          ACTUAL
ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Wang            P.Du,C.Hu             DIS            --:--   --:--
G.Bakos           X.Huang               ECHELLE        01:10   05:55
  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     19:40   01:10    0   5.5   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
PU04/R     01:10   06:28    0    0    0    0   0.9  4.4   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
             ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Shugart, R.McMillan
High winds and high dust counts kept us closed over the first half of the
night.
The wind dropped and clouds thinned right around the changeover time, so
the second half program was able to observe with mostly photometric skies
and poor seeing.  Smoke could barely be smelled but I mostly kept the fans
in a defensive setting just in case.  The telescope was initially very far
out of equilibrium but settled within a couple of hours.
NM02 was scheduled for the end of the night but she said Venus was really
too small to be observed in poor seeing conditions, so she gave the time
to PU04.
                   ------- 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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 01:26 ecamera    335( -746) 113  62   5.0  6.2  8.3  5.9  5.2   ND2  1.88
 03:18 ecamera    659( -486) 124  45   4.7  4.5  5.4  4.5  4.3   Clear  1.62
              ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                  Wind                      Precip.or
    Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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    16:00    54    19     20   258  (WSW)   2847   cloudy     dust
    17:00    53    18     33   219   (SW)   5796   cloudy     dust
    18:00    51    22     26   260    (W)  20502   cloudy     dust
    19:00    50    22     30   222   (SW)  15251   cloudy     dust
    20:00    45    32     21   222   (SW)  55693   cloudy     dust
    21:00    43    32     17   177    (S)  36306   cloudy     dust
    22:00    43    32     26   214   (SW)  10758   cloudy     dust
    23:00    42    32     23   223   (SW)   2456   cloudy     none
    00:00    42    31     22   240  (WSW)   1441   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: 2.2.0