Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140507
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu,  8 May 2014 12:18:55 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, May 07, 2014
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.York            D.York                Echelle        22:35   01:04
L.Hebb            L.Hebb                NICFIPS        01:15   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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UC01/R     19:58   01:10    0   2.6   0   0.5  0.0  2.1   0    0
UW11/R     01:10   06:01    0    0    0    0   3.6  1.3   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
The beginning of the night was lost to very high winds and dust.  We were eventually able to open, and seeing was decent-mediocre.  When going to the first star, we had some trouble with pointing on echelle.  The intended star made determining the pointing issue a bit difficult, because it looked very similar to the previous pointing troubles.  We  ended up using a workaround for this.  Russet made an adjustment later in the night.
Aside from all of this, the night was productive with no other problems.
                    ------- 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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 21:47 ecamera    510( -565) 281  43   4.2  5.7  6.8  5.6  4.3   ND2  1.40
 00:29 NICFPS     647(  992) 339  57   3.7  3.7  4.2  3.7  3.7   Clear  2.11
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    52    18     35   261    (W)  42290   cloudy     dust
     17:00    52     8     41   256  (WSW)  27453   cloudy     dust
     18:00    51    13     36   271    (W)  15548  ptly cldy   dust
     19:00    48     4     26   264    (W)  15008 mstly clr    dust
     20:00    44     4     28   290  (WNW)   6643 mstly clr    dust
     21:00    42     6     19   271    (W)   6958 mstly clr    dust
     22:00    41    11     15   300  (WNW)   5942    clear     dust
     23:00    40    11      9   281    (W)   3695    clear     none
     00:00    39    11     17   312   (NW)   2527    clear     none
     01:00    39    12     16   294  (WNW)   2731    clear     none
     02:00    38    12     17   291  (WNW)   2439    clear     none
     03:00    37    12     14   267    (W)   2718    clear     none
     04:00    36    13     18   265    (W)   2811    clear     none
     05:00    36    13     20   263    (W)   2793    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: 2.2.0