Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140830
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:10 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, August 30, 2014
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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N.Ule             T.Harrison            NICFPS         20:10   01:00
J.Lutz            J.Lutz, G.Wallerstein DIS            01:10   06:29
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM05/R     19:39   01:10    0    0    0    0   2.7  2.8   0    0
UW09/R     01:10   06:29    0    0    0    0   5.3  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Russet did some tcc testing with a new version, with Tom Harrison's permission, during twilight.
No 3.5m problems tonight.  Excellent seeing 1st half with NICFPS
                    ------- 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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 20:20 NICFPS  342( 1432) -148  80  17.0 18.5 18.0 17.7 16.8   J   0.60
 20:22 gcamera  27(43027) -146  80  16.7 18.4 18.0 17.7 16.7   R   0.90
 01:17 dcamera 162(  576)  283  77  14.8 15.0 15.5 14.9 14.5   --  1.60
 01:19 gcamera 263(22263)  282  76  14.4 15.0 15.4 14.8 14.4   R   1.80
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    68    39     15   229   (SW)    447    clear     none
     17:00    68    39     11   265    (W)    470  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    69    40      4   241  (WSW)    448  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    66    41      7   263    (W)    474 mstly clr    none
     20:00    63    38      9   254  (WSW)    445    clear     none
     21:00    61    38      7   196  (SSW)    496    clear     none
     22:00    60    37      9   191    (S)    539    clear     none
     23:00    62    37     13   202  (SSW)    638    clear     none
     00:00    62    36     12   185    (S)    787    clear     none
     01:00    60    37     12   180    (S)    686    clear     none
     02:00    59    36     12   183    (S)    715    clear     none
     03:00    59    39      8   182    (S)    746    clear     none
     04:00    60    39     13   197  (SSW)    501  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    59    39     15   201  (SSW)    632 mstly clr    none
     06:00    58    38     11   184    (S)    519 mstly clr    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: 2.3.0