Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131024
From: pgaulme@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:09:56 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, October 24, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev             ECHELLE        18:24   00:25
J.Borish          J.Borish              TSPEC          --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM08/R     18:28   01:10    0   0.7   0    0   4.4  1.7   0    0
UV05/R     01:10   07:07    0    5.9  0    0   0.0  0     0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: P.Gaulme
Beginning of first half was OK but partially cloudy. At midnight, thick clouds covered all the sky then thunderstorm appeared between 1am and 2am up to 5pm at least.
We give up at 5:07 given that there is no hope that it clears up before twilight.
                    ------- 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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 19:37 ecamera    519( -368) 223  68   9.0 10.0 10.5  9.8  8.8   Clear  0.86
 22:08 ecamera    657( -311) 234  43   8.0  8.0  8.4  7.9  7.7   Clear  1.30
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    58    31      7   188    (S)    487    clear     none
     17:00    54    31     14   197  (SSW)    472 mstly clr    none
     18:00    51    31     17   138   (SE)    564 mstly clr    none
     19:00    49    31     17   139   (SE)    561  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    49    31     19   138   (SE)    512  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    47    32     13   113  (ESE)    574  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    47    31     18   112  (ESE)    676  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    48    31     15   114  (ESE)    556  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    48    31     16   153  (SSE)    524 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    48    30     21   149  (SSE)    626   cloudy   lt rain
     02:00    49    31     12   178    (S)    669   cloudy     rain
     03:00    42    32     15    89    (E)    412   cloudy     rain
     04:00    39    32     22    30  (NNE)   2517   cloudy     rain
     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