Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131203
From: pgaulme@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed,  4 Dec 2013 12:00:16 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, December 03, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Hughes          J.Hughes              SPIcam         17:05   00:05
Y.Sun             Y.Sun                 DIS            00:20   00:50
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW07/R     17:06   00:10    0    0    0    0   6.1  1.0   0    0
NM09/R     00:10   06:42    6.0  0    0    0   0.5  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: P.Gaulme
Firsthalf rather cloudy but with some good science data.
Second half totally lost because of weather. Attempts to focus DIS on a star but impossible because of fast transiting clouds.
Clouds then covered all the sky and humidity rose up and forced us to close at 01:25.
The observer gave up at 05:00. No hope of singificant improvement before sunrise.
                    ------- 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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 17:25 ecamera    626( -459) 255  71   4.5  6.2  6.2  6.3  4.8   ND2  1.82
 18:14 SPIcam     563(  646)  19  39   4.1  4.9  5.2  4.9  4.1   SDSS r  1.82
 22:17 SPIcam     638(  618) -164  64   3.5  3.5  4.0  3.6  3.3   SDSS g  0.84
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    42     6     13   246  (WSW)    405 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    41     1     13   202  (SSW)    405  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    40     0     20   241  (WSW)    405 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    41     1     21   247  (WSW)    405 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    40     4     11   270    (W)    405 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    39     7     13   265    (W)    405  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    39    14     15   264    (W)    405 mstly clr    none
     23:00    37    23     22   265    (W)    405 mstly clr    none
     00:00    37    28     19   270    (W)    405 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    36    30     21   275    (W)    405   cloudy    humid
     02:00    35    31     20   254  (WSW)    405   cloudy    humid
     03:00    35    32     25   232   (SW)    405   cloudy    humid
     04:00    34    32     22   240  (WSW)    405   cloudy    humid
     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