Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20131204
From: pgaulme@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu,  5 Dec 2013 11:59:03 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, December 04, 2013
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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H.Weaver          H.Weaver              SPICAM         22:26   00:00
Y.Sun             Y.Sun                 DIS            00:18   02:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH03/R     17:06   00:10   3.6  2.1   0    0   1.4  0.0   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
Cloudy, windy at the beginning.
I let Tom Murphy work on Apollo in the dome for about one hour around 20:00, given that weather was hopeless.
I opened at 22:26. Focus loop was hard to run with crossing clouds. Observation started at 22:48 and actually ended at 23:40.
Second half: just the time to run a focus loop and the sky was totally covered.
Radar features entering the Otero County at about 3am. Started to snow at 4:50. We gave up at that moment.
                    ------- 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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 22:49 SPIcam     603(  491) 108  42  -0.1  1.2  1.8  0.9  0.0   MSSSO R  1.73
 00:34 dcamera    597(  219) 111  81  -0.6 -0.5  0.1 -0.4 -0.6   --  1.78
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    41    24     28   260    (W)    405 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    39    24     31   252  (WSW)    405 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    38    24     28   254  (WSW)    405   cloudy     none
     19:00    37    24     31   266    (W)    405   cloudy     none
     20:00    35    22     33   261    (W)    405   cloudy     none
     21:00    34    23     25   246  (WSW)    405   cloudy     none
     22:00    33    22     24   263    (W)    405  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    32    23     27   255  (WSW)    405  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    31    24     23   258  (WSW)    405 mstly cldy   none
     01:00    31    24     18   260    (W)    405   cloudy     none
     02:00    31    22     18   255  (WSW)    405   cloudy     none
     03:00    30    23     17   238  (WSW)    405   cloudy     none
     04:00    31    21     15   226   (SW)    405   cloudy     snow
     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