Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141029
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:23:53 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, October 29, 2014
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Harrison        T.Harrison            NICFPS         18:30   01:00
C.Schmidt         C.Schmidt             DIS            01:10   07:10
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM04/R     18:24   01:10    0    0    0    0   1.6  5.2   0    0
UV04/R     01:10   07:11    0    0    0    0   6.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Tonight was productive with beautiful weather.  Seeing was excellent, until we got down to very high airmass late in the morning.
                    ------- 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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 17:46 NICFPS     234( 1023) 149  71   8.5 12.6 11.9 12.6  9.9   MK-J  0.91
 01:23 dcamera     89(  196) 100  13   8.4  7.2  7.8  7.1  7.4   ND2-taped  1.81
 05:12 dcamera    148(  207)  61  60   9.0  7.9  8.5  8.2  8.7   ND2-taped  1.36
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    56    26      8   253  (WSW)    395    clear     none
     17:00    54    25      6   259    (W)    367    clear     none
     18:00    50    25      5   287  (WNW)    431    clear     none
     19:00    47    25      6   350    (N)    354    clear     none
     20:00    48    15      6     0    (N)    221    clear     none
     21:00    48    27     11   353    (N)    631    clear     none
     22:00    48    25      4   359    (N)    471    clear     none
     23:00    47    26      4   316   (NW)    472    clear     none
     00:00    48    27      6   355    (N)    469    clear     none
     01:00    47    27      7   353    (N)    520    clear     none
     02:00    47    27     11   358    (N)    481    clear     none
     03:00    47    25      8   352    (N)    495    clear     none
     04:00    49    24     12    22  (NNE)    431    clear     none
     05:00    49    23     12    12  (NNE)    420    clear     none
     06:00    49    24     14    39   (NE)    517    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: 2.3.2