Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141202
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed,  3 Dec 2014 13:04:19 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, December 02, 2014
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Bally           J.Bally               NICFPS         --:--   --:--
K.Pan             K.Pan                 ECHELLE        04:50   05:40
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU03/R     17:06   00:10    0   7.1   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
NM07/R     00:10   06:41   1.9  3.7   0    0   0.9  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
During first half we hade widespread overcast and approaching radar returns.  During second half the clouds thinned, but the radar lingered nearby and we did get s few sprinkles.  Finally in the last hour before twilight we were able to open and get some data, but there were still too many clouds, so we gave up after a few exposures.
                    ------- 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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 05:02 ecamera    346( -819)  -9  80   4.9  4.7  5.0  5.0  4.7   ND1  0.63
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    44     9      9   254  (WSW)    523    clear     none
     17:00    43     9      9   252  (WSW)    606    clear     none
     18:00    44     8      0     0    (N)    535    clear     none
     19:00    43     8      9   262    (W)    305    clear     none
     20:00    43     6     10   269    (W)    310    clear     none
     21:00    43     8     13   273    (W)    232    clear     none
     22:00    42     5      9   263    (W)    353    clear     none
     23:00    41     9     14   285  (WNW)    490 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    42    21     12   268    (W)    246 mstly cldy lt rain
     01:00    41    17     11   305   (NW)    275 mstly cldy   none
     02:00    41    14     16   302  (WNW)    181 mstly cldy   none
     03:00    41    18     17   330  (NNW)    202  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    41    20     17   343  (NNW)    107  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    41    20      3   352    (N)    178  ptly cldy   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