Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20141230
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 13:42:39 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, December 30, 2014
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Sakari          C.Sakari              DIS            17:35   23:40
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         23:45   00:10
N.Troup           N.Troup               ECHELLE        00:15   03:08
                                                       04:45   06:35
   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     17:15   23:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.9   0    0
DD01/R     23:10   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
UV05/R     00:10   06:57   1.6   0    0    0   2.6  2.6   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
We had poor seeing tonight with occasional high clouds and gusty winds.  When APOLLO was supposed to start, the wind was strong from an azimuth too near the moon, so I let the previous observer keep going for a while until the moon moved further away and the wind dropped; despite the shortened period, APOLLO was actually successful.  During second half, there were some more high winds and the observer had no alternate targets further out of the wind, so I closed the dome for a little while.  Aside from the wind and challenges of guiding in high seeing, everything went very well.
                    ------- 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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 17:55 dcamera    376(   83) 162  81   0.8  1.2  1.1  0.9  0.3   -  1.80
 00:27 ecamera    339(-1063)  44  52   0.1 -0.3  0.1 -0.1 -0.2   ND3  1.63
 02:40 ecamera    384(-1047) -15  68  -0.3 -0.7 -0.3 -0.5 -0.5   Clear  1.88
     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