Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140218
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:48:24 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, February 18, 2014
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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N.Schneider       N.Schneider           DIS            17:57   23:59
N.Zakamska        M.Eracleus            DIS            00:09   01:06
J.Hughes          J.Hughes              SPICam         01:23   04:11
   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     18:00   00:10    0    0    0    0   3.5  2.7   0    0
JH01/R     00:10   01:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
UW05/R     01:10   06:34    0   2.4   0    0   0.0  3.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
CU03 observers:  M.Chaffin, A.Thelen, C.Schmidt, J.Turner, S.Rugenski, N.Schneider, N.Chanover
The night was full of clouds, which stayed thin and unobtrusive for most of the night.  Seeing was pretty good while we were open.
During the second half, the clouds got a bit thicker.  Eventually they developped radar returns, and we closed at 04:11.  Called it a night at 05:08.
                    ------- 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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 18:21 dcamera    383(  531)  84  55   7.5  9.6  9.6  9.7  7.9   --  1.26
 21:51 dcamera    500(  497) -57  74   6.7  6.8  7.3  6.9  6.7   --  1.06
 00:25 dcamera    549(  563) -137  49   7.0  6.8  7.2  6.8  6.8   --  1.18
 01:31 SPIcam     601(  737) -51  66   6.6  6.6  7.0  6.6  6.8   sdss g  1.26
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    50    14     14   284  (WNW)    299 mstly clr    none
     17:00    50    15      5   256  (WSW)    275  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    46    14     10   261    (W)    404  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    45    13     11   235   (SW)    374  ptly cldy   none
     20:00    45    12     14   221   (SW)    381  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    45    11      9   222   (SW)    345  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    44     9     12   228   (SW)    288 mstly clr    none
     23:00    46     4     23   268    (W)    234  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    45     5     18   267    (W)    241  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    44     7     15   262    (W)    321  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    44     9     17   265    (W)    297  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    44     9     18   264    (W)    318  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    43     9     18   272    (W)    297   cloudy     none
     05:00    43    11     18   272    (W)    317   cloudy     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: 2.1.0