Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140827
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:12:21 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, August 27, 2014
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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A.Becker          J.Davenport           Agile          21:24   00:25
M.Eracleous       M.Eracleous           DIS            03:08   05:55
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW02/R     19:43   01:10   1.3  1.0   0    0   3.1  0.0   0    0
UW08/R     01:10   06:27   2.0   0    0    0   3.3  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
Echelle interorder light:   Q3APO/UT140828/checkout/echelle_quartz.0004.fits
                                             UT  00:17    Temp  -86C
                                             ratio  --  7.29
Night was mixed, periods of clear skies and excellent seeing in between high humidity and clouds.
09:23 UT   The NA2 guider was unable to guide on an identified star.  It refused to lock onto it, even though it had the green circle and X on it.
                    ------- 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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 20:30 agile     269(-1337) 138  71  14.2 15.6 15.6 15.4 14.2 SDSS r  0.77
 02:16 dcamera   212(  506) 351  47  12.0 12.2 13.1 12.3 12.2   --    1.90
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    58    52      3   256  (WSW)    782    clear     none
     17:00    60    52      7   265    (W)    726    clear     none
     18:00    61    54      8   287  (WNW)    635   cloudy    humid
     19:00    55    52      3   263    (W)    710   cloudy   lt rain
     20:00    54    52      4   193  (SSW)    672   cloudy    humid
     21:00    58    43      3   323   (NW)    223    clear     none
     22:00    57    45      7   275    (W)    251    clear     none
     23:00    56    46      7   280    (W)    284    clear     none
     00:00    55    48     12   301  (WNW)    423    clear    humid
     01:00    54    50     11   319   (NW)    560   cloudy     fog
     02:00    54    51      8     4    (N)    606  ptly cldy  humid
     03:00    55    40     10   357    (N)    189    clear     none
     04:00    54    42     14   340  (NNW)    120    clear     none
     05:00    53    43      8   352    (N)    174    clear     none
     06:00    53    41      6   347  (NNW)    290    clear    humid
     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: 2.3.0