Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20140930
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed,  1 Oct 2014 12:55:38 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, September 30, 2014
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Marriage    K.Hall, T.Su, T.Marriage  NICFPS         18:35   00:58
B.Keeney          B.Keeney              SPIcam         01:10   06:50
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH01/R     18:58   01:10    0    0    0    0   1.5  4.7   0    0
CU03/R     01:10   06:49    0    0    0    0   5.6  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
The night was beautiful, with outrageously good seeing to begin with.  It got a bit variable throughout the night, but still good on the whole.  Overall a very productive night.
                    ------- 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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 18:14 NICFPS     179(  994)  60  40   9.7 12.4 12.5 11.8 85.0   MK-Ks  0.53
 00:44 SPIcam     315(  594) 302  69   9.9  9.4  9.8  9.6 85.0   661/7.5  0.97
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    57    37     16   240  (WSW)    407    clear     none
     17:00    56    38     17   251  (WSW)    414    clear     none
     18:00    54    35     14   260    (W)    427    clear     none
     19:00    50    35     14   265    (W)    473    clear     none
     20:00    50    31     16   267    (W)    495    clear     none
     21:00    50    31     18   247  (WSW)    454    clear     none
     22:00    50    30     15   239  (WSW)    365    clear     none
     23:00    49    30     16   237  (WSW)    421    clear     none
     00:00    48    27     14   221   (SW)    422    clear     none
     01:00    50    20     16   210  (SSW)    362    clear     none
     02:00    50    24     12   227   (SW)    465    clear     none
     03:00    50    25     11   251  (WSW)    517    clear     none
     04:00    50    26      9   272    (W)    468    clear     none
     05:00    49    27     11   282  (WNW)    539    clear     none
     06:00    48    27      7   265    (W)    584    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: 2.3.1