Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151012
From: alaina@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:55:17 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Monday, October 12, 2015
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.Batiste         M.Batiste             DIS            19:36   23:31
J.McKeever        J.McKeever, P.Gaulme  ECHELLE        23:38   01:06
M.Hammergren      K.Nault, M.Brucker    SPICam         01:21   03:08
R.Wyse            G.Ruchti              ECHELLE        03:12   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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GS04/R     18:42   23:50    0    0    0    0   5.1  0.0   0    0
NM01/R     23:50   01:10    0    0    0    0   1.3  0.0   0    0
AD02/R     01:10   03:10    0    0    0    0   2.0  0.0   0    0
JH01/R     03:10   06:57    0    0    0    0   3.8  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: A.Bradley
First half was plagued by thick clouds.  We stayed open and tried to push through, but it didn't always work. Second half was clear and beautiful, with great seeing.
Besides clouds, DIS performed well.  Focus needs some adjusting.
Took some initial DIS slitviewer vs spectrograph data.  Took Triplespec darks all night.  Started the night in a good state, started seeing some corrupted images at 599.  After 620 they're pretty much all corrupted.
                    ------- 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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 19:11 dcamera    424(  720)  55  35  13.1 14.8 14.6 14.3 13.8   --  4.00
 22:47 ecamera    456( -446) -18  79  12.9 12.8 13.2 12.8 12.7   Clear  0.80
 00:27 SPIcam     468(  738) -122  79  12.4 12.2 12.7 12.2 12.3   SDSS r  0.62
 02:15 ecamera    447( -520) -17  75  11.9 11.5 12.0 11.3 11.3   ND2  0.75
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp C Dewp C  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    62    38      1   243  (WSW)    388    clear     none
     17:00    59    36      2    38   (NE)    766    clear     none
     18:00    54    36     10    72  (ENE)   1449    clear     none
     19:00    53    35      7    76  (ENE)   1429    clear     none
     20:00    53    34      6   282  (WNW)    957 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    55    35      5   262    (W)    771 mstly cldy   none
     22:00    55    34      4   234   (SW)    886 mstly cldy   none
     23:00    56    34      5   261    (W)    872 mstly cldy   none
     00:00    55    34      6   251  (WSW)    815  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    54    33      6   257  (WSW)   1034    clear     none
     02:00    54    34      7   311   (NW)   1013    clear     none
     03:00    54    35      7   322   (NW)    537    clear     none
     04:00    52    35      8   341  (NNW)    768    clear     none
     05:00    52    35      7   345  (NNW)    673    clear     none
     06:00    50    35      6   352    (N)    720    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: 1.0.4
    Current TUI version: 2.4.0