Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151023
From: dembicky@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 11:54:43 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, October 23, 2015
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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D.Gies            D.Gies                ECHELLE        17:50   00:15
E.Friel           J.Overbeek            ECHELLE        02:30   03:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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GS06/R     18:30   01:10    0   0.9   0    0   0.0  5.8   0    0
DD02/R     01:10   07:06   3.1  1.8   0    0    0   1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: J.Dembicky
Humidity closed a little after midnight.  We re-opened around 02:30 but humidity (and Fog) closed us an hour later.
We called it a night at 05:20 with fog and high humidity
No telescope problems.
                    ------- 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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 18:40 ecamera    551( -599)  30  66   5.1  7.8  7.2  7.4  6.2   ND4  0.97
 19:50 ecamera    509( -723) -129  68   5.9  6.2  6.4  6.0  5.6   ND1  1.00
 22:10 ecamera    517( -747) -124  49   5.1  5.3  5.9  5.3  5.1   ND1  1.57
 02:37 ecamera    570( -775) -100  72   4.2  4.1  5.0  4.1  4.0   ND3  2.06
 03:18 ecamera    545( -794)  75  46   3.4  3.7  4.4  3.8  3.5   clear 4.00
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp C Dewp C  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    45    32      7   307   (NW)    335    clear     none
     17:00    44    34      2   317   (NW)    349    clear     none
     18:00    42    33      7   311   (NW)    294    clear     none
     19:00    41    30     10    12  (NNE)    332    clear     none
     20:00    43    21      8    15  (NNE)    106  ptly cldy   none
     21:00    43    31     12    66  (ENE)    319  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    41    33     17    82    (E)    352  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    41    35     14    89    (E)    406    clear     none
     00:00    40    36     14    79    (E)    477    clear    humid
     01:00    39    37     22    74  (ENE)    531    clear    humid
     02:00    39    35     17    79    (E)    280    clear    humid
     03:00    39    33     21    73  (ENE)    184  ptly cldy   fog
     04:00    37    36     24    74  (ENE)   1189   cloudy     fog
     05:00    37    37     17    70  (ENE)  84206   cloudy     fog
     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