Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151030
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 13:05:37 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Friday, October 30, 2015
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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J.Roberts         J.Roberts             NICFPS         --:--   --:--
M.Hammergren      M.Brucker             ARCTIC         --:--   --:--
D.York            D.York                ECHELLE        05:55   06:30
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU03/R     18:23   01:10   3.0  3.8   0    0   0    0    0    0
AD02/R     01:10   03:10   0.0  2.0   0    0   0    0    0    0
UC01/R     03:10   07:11    0   2.7   0    0   0   1.3   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
The night started off with clouds and fog.  The clouds cleared around 04:00 but the high humidity continued until 5:30.  I opened at 5:45am.
Tspec was working and I ran 1000 darks.  I tried to fill GIFS as slowly as possible (valve was opened ~1/6 rotation) at the beginning of the night and it filled in under 15min, which seems too fast.  At the end of the night it filled in about 10min.
I cleaned the motor track for alt and az and did not find any moth bits, but the telescope did slip a few times in alt.
I had to restart ARCTIC from the ICC as listed in the daylog.
                    ------- 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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 05:06 ecamera    388(-1080) 251  41   3.4  1.3  3.2  1.4  1.6   ND1  1.60
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp C Dewp C  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00                  8   264    (W) 103006   cloudy     fog
     17:00                  1   319   (NW)    298   cloudy     fog
     18:00                  1   267    (W)  45893   cloudy     fog
     19:00                 12   327  (NNW)    382   cloudy     fog
     20:00                  3   332  (NNW)    613   cloudy     fog
     21:00                  4   347  (NNW)    390   cloudy     fog
     22:00                  9     2    (N)    604  ptly cldy   fog
     23:00                  9    15  (NNE)    502   cloudy     fog
     00:00                 15     3    (N)   7921   cloudy     fog
     01:00                 19    23  (NNE)    341   cloudy     fog
     02:00                 13     2    (N)    271 mstly clr   humid
     03:00                 17    10    (N)     66    clear    humid
     04:00                 12   358    (N)     55    clear    humid
     05:00                 15    20  (NNE)     73    clear     none
     06:00                 20    48   (NE)     45    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