Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151118
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:45:38 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Wednesday, November 18, 2015
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Pilachowski     C.Pilachowski         DIS            21:17   00:02
D.Bizyaev         D.Bizyaev             DIS            00:20   06:05
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD03/R     17:09   00:10   0.5  3.6   0    0    0   2.9   0    0
NM06/O     00:10   06:28    0    0    0    0   6.3  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
Tspec was corrupted and I took 1500 darks.
The night started out windy and we were unable to open at dusk.  The winds calmed and we opened at 21:15 but seeing was poor (>1.5").
                    ------- 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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 21:26 dcamera    702(  385) -41  44   6.5  3.3  3.5  3.8  5.0   --  2.20
 23:51 dcamera    562(  461) 148  65   9.7  7.9  8.1  8.2  8.5   --  1.78
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp C Dewp C  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    35    16     13    19  (NNE)    127    clear     none
     17:00    34    17     22   360    (N)    129    clear     none
     18:00    36    15     32    26  (NNE)    139    clear     none
     19:00    38     8     27    23  (NNE)     98    clear     none
     20:00    40     4     30    17  (NNE)     73    clear     none
     21:00    45    -4     24    23  (NNE)     89    clear     none
     22:00    45    -2     24    25  (NNE)     32    clear     none
     23:00    49     1     17    43   (NE)      9    clear     none
     00:00    48     1      8    47   (NE)      7    clear     none
     01:00    44    -5     16    70  (ENE)     20    clear     none
     02:00    41    -8     19    71  (ENE)     39    clear     none
     03:00    39    -2     18    71  (ENE)     50    clear     none
     04:00    46    -3      0   145   (SE)     37    clear     none
     05:00    40    -7      5   301  (WNW)     38    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: 2.5.0