Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151121
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 13:00:18 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, November 21, 2015
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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N.Dello Russo     A.McKay               ECHELLE        17:20   23:05
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         23:09   00:04
M.Hammergren      K.Nault,M.Brucker     ARCTIC         00:09   02:06
D.York            D.York                ECHELLE        02:10   05:00
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH03/R     17:08   23:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  6.0   0    0
AP01/O     23:10   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
AD02/R     00:10   02:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  2.0   0    0
UC01/R     02:10   06:31    0    0    0    0   3.6  0.7   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
We had a beautiful clear night with mostly good seeing.  The telescope and all the instruments in use worked perfectly.
It wasn't entirely peaceful, though.  NICFPS needed an init at the beginning of the night due to corrupted images; this was probably a coincidence and not related to yesterday's pressure spike.  And the ARCSAT dome had some serious troubles, but fortunately with the weather so stable it was a viable option to open the dome manually and leave it all night, so we fell back on that after failing to get the dome working for real.
                    ------- 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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 17:24 ecamera    784( -603) 128  34   0.8  2.8  2.6  2.4  1.6   ND3  0.98
 23:14 APOLLO     409(  921) 282  46   1.7  2.0  2.4  2.1  1.8   530  1.20
 00:15 arctic   509(  262) 214  48   2.8  1.9  2.2  1.9  2.1   r  1.03
 02:19 ecamera    526( -885) 284  65   3.3  2.8  3.1  2.9  3.2   ND3  0.84
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp C Dewp C  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    32    19      0   280    (W)   1281    clear     none
     17:00    34    15      4   274    (W)    383    clear     none
     18:00    33    13      2   228   (SW)    213    clear     none
     19:00    35    11      2   322   (NW)    226    clear     none
     20:00    35     9      5   346  (NNW)    195    clear     none
     21:00    35     1      3    30  (NNE)    155    clear     none
     22:00    37    -1     12     5    (N)    129    clear     none
     23:00    36     3     17    10    (N)    136    clear     none
     00:00    36    -1     23    27  (NNE)    122    clear     none
     01:00    37   -10     16    19  (NNE)    112    clear     none
     02:00    39   -10     20    33  (NNE)    146    clear     none
     03:00    38    -9     14    47   (NE)    142    clear     none
     04:00    39    -8     15    39   (NE)    135    clear     none
     05:00    40    -7     13    59  (ENE)    136    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: 1.2.2
    Current TUI version: 2.5.0