Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151201
From: cgray@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Wed,  2 Dec 2015 13:45:56 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Tuesday, December 01, 2015
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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G.Wallerstein     G.Wallerstein         ECHELLE        14:08   18:57
P.Yoachim         P.Yoachim             DIS            19:05   23:02
M.Hammergren      K.Nault, M.Brucker    SPICam         23:24   01:07
P.Yoachim         P.Yoachim             DIS            01:33   05:42
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UW08/R     17:06   19:06    0    0    0    0   2.0  0.0   0    0
UW10/R     19:06   23:10    0    0   0.1   0   3.6  0.4   0    0
AD02/R     23:10   01:10    0    0    0   0.2  0.0  1.8   0    0
UW10/R     01:10   06:40    0    0    0    0   0.0  5.5   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: C.Gray
Tspec good. I took 1500 darks.
The night started clear and breezy and seeing was variable.
Oscillations in the az drive current were observed and became severe.  I stopped the telescope to clean the az drive during UW08 from 18:29-18:37.  This seemed to improve the current oscillations.
The internet went down around 00:47 - 01:01 during AD02.  This was fixed by re-adjusting the input to the APO router in the computer room.
UW10 had untrained observer Bob Abel
                    ------- FAILURE LOG -------
PROG   INST   FAILURE MODE     TIME
    (SEDFNVOG)   TI/SHU    START  FINISH  DESCRIPTION
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UW08   E         T/H      18:29  18:37   Oscillations in the Az current
AD02   R         T/S      00:47  01:01   Internet went down, lost observers
            ---------------- FOCUS LOG ---------------
Time  Instrument  Focus     Az  El  Temp Strc Prim  Sec  Air  filt  FWHM
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 17:18 ecamera    592( -948) 226  57  -1.3  0.1  0.5  0.2 -0.8   ND3   1.00
 19:06 dcamera    498(  -60) 298  52  -1.0 -1.2 -0.6 -1.2 -1.4   --    1.40
 23:33 arctic   573(  128) -94  50  -1.7 -2.0 -1.5 -1.9 -1.9   sdss-r  0.90
 01:34 dcamera    551(  -24) -121  59  -0.7 -1.5 -1.2 -1.5 -1.2   --   1.70
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp C Dewp C  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    31    -2      3   262    (W)    107    clear     none
     17:00    30    -5     13   359    (N)    134    clear     none
     18:00    31   -12      5     4    (N)    195    clear     none
     19:00    30   -12     15    23  (NNE)    173    clear     none
     20:00    30   -11     20     6    (N)    199    clear     none
     21:00    31   -11     16    53   (NE)    197    clear     none
     22:00    30    -9     18    21  (NNE)    168    clear     none
     23:00    29    -7     21    26  (NNE)    195    clear     none
     00:00    29    -6     23    41   (NE)    238    clear     none
     01:00    30   -14     15    33  (NNE)    189    clear     none
     02:00    30   -14      9     8    (N)    178    clear     none
     03:00    29   -16     11     6    (N)    187    clear     none
     04:00    26   -13     23    25  (NNE)    180    clear     none
     05:00    28   -13     14    35   (NE)    162    clear     none
     06:00    29    -9      8    29  (NNE)    153    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