Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151210
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:23:12 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, December 10, 2015
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Harrison        T.Harrison            DIS            17:30   00:03
C.Vargas          C.Vargas              ARCTIC         00:16   06:57
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NM03/R     17:06   00:10    0    0    0    0   7.1  0.0   0    0
NM02/R     00:10   06:47    0    0    0    0   6.6  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
We had high clouds again tonight, but they were thin and didn't cause too much loss of light.  The telescope struggled a little tracking downward into a 25-28 mph west wind, but it was winning the struggle and delivering good images so there was no need to close.
                    ------- 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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 17:32 dcamera    496(  439)  14  51   6.4  8.4  8.6  7.9  7.3   -  1.36
 00:24 arctic   526(  483) -21  55   6.6  6.0  6.4  6.0  6.1   660  0.85
 00:29 arctic   546(  506) -23  55   6.2  5.9  6.4  6.1  6.1   r  0.98
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp C Dewp C  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    49    14     10   242  (WSW)     91 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    44    15      9   265    (W)    134 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    44    18     19   268    (W)    206 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    44    15     15   256  (WSW)    188 mstly clr    none
     20:00    45    12     20   270    (W)    152 mstly clr    none
     21:00    44    11     23   275    (W)    123 mstly clr    none
     22:00    44    11     24   264    (W)    121 mstly clr    none
     23:00    43    12     17   265    (W)    130 mstly clr    none
     00:00    43    15     21   266    (W)    237 mstly clr    none
     01:00    43    15     16   264    (W)    310 mstly clr    none
     02:00    43    15     15   272    (W)    260 mstly clr    none
     03:00    42    15     13   270    (W)    250  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    42    15     16   276    (W)    290  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    42    13     19   284  (WNW)    174  ptly cldy   none
     06:00    42    13     19   266    (W)    128  ptly cldy   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