Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20151219
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:54:22 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, December 19, 2015
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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T.Marriage        T.Marriage            NICFPS         --:--   --:--
M.Hammergren      K.Nault,M.Brucker     SPICam         --:--   --:--
B.Nevin           B.Nevin               DIS            --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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JH02/R     17:09   23:10    0   6.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
AD02/R     23:10   01:10    0   2.0   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
CU05/R     01:10   06:52   5.1  0.6   0    0   0.0  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
First half we had medium to thick clouds, but every time they thought about improving there were nearby radar echoes (although we never got any actual precip).  Second half we were socked in by thick low clouds, in addition to high humidity.
I did some DIS engineering since I won't be on hand for the regularly scheduled engineering coming up.
                    ------- 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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               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp C Dewp C  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    46     3     12   225   (SW)    197 mstly cldy   none
     17:00    38     2      8   188    (S)    467 mstly cldy   none
     18:00    41     4     18   250  (WSW)    356 mstly cldy   none
     19:00    41    16     18   254  (WSW)    302 mstly cldy   none
     20:00    41    21     17   261    (W)    247 mstly cldy   none
     21:00    40    24     18   218   (SW)    269   cloudy     none
     22:00    35    18     20   206  (SSW)    694   cloudy     none
     23:00    37    32     21   218   (SW)     63   cloudy     none
     00:00    37    32     22   208  (SSW)    102   cloudy     none
     01:00    37    31     24   205  (SSW)    170   cloudy     none
     02:00    37    33     24   223   (SW)    197   cloudy     none
     03:00    37    34     17   202  (SSW)    168   cloudy     none
     04:00    36    34     23   217   (SW)    153   cloudy     none
     05:00    35    35     22   232   (SW)    208   cloudy     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