Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150326
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:00:08 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, March 26, 2015
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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C.Schmidt         S.Liss                SPICAM         19:30   00:13
M.Hammergren      M.Brucker,K.Nault     DIS            00:14   02:10
M.Hammergren      M.Hammergren          DIS            02:10   06:15
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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UV05/R     19:27   00:10    0    0    0    0   0.0  4.7   0    0
AD02/R     00:10   02:10    0    0    0    0   0.1  1.9   0    0
AD03/R     02:10   06:50    0    0    0    0   4.7  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Mostly clear first half, thin clouds second half, moderate seeing.  The telescope and DIS worked well, but the SPIcam ion pump needed to be restarted three times during the night.
                    ------- 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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 19:54 dcamera    306(  269)  67  60   3.6  6.0  5.2  5.8  3.7   -  1.38
 00:49 dcamera    333(  218) 255  51   5.0  4.3  4.9  4.4  4.3   -  1.34
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp C Dewp C  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00                  5   264    (W)   3076    clear     none
     17:00                  7   276    (W)   2715    clear     none
     18:00                  6   263    (W)   2652    clear     none
     19:00                  0    70  (ENE)   1539    clear     none
     20:00                 14     2    (N)   1167    clear     none
     21:00                 11     2    (N)    660    clear     none
     22:00                  9     3    (N)    664    clear     none
     23:00                  9   359    (N)    480    clear     none
     00:00                 13     7    (N)    532 mstly clr    none
     01:00                  7   359    (N)    649  ptly cldy   none
     02:00                  8   353    (N)    594  ptly cldy   none
     03:00                  7    10    (N)    612  ptly cldy   none
     04:00                  7     1    (N)    546  ptly cldy   none
     05:00                  1    18  (NNE)    606  ptly cldy   none
     06:00                 11   356    (N)    632  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: 2.3.2