Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150730
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:45:04 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Thursday, July 30, 2015
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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B.Holler          B.Holler              SPIcam         --:--   --:--
Z.Tsvetanov       Z.Tsvetanov           NICFPS         --:--   --:--
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU02/R     20:12   02:00    0   5.8   0    0   0.0   0    0    0
JH02/R     02:00   06:08    0   4.1   0    0   0.0   0    0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
The clouds almost briefly considered going away during the evening, but then decided it was more fun to resume raining on us for the rest of the night.  I did some testing of noise with NICFPS.
                    ------- 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    60    56      1   235   (SW)    724   cloudy     rain
     17:00    55    53     11    83    (E)   1573   cloudy     rain
     18:00    57    52     13   116  (ESE)   1414   cloudy   lt rain
     19:00    57    52     15   119  (ESE)   1289   cloudy     none
     20:00    57    50     13   116  (ESE)   1151   cloudy     none
     21:00    58    49     14   122  (ESE)   1590   cloudy     none
     22:00    60    48     20   127   (SE)   1920   cloudy     none
     23:00    55    51     15    86    (E)   2415   cloudy     rain
     00:00    54    51     14    87    (E)   2660   cloudy     rain
     01:00    53    51     14   110  (ESE)   2654   cloudy     rain
     02:00    54    50     12    89    (E)   2305   cloudy     rain
     03:00    54    50     14   123  (ESE)   2721   cloudy   lt rain
     04:00    53    49     18   144   (SE)   2591   cloudy   lt rain
     05:00    54    48     13   178    (S)   1847   cloudy   lt rain
     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: 2.4.0