Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20150905
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun,  6 Sep 2015 12:03:16 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, September 05, 2015
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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M.McElwain        C.Grady,B.Hicks       GIFS           19:30   01:04
D.Gang            H.Yan                 Echelle        01:07   04:10
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD01/R     19:31   01:10    0    0    0    0   5.3  0.4   0    0
NC01/R     01:10   06:33    0   1.4   0    0   0.0  3.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Most of the night had clear to medium clouds, with mostly good seeing.  Midway through second half the clouds grew thicker and radar echoes threatened, so we had to close.  Everything worked well.
                    ------- 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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19:50 GIFS       375( 1058)  67  54  16.5 20.1 19.4 19.9 18.2   redifs 1.00
01:14 ecamera    449( -303) 240  51  15.3 15.3 15.9 15.3 15.1   Clear  0.96
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp C Dewp C  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    70    47     10   265    (W)    587  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    71    48     10   269    (W)    558  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    65    47      5   298  (WNW)    474  ptly cldy   none
     19:00    63    47      1   328  (NNW)    410 mstly clr    none
     20:00    61    47      4    10    (N)    377 mstly clr    none
     21:00    60    47      9    24  (NNE)    444  ptly cldy   none
     22:00    61    47      5    11    (N)    411  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    61    47      6   348  (NNW)    406  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    61    47      7   334  (NNW)    395 mstly clr    none
     01:00    59    47      5    34   (NE)    398 mstly clr    none
     02:00    60    47      1   284  (WNW)    409 mstly clr    none
     03:00    59    47      2   298  (WNW)    352  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    58    47      2   342  (NNW)    281 mstly cldy   none
     05:00    59    47      3   255  (WSW)    293 mstly 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: 2.4.0