Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161015
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2016 13:02:47 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Saturday, October 15, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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P.Chip            various students      NICFPS         18:51   21:35
P.Chip            various students      Echelle        21:35   02:02
P.Chip            various students      NICFPS         02:02   04:30
P.Chip            various students      Echelle        04:30   06:20
P.Chip            various students      NICFPS         06:20   06:34
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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DD02/O     18:38   07:00    0    0    0    0   0.0 12.3   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Weather was once again wonderful.  Still clear night with sub-arcsecond seeing all night.
Chip's students who were trained are the following:
H. Kobulnicky, W. Chick, D. Kasper, L. Jensen, J. Findley, J. Turner, D. Baldwin, S. Mapes, J. Sutter, D. Hand.
Tspec failed on startup after being left inverted and off all day.
                    ------- 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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 19:13 NICFPS     784( 1619) -26  52  14.4 16.3 16.0 16.2 15.5   H  0.99
 21:48 ecamera    769(  -77) 264  52  13.7 13.7 14.3 13.4 13.5   ND1  0.87
 02:16 NICFPS     694( 1361)  35  42  12.2 12.8 13.4 12.8 12.8   H2-2.12  0.67
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    62    22      8   298  (WNW)    435    clear     none
     17:00    63    23      7   262    (W)    491    clear     none
     18:00    61    24      9   260    (W)    490    clear     none
     19:00    58    24      6   261    (W)    568    clear     none
     20:00    58    24     11   240  (WSW)    628    clear     none
     21:00    57    24      9   235   (SW)    700    clear     none
     22:00    57    24      8   190    (S)    711    clear     none
     23:00    57    24      7   196  (SSW)    678    clear     none
     00:00    57    24      9   201  (SSW)    670    clear     none
     01:00    57    16     11   205  (SSW)    388    clear     none
     02:00    56    22      8   253  (WSW)    512    clear     none
     03:00    55    24     10   259    (W)    589    clear     none
     04:00    55    25      7   256  (WSW)    592    clear     none
     05:00    52    25     10   258  (WSW)    588    clear     none
     06:00    52    25      8   269    (W)    589    clear     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: 1.2.2
    Current TUI version: 2.5.1