Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161023
From: mcmillan@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 13:50:34 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, October 23, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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B.Keeney          B.Keeney              DIS            18:45   01:04
J.Tobin           J.Tobin               NICFPS         01:18   05:54
T.Murphy          R.McMillan            APOLLO         05:58   07:03
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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CU05/R     18:29   01:10    0    0    0    0   6.7  0.0   0    0
OU02/R     01:10   06:06    0    0    0    0   0.5  4.5   0    0
AP01/O     06:06   07:06    0    0    0    0   0.0  1.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: R.McMillan
Small clouds cleared out at sunset and we had a lovely night with good seeing.  Tspec was not happy despite a couple of power cycles, so the second observer used NICFPS instead.
                    ------- 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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 18:53 dcamera    808( 1113)  88  66  12.9 15.9 15.3 15.7 15.2   -  1.44
 01:26 NICFPS     685( 1265)  57  70  12.3 11.5 12.1 11.3 11.6   Ks  0.70
 04:55 NICFPS     635( 1181) -98  57  12.1 10.7 11.3 10.4 10.7   Ks  0.85
               ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    62    31      8   283  (WNW)   1138  ptly cldy   none
     17:00    59    29      8   301  (WNW)   1034  ptly cldy   none
     18:00    58    29      2   344  (NNW)   1050 mstly clr    none
     19:00    56    28      6   327  (NNW)    916    clear     none
     20:00    55    27      9   358    (N)    905    clear     none
     21:00    55    27      9     4    (N)    815    clear     none
     22:00    54    25      7     6    (N)    815    clear     none
     23:00    52    25      2     3    (N)    844    clear     none
     00:00    55    26      3   216   (SW)    907    clear     none
     01:00    55    25      1   227   (SW)    905    clear     none
     02:00    54    29      4   185    (S)    986    clear     none
     03:00    52    29      1   195  (SSW)   1156    clear     none
     04:00    53    31      3   177    (S)   1404    clear     none
     05:00    54    30      3   193  (SSW)   1174    clear     none
     06:00    52    31      2   203  (SSW)   1113    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