Subject: 3.5m Night Log 20161030
From: trudyk@apo.nmsu.edu
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:19:02 +0000 (UTC)
                      Apache Point Observatory
                      3.5m Telescope Night Log
                      Sunday, October 30, 2016
                                                           ACTUAL
 ASTRONOMER      OBSERVER(S)            INSTRUMENT     START  FINISH
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K.Kwitter         K.Kwitter,B.Balick    DIS            18:22   04:07
M.Hammergren      K.Nault,M.Brucker     ARCTIC         04:23   07:04
   INST       SCHEDULED     WEATH     EQUIP      OBS     NOT USED
 I/ROW/DN   START  FINISH   D    B    D    B    D    B    D    B
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NA02/R     18:22   04:41    0    0    0    0   9.0  0.3   0    0
AD02/R     04:41   07:11    0    0    0    0   2.5  0.0   0    0
note: scheduled times listed include instrument change time
              ------------- ACTIVITY LOG --------------
Observing Specialist: T.Rudyk
Night started out clear.  Thin high clouds moved in shortly after dusk.  Clouds got their thickest between 22:00 and 03:00.  Observer was able to power through the clouds regardless, and remained open for all programs.
                    ------- 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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 18:39 dcamera    575(  834)  86  69  10.9 14.9 14.6 15.7 14.4   -  1.14
 19:26 dcamera    478(  662) 117  46  11.1 13.2 13.2 12.5 12.6   -  1.30
 22:12 dcamera    528(  556) 131  76  10.6 10.5 11.0 10.3 10.3   -  0.94
 02:40 dcamera    725(  745) 159  68  10.8 10.3 10.8 10.4 10.4   -  1.05
 04:31 arctic   733(  894)  -9  44   9.9  9.8 10.3  9.9  9.8   SDSS-r  0.93
 ------------- WEATHER LOG ----------------
                                   Wind                      Precip.or
     Time   Temp F Dewp F  MPH  Direction    Dust    Sky    Conditions
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     16:00    59    31     11   198  (SSW)    956    clear     none
     17:00    59    30      9   259    (W)    914    clear     none
     18:00    54    30      5   198  (SSW)   1025    clear     none
     19:00    53    30      5   241  (WSW)   1068 mstly clr    none
     20:00    52    31     10   233   (SW)   1086 mstly clr    none
     21:00    51    30      9   176    (S)   1026 mstly clr    none
     22:00    51    30     16   201  (SSW)   1010  ptly cldy   none
     23:00    52    30     18   204  (SSW)   1089  ptly cldy   none
     00:00    52    30     16   198  (SSW)    935  ptly cldy   none
     01:00    52    29     19   198  (SSW)    898  ptly cldy   none
     02:00    52    29     20   209  (SSW)    842  ptly cldy   none
     03:00    51    30     14   204  (SSW)    862  ptly cldy   none
     04:00    50    29     13   209  (SSW)    939  ptly cldy   none
     05:00    50    29     15   215   (SW)    802 mstly clr    none
     06:00    47    28     16   237  (WSW)    761 mstly clr    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